IPC Committees & Working Groups
BOARD COMMITTEES
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Chair: Hervé Bachelez, President, France
Members
Bruce Strober, United States, Vice President/President-Elect
Claudia de la Cruz, Chile, Secretary
Joel Gelfand, United States, Treasurer
Christy Langan, United States, CEO
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Chair: Joel Gelfand, USA, Treasurer
Members
Hervé Bachelez, France, President
Andrew Blauvelt, United States
Ricardo Romiti, Brazil
Lone Skov, Denmark
Christy Langan, United States, CEO
GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE
Chair: Claudia de la Cruz, Secretary, Chile
Members
Mahira El Sayed, Egypt
Johann Gudjonsson, United States
Lluis Puig, Spain
Christy Langan, CEO, United States
STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE
Chair: Hervé Bachelez, France
Members
Claudia de la Cruz, Chile
Nicora Gardner, United States
Christy Langan, United States
Catherine Smith, United Kingdom
Peter van de Kerkhof, Netherlands
PROGRAM COMMITTEES & WORKING GROUPS
DISEASE SEVERITY WORKING GROUP
Co-chair: Lone Skov, Denmark
Members
Matthias Augustin, Germany
Andy Blauvelt, United States
Cristina Echeverría, Argentina
Marcus Schmitt-Egenolf, Sweden
Learn more about the disease severity project
EDITORIAL COMMITTEE
Chair: Johann Gudjonsson, United States
Co-chair: Nicole Ward, United States
Members
Alexander Egeberg, Denmark
Jason Hawkes, United States
Matías Maskin, Argentina
Tiago Torres, Portugal
Helen Young, United Kingdom
EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES TASK FORCE
Chair: Joel Gelfand, United States
Members
Hervé Bachelez, France
André Carvahlo, Brazil
Mahira El-Sayed, Egypt
Lluís Puig, Spain
Catherine Smith, United Kingdom
FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Chair: Joel Gelfand, United States
Co-chair: Elise Kleyn, United Kingdom
Members
Marc Bourcier, Canada
Kelly Cordoro, United States
Colin Theng, Singapore
Fernando Valenzuela, Chile
LATIN AMERICA WORKING GROUP
Co-chairs:
Claudia de la Cruz, Chile
Cristina Echeverría, Argentina
Ricardo Romiti, Brazil
Members
Councilors
André Vicente Esteves de Carvalho, Brazil
Edgardo Chouela, Argentina
César Gonzalez, Colombia
Angela Londoño, Colombia
Matías Maskin, Argentina
Nancy Podoswa, Mexico
Enrique Rivas, Guatemala
Fernando Valenzuela, Chile
Margarita Velásquez, Colombia
IPC Fellows and Fellow Alumni
Daniela Armijo, Chile (2018)
Sonia Chavez-Alvarez, Mexico (2023)
Romina Contreras, Paraguay (2019)
Lucas Galimany, Chile (2022)
Leandro Leite, Brazil (2022)
Natalia Merino, Peru (2022)
Jaquelini Barboza da Silva, Brazil (2021)
PEDIATRIC BEST-EVIDENCE REVIEW
Chair: Amy Paller, United States
Members
Kelly Cordoro, United States
Ruth Murphy, United Kingdom
Tamar Nijsten, Netherlands
Marieke Seyger, Netherlands
PUSTULAR PSORIASIS WORKING GROUP
Chair: Siew Eng Choon, Malaysia
Co-chair: Hervé Bachelez, France
Members
Jonathan Barker, United Kingdom
Francesca Capon, United Kingdom
Claudia de la Cruz, Chile
Johann Gudjonsson, United States
Akimichi Morita, Japan
Ricardo Romiti, Brazil
TELEMEDICINE WORKING GROUP
Chair: Alexander Navarini, Switzerland
Co-chair: Joel Gelfand, United States
Members
April Armstrong, United States
Andrea Chiricozzi, Italy
Vahid Diamei, Switzerland
Mohamed El-Komy, Egypt
Christophe Hsu, Switzerland
SKIN OF COLOR WORKING GROUP
Chair: Mahira El Sayed, Egypt
Co-chair: Murlidhar Rajagopalan, India
Members
Andrew Alexis, United States
Nejib Doss, Tunisia
Chris Griffiths, United Kingdom
Mark Lebwohl, United States
Angela Londoño, Colombia
Junko Takashita, United States
Vermén Verallo-Rowell, Philippines
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