WFMH: 2001 Annual Report

The WFMH Board, 2001-2003

At the Membership Assembly in Vancouver on 25 July 2001 Ahmed El
Azayem (Egypt) ended his term as WFMH President, and Pirkko Lahti,
Executive Director of the Finnish Association for Mental Health, took
over the position. L. Patt Franciosi (USA) was chosen by the Assembly
as President Elect, for a term which will start at the Melbourne Congress
in February 2003. Also at the Assembly, Marten deVries resigned after
two years as Secretary General, following two years served as President.
For an interim period Pirkko Lahti has agreed to serve as Secretary
General/CEO in addition to her role as President. At the Finnish Association
for Mental Health Mirja Sevon acts as her staff liaison to WFMH.

Seven people left the Board in 2001 after completing their terms.
The Federation sends its best wishes and thanks to those who retired
as Members-at-Large, Knud Jensen (Denmark), Shimpei Inoue (Japan),
Mamdouh Jabr (Palestinian Authority), Andres Gaitan (Mexico) and Harvey
Whiteford (Australia), and to the Regional Vice Presidents whose terms
ended, Eva Gonzalez (Philippines) and Hassan Kassim Khan (Yemen).

The Board which serves from July 2001 to February 2003 has 23 members
from 18 countries. There are 9 Members-at-Large and 9 Regional Vice
Presidents.

President
Pirkko Lahti
Executive Director
Finnish Association for Mental Health
Helsinki, Finland

President Elect
Patt Franciosi
Medical College of Wisconsin
Former President, US National Mental Health Association
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
USA

Immediate Past President
Ahmed El Azayem
Nasr City, Cairo
Egypt

Treasurer
John R.M. Copeland
Hoylake, Wirral
United Kingdom

Honorary Secretary
Janet Meagher
Engadine, NSW
Australia

Board Members-at-Large

Max Abbott
Auckland
New Zealand

Basheer Al-Rashidi
Safat
Kuwait

Sylvia Caras
Santa Cruz, California
USA

Chueh Chang
Taipei
Taiwan ROC

Hani Mohammed Abdel Khalek
Cairo
Egypt

Beverly Long
Atlanta, Georgia
USA

Agustin Ozamiz
Bizkaia
Spain

Kristina Salonen
Helsinki
Finland

Shona Sturgeon
(Membership Secretary)
Cape Town
South Africa

Regional Vice Presidents

Africa
Elizabeth Matare
Harare
Zimbabwe

Eastern Mediterranean
Ma’an A. Barry
Aden
Yemen

Europe
Aart-Jan Vrijlandt
Warnsveld
The Netherlands

Mexico, Central America and Spanish Caribbean
Federico Puente
Tlalpan, Mexico D.F.
Mexico

North America and Caribbean
Edward Pennington
Toronto, Ontario
Canada

Oceania
Anthony Fowke
(Vice Presidents’ Representative)
Karrinyup, WA
Australia

South America
Paulo Alterwain
Montevideo
Uruguay

Southeast Asia
Regina deJesus
Quezon City
Philippines

Western Pacific
Kazuyoshi Yamamoto
Nishihara, Okinawa
Japan

*Executive Committee member

Tsung-yi Lin
Vancouver
Canada

Senior Consultant
Eugene B. Brody
Baltimore, Maryland
USA

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