MELISSA CRESSEY
USA/Sweden | Treasurer
Melissa Cressey was formerly the Vice President of Global Strategies at DSPolitical, where she led business development efforts both domestically and for DSPolitical Worldwide.
MATT KLINK
USA | Secretary General
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.
MAURICIO
DE VENGOECHEA
USA | President
Mauricio De Vengoechea runs his own firm, De Vengoechea & Associates, in which 15 consultants specializing in research, strategy, innovation, crisis management and political communication, participate.
MEHMET URAL
Turkey | Past President
Mr. Ural is senior adviser to the Metropolitan Mayor of Izmir. He has acted as a consultant and a campaign manager during general and local election for social democrat parties and candidates since 1987.
WAYNE JOHNSON
USA | Vice President Fundraising
Wayne C. Johnson serves as Strategic Counsel of The Rosales Johnson Agency, headquartered in Sacramento, California. With more than 29 years experience in campaign and public affairs...
NECATI ÖZKAN
Turkey | Vice President Communications
Necati Özkan is the founder and president of ÖYKÜ / Dialogue International; an Istanbul based indepen- dent creative agency. He has been working for national and international brands for over three decades.
FINANCE COMMITTEE
KURTIS ADIGBA | Nigeria
BOB PENNER | Canada
KEHINDE BAMIGBETAN | Nigeria
MARILU BRAJER
Argentina | Vice President Membership
Marilu Brajer is President of the Latin American Association of Political Consultants, Member of the Consulting Council of the Argentinian Association of Political Consultants...
CRYSTAL MARTIN
USA | Vice President Conferences & Events
Crystal Martin opened her Marketing Agency/Political Consulting firm in Northern California in 2005, followed by a Direct Mail firm in 2010, and now a Phone/Communications firm.
JUSTINO PEREIRA
Brazil | Board Member Conferences & Events
Justino Pereira works in the Latin market as an Associate Senior Consultant for De Vengoechea & Associates, a company based in the United States and a reference in political consulting in Latin America..
SAL RUSSO
USA | Fundraising
Sal Russo 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.
MINA JORDEBY
Sweden | Vice President Awards
Mina Jordeby's core competencies are entrepreneurship and project management. For a period of twenty years Mina has worked on complex missions as project- and operational-manager.
MARCEL WIEDER
Canada | Board Member Membership
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...
KURTIS ADIGBA
Nigeria | Board Member Communications
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.
FEYI AKINDOYENI
Australia | Board Member Awards
With over 20 years of experience in strategic communications, Feyi is one of Australia’s most sought after public affairs consultants. Her political campaigning over many years culminated in Feyi playing a key strategic role in Australia’s historic marriage equality campaign.
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