EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Responsible for governance and awards (the Hedges Capers Humanitarian Award, the Muriel James Living Principles Award, and the Bob and Mary Goulding Social Justice Award).
Chair: President, Elana Leigh, Australia
Members:
Treasurer, John Oates, UK
Secretary, Sumithra Sharatkumar, Malaysia
VP Development, Deepak Dhananjaya, India
VP Operations, Chitra Ravi, India
VP Professional Standards, Thorsten Geck, Germany
VP Research & Innovation, Steff Oates, UK
Past-President, Diane Salters, South Afrida
FINANCE COMMITEE
Responsible for overseeing the finances of the ITAA.
Chair: Treasurer, John Oates, UK
Members:
Elana Leigh, Australia
Michael Harsh, USA
BYLAWS COMMITEE
Responsible for overseeing the bylaws of the ITAA.
Chair: Emily Keller, USA
Members:
Prathitha Gangadharan, India
Alessandra Pierini, Italy
CONFERENCE COMMITEE
Responsible for organizing ITAA conferences.
Chair: Vladimir Goussakovski, Russia
Members:
Michelle Thomé, Brazil
Rema Giridhar, India
Lucy Freedman, USA
Alessandra Pierini, Italy
MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE
Responsible for overseeing membership issues.
Chair: VP Development, Deepak Dhananjaya, India
Members:
Regional Trustee for Africa & Middle East, Alex van Oostveen, South Africa
Emily Keller, USA
Regional Trustee for Europe, Alessandra Pierini, Italy
VP Operations, Chitra Ravi, India
VP Research & Innovation, Steff Oates, UK
ETHICS COMMITTEE
Responsible for providing a structure for confrontation, a fair hearing and if necessary fair and sound judgment to ensure that members of the ITAA represent and conduct themselves professionally in line with the ITAA Code of Conduct.
Co-Chairs: Anne de Graaf, Netherlands
Alex van Oostveen, South Africa
Members: Trudi Newton, UK
Jan Grant, Australia
Tomoko Abe, Japan
Eric Berne Fund for the Future and Scholarship Grant Fund
Responsible for raising, managing, and distributing funds accordingly
Chair: Michael Harsh, USA
Members:
John Baxendale, UK
Corinne Laurier, France
Alessandra Pierini, Italy
ERIC BERNE MEMORIAL AWARD COMMITTEE
Responsible for managing the award nomination, review, and selection processes.
Chair: Lis Heath, Psychotherapy, U.K. (Europe)
Members:
Joost Levy, Organizational, Netherlands (Europe)
Mark Widdowson, Psychotherapy, UK (Europe)
Richard Erskine, Psychotherapy, Canada (North America)
Sander Reinalda, Counseling, Netherlands (Europe)
Suriyaprakash C, Organisational, India (Southeast Asia)
Charlotte Daellenbach, Psychotherapy, New Zealand (AustralNZ)
Giles Barrow, Education, UK (Europe)
THE ITAA RESEARCH AWARD COMMITTEE
Responsible for managing the award nomination, review, and selection processes.
Chair: Susan George, India (Southeast Asia)
Members:
Anne de Graaf, Netherlands (Europe)
Mandy Lacy, New Zealand (AustralNZ)
Enrico Benelli, Italy (Europe)
Biljana van Rijn, UK (Europe)
VP Research & Innovation, Elana Leigh, Australia
NOMINATIONS COMMITEE
Seeks and receives nominations for election to the BOT
Chair: Suriyaprakash C, India
Members:
Sumithra Sharatkuma, India
TECHNICAL-BRANDING COMMITEE
Chair: Deepak Dhananjaya, India
Members:
Steff Oates, UK
Nisha Rao, India
John Fleming, Ireland
SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT COMMITEE
Overseeing issues related to racism and white supremacy
Chair: Diane Salters, South Africa
Members:
Victoria Baskerville, UK
Sashi Chandran, India
Karen Minikin, UK
WEBINAR COMMITTEE
Chair: Steff Oates, UK
Members:
Elana Leigh, Australia
Peter Rudolph, Germany
Deepak Dhananjaya, India
Leilani Mitchell, UK
Krystyna Tomanova
ROUTLEDGE-TAYLOR & FRANCIS LIAISON COMMITTEE
Chair: Steff Oates, UK
Members:
Bill Cornell, USA
Sylvie Monin, Switzerland
John Oates, UK
ITAARA COMMITTEE
Chair: Susan George, India
Members:
Anne de Graaf, Netherlands
Mandy Lacy, New Zealand
Enrico Benelli, Italy
Biljana van Rijn, UK
PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS COMMITTEE
Sets standards for training and supervision for all levels of professional membership in association with IBOC
Co-Chairs: Giles Barrow, UK and Karen Pratt, South Africa
Thorsten Geck - VP Professional Standards