MELISSA CRESSEY
USA/Sweden | Secretary General
Melissa Cressey is CEO & Founder of Cressey Strategies. Melissa is a digital and social media expert who has served at the top ranks of one of the leading political digital operations in the country prior to starting her own firm.
BRENT BUCHANAN
USA | Treasurer
Brent Buchanan is President & Founder of Cygnal, an innovation-driven public opinion polling and predictive analytics firm. He started the company in 2007...
CARLOS FARA
Argentina | President
Carlos Fara has 35 years of experience. Specialist in electoral campaigns, public opinion and government communication. President of Fara Veggetti since 1991. He received the first Annual Aristotle Award 2010...
MATT KLINK
USA | Past President
Matt has more than 27 years of experience working on complex, controversial, and high-profile issues for public and private sector clients, as well as candidates for elected office and ballot measure campaigns.
MARCEL WIEDER
Canada | Vice President Communications
Marcel Wieder combines a background in advertising with a passion for politics and public affairs to help his client’s craft and deliver powerful messages. As head of Aurora Strategy Group...
CRYSTAL MARTIN
USA | Vice President
Membership
Crystal Martin opened her Marketing Agency/Political Consulting firm in Northern California in 2005. She was named an AAPC "40 Under 40" and a "Rising Star"...
TEX DOZIER
USA | Vice President Fundraising
Recognized as one of the "hundred most influential political professionals in the world" (COMPOL 100) and as one of the top 40 campaign professionals under the age of 40 (AAPC), Joseph Tex Dozier is an award-winning general consultant...
NECATI ÖZKAN
Turkey | Vice President Conference & Events
Necati Özkan is the founder and president of ÖYKÜ / Dialogue International (an Istanbul based independent creative agency) and Reform Institute (an Istanbul based think tank)...
FEYI AKINDOYENI
Australia | Vice President Awards
With over 20 years of experience in strategic communications, Feyi is a Partner and global digital team lead at SEC Newgate. In Australia, she helps lead the largest integrated strategic communications firm for public interest issues and is one of the country’s most sought after public affairs consultants.
THOMAS BORWICK
United Kingdom| Board Member
Thomas started his professional life with a background in business, having read Economics and Finance, Leadership Studies with a minor in Law. However, he quickly found passion in data-driven corporate, political and social campaigns...
GISELLE PEREZBLAS
Mexico| Board Member
Communications and mass media strategist; specialist in political and social communication and crisis management. He began his professional career in the production of Noticieros Televisa , the most important Spanish-speaking communication company.
MARIO RAKAR
Croatia | Board Member
Marko Rakar is president of a small Croatian NGO called Windmill. Marko has a lifelong experience in working/writing for media as well as dealing with the media. He combines his media knowledge with new technologies and was one of the earliest internet adopters in Croatia.
LUIS HERRERO ACEVEDO
Puerto Rico | Board Member
Luis S. Herrero is founder and partner at 303.Digital LLP. Based in San Juan, Puerto Rico, he has grown 303 from a two-man shop to a boutique agency serving clients in Puerto Rico, the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean...
OZAN IBRISIM
Singapore | Board Member
Ozan Ibrisim is an international public affairs professional with over 20 years of experience.
His work spans across government, business and politics throughout Australia, Middle East, Africa, Eastern Europe and Asia.
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SAL RUSSO
USA | Board Member
He is the founder of Russo Marsh + Associates, Inc. (RMA) and has spent over 50 years in the field of political consulting, advertising and public affairs, being in the forefront of some of the most prominent campaigns at every level.
KURTIS ADIGBA
Nigeria | Board Member
Kurtis Udenyi Adigba is an Attorney at law and a political consultant. His greatest passion is to see Nigeria make real progress and to take her rightful place in the world.
MAURICIODE VENGOECHEA
Columbia | Honorary Chair
Mauricio De Vengoechea runs his own firm, De Vengoechea & Partners in which 18 consultants specializing in research, strategy, innovation, crisis management, digital and political communication participate.
ACADEMIC BOARD MEMBER
MICHAEL CORNFIELD | USA
FINANCE COMMITTEE
NECATI OZKAN | Turkey
MATT KLINK | USA
LUIS HERRERO ACEVEDO | Puerto Rico
ETHICS COMMITTEE
WAYNE JOHNSON, CHAIR | USA
FELIPE NOGUREA | Argentina
MATT KLINK | USA
COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE
JOSH NANBERG | USA
BRAD SHATTUCK | USA
EDGARD GUTIERREZ | Spain/Venezuela
PAST PRESIDENTS
MICHEL BONGRAND | France
JOE NAPOLITAN | USA
MAX BEAUCHEZ | Belgium
F. CLIFTON WHITE | USA
JOSE LUIS SANCHIS-ARMELLES | Spain
MICHAEL ROWAN | USA
HARRY WALTER | Germany
JOE CERRELL | USA
KLAUS GOLOMBEK | Germany
JOHN M. SEIGLE | USA
PAUL BUIAR | USA
BEN GODDARD | USA
MARIO BALLERINI | Italy
JONATHAN GAUL | Australia
BO KROGVIG | Sweden
RICK RIDDER | USA
SEPP HARTINGER | Austria
KEN FELTMAN | USA
VOLKER RIEGGER | Germany
TOM EDMONDS | USA
FELIPE NOGUERA | Argentina
ILKKA AHTOKIVI | Finland
NANCY TODD | USA
MEHMET URAL | Turkey