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The ITF Executive Board has 41 members including the ITF General Secretary. The 40 members from affiliated unions are elected to the Executive Board directly from the regions and, in the case of Europe, North America and Asia/Pacific, from constituencies within the region. Five seats are reserved for women on the Executive Board. The Executive Board normally meets twice a year together with its sub-committee the Management Committee, which has special responsibilities for administrative matters.

Source: The ITF Handbook 4:1 (para1)

ITF Executive Board

President:  Randall Howard
North American Vice-President:  Ritchie Hughes
Latin America/Caribbean Vice-President:  Marcos Castro
European Vice-President:  Wilhelm Haberzettl
Asia/Pacific Vice-President:  Paddy Crumlin
Women's Vice-President:  Brigitta Paas

Europe / Middle East

Wilhelm Haberzettl

Gewerkschaft Vida
Austria

Ivan Victor
Belgische Transportarbeidersbond
Belgium
Ekaterina Yordanova Federation of Transport Trade Unions in Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Vladimir Svalina
Sindikat Pomoraca Hravtske (Seafarers' Union of Croatia)
Croatia
Jan Villadsen 3F
Denmark
Peep Peterson
Eesti Transpordi- Ja Teetöötajate Ametiühing (Estonian Transport & Road Workers Trade Union)
Estonia
Noëlle Leclerc-Olivier Fédération Nationale 'FO' des Transports
France
Jan Kahmann
Vereinte Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft (ver.di)
Germany
Alexander Kirchner
Gewerkschaft TRANSNET
Germany
Graham Stevenson T&G Section of Unite
Great Britain
Bob Crow National Union of Rail,
Maritime and Transport Workers
Great Britain
Remo di Fiore FIT/CISL
Italy
Brigitta Paas
FNV Bondgenoten
Netherlands
Per Ostvold Norsk Transportarbeiderforbund
Norway
Nikolai Nikiforov
Trade Union of Railwaymen and Transport Construction Workers of Russia
Russia
Amparo Sanchez
Federacion Estatal de Transportes y Telecomunicaciones  - UGT
Spain
Lars Lingren Svenska Transportarbetareforbundet
Sweden

Africa / Arab World

Randall Howard South African Transport & Allied Workers' Union (SATAWU)
South Africa
Sanda Seydou Syndicat unique de la Météorologie
de l'Aviation civile et Assimilés
(SUMAC)
Niger
Onikolease Irabor Maritime Workers' Union of Nigeria
Nigeria
Halima Ibrahim
Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association (ATSSSAN)
Nigeria
Mokhtar Hili
Fédération Nationale des Transports
Tunisia

Asia / Pacific

Paddy Crumlin 
Maritime Union of Australia
Australia
C. A. Rajasridhar All India Railwaymen's Federation
India
Yoji Fujisawa
All-Japan Seamen's Union (KAIIN)
Japan
Kouichi Watanabe General Federation of Private Railway & Bus Workers' Unions (SHITETSU-SOREN)
Japan
Dong-Sik Bang Federation of Korean Seafarers' Unions
Korea
Shanjmyatav Buyanaa Federation of Mongolian Railway Workers' Trade Unions
Mongolia
Abdul Razzak Karachi Port Trust Labour Union 
Pakistan
Greg Oca Associated Marine Officers' and Seamen's Union of the Philippines (AMOSUP)
Philippines
Thomas Tay
Singapore Maritime Officers' Union
Singapore

Latin America / Caribbean

Alicia Castro Asociación Argentina de Aeronavegantes (AAA)
Argentina
Marcos Castro
Centro de Capitanes de Ultramar y Oficiales de la Marina Mercante
Argentina
Severino Almeida Filho
Confederaçao Nacional dos Trabalhadores em Transportes Aquaviarios e Aereos, na Pesca e nos Portos (CONTTMAF)
Brazil
Benito Bahena
Alianza de Tranviários de México
Mexico

North America

Pat Friend Association of Flight Attendants
USA
Jim O'Neil National Automobile, Aerospace Transportation and General Workers' Union of Canada (CAW)
Canada
Ritchie Hughes International Longshoremen's
Association (ILA)
USA
Robert Scardelletti
Transportation-Communications International Union (TCU)
USA
Robert Roach
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM)
USA
last update July 2009

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