Committees of the ITAA Board of Trustees

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Responsible for governance of the ITAA, along with the entire Board.

President: Thorsten Geck, Germany

Members:
Treasurer: John Oates, UK
Secretary: Rema K Giridhar, India
VP Development: Michelle Thomé, Brazil
VP Operations: Sylvie Monin, Switzerland
VP Professional Standards: Suriyaprakash C, India
VP Research & Innovation: Steff Oates, UK

Past President: Chitra Ravi, India


BYLAWS COMMITTEE
Responsible for overseeing the bylaws of the ITAA.

Chair: Anne Tucker, New Zealand

Members:
Alessandra Pierini, Italy
Prathitha Gangadharan, India
Rema K Giridhar, India
Sylvie Monin, Switzerland


COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE
Responsible for ITAA marketing, branding, and website development.

Chair: ​Michelle Thomé, Brazil

Members:
John Fleming, Ireland
Paula Rodrigues, Brazil
Rema K Giridhar, India


CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
Responsible for accepting bids and supporting the organizing of ITAA conferences.

Chair: ​Vladimir Goussakovski, Russia

Members:
Alessandra Pierini, Italy
Lucy Freedman, USA
Rema K Giridhar, India
Sylvie Monin, Switzerland


ERIC BERNE FUND FOR THE FUTURE AND SCHOLARSHIP GRANT FUND
Responsible for raising, managing, and distributing funds accordingly.

Chair: Michael Harsh, USA

Members:
Chitra Ravi, India
Corinne Laurier, France
John Baxendale, UK
John Oates, UK


ERIC BERNE MEMORIAL AWARD COMMITTEE
Responsible for managing the award nomination, review, and selection processes.

Chair: Lis Heath, Psychotherapy, U.K.

Members:
Charlotte Daellenbach, Psychotherapy, New Zealand
Giles Barrow, Education, UK
Joost Levy, Organizational, Netherlands
Mark Widdowson, Psychotherapy, UK
Richard Erskine, Psychotherapy, Canada
Sander Reinalda, Counseling, Netherlands
Suriyaprakash C, Organisational, India


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 and in line with the ITAA Code of Conduct.

Chair:
Jan Grant, Australia

Members:
Anne Tucker, New Zealand
Emma Haynes, UK
John Evans, New Zealand
Keiko Hoshino, Japan
Marina Rajan, India


FINANCE COMMITTEE
Responsible for overseeing the finances of the ITAA.

Chair: John Oates, UK

Members:
Chitra Ravi, India
Michael Harsh, USA


ITAA - EATA WEBINAR COMMITTEE
Responsible for coordinating with EATA colleagues to provide regular webinars for both ITAA and EATA members.

Chair:  Krystyna Tomanova, Czech Republic

Members:
Chitra Ravi, India
Cristina Caizzi, Italy
Leilani Mitchell, UK
Steff Oates, UK
Sylvia Schachner, Austria


ITAA RESEARCH AWARD COMMITTEE
Responsible for managing the award nomination, review, and selection processes.

Chair: Rosanna Giacometto, Italy

Members:
Anne de Graaf, Netherlands
Biljana van Rijn, UK
Deborah Blagden, UK
Enrico Benelli, Italy
James Sweeney, UK
Mandy Lacy, New Zealand


MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE
Responsible for coordinating membership-related aspects.

Co-Chairs: Rema K Giridhar, India and Marguerite Sacco, South Africa

Members:
Anne Tucker, New Zealand
Cristina Caizzi, Italy
Keiko Hoshino, Japan
Lucy Freedman, USA
Paula Rodrigues, Brazil
Sylvie Monin, Switzerland


NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE
Seeks and receives nominations for election to the BOT.

Chair: Rema K Giridhar, India

Members:
Thorsten Geck, Germany
Alessandra Pierini, Italy
Anne Tucker, New Zealand


PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS COMMITTEE
Responsible for setting training and supervision standards for all levels of professional membership in association with IBOC.

Cochairs:   Giles Barrow, UK and Karen Pratt, South Africa
Members:
Suriyaprakash, C (VP of Professional Standards)
Thorsten Geck, Germany


ROUTLEDGE/TAYLOR & FRANCIS LIAISON COMMITTEE
Responsible for liaising between Routledge, ITAA BOT, and the TAJ co-editors on matters concerning the TAJ.

Chair:  Steff Oates, UK

Members:
Bill Cornell, USA
Helen Rowland, UK
John Oates, UK
Robin Fryer, USA


SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE 
Responsible for highlighting and responding to the important social and environmental issues of our time in a way that is true to our TA philosophy and values and for providing ways for ITAA members to engage in dialogue on these global issues.

Chair: Günter Josef Mohr, Germany

Members:
Chitra Ravi, India
Luca Fornari, Italy
Michelle Thome, Brazil,
Piotr Jusik, Guatemala
Sashi Chandran, India