WAPOR Asia Pacific Regional Chapter

WAPOR Asia was approved by the WAPOR Council on July 6, 2016. The chapter name WAPOR Asia was changed to WAPOR Asia Pacific by vote of chapter members and made official on 1 January 2022.

You can see the WAPOR Asia Pacific website here: https://www.waporasiapacific.org/

If you have questions about WAPOR Asia, please contact WAPOR Asia Pacific President Jibum Kim (jbk7000@gmail.com).

Call for papers for the 2023 Asia Pacific Sixth Annual Conference: https://wapor.org/wap2023/ 

Call for nominations for the 2023 Asia Pacific elections: https://wapor.org/wap-2023-elections-call-for-nominations/ 

Executive Committee of the Council

President: Jibum Kim (2022/1/1-2023/12/31)
Vice President & President-Elect: Linda Luz B. Guerrero (2022/1/1-2023/12/31, 2024/1/1-2025/12/31)
Past President: Yashwant Deshmukh (2020/1/1-2021/12/31)
Secretary-Treasurer: Winnie Lee (2023/1/1-2024/12/31)
Conference Chair: Holli Semetko (2022/1/1-2023/12/31)
Liaison Chair: Haq M Saidul (2022/1/1-2023/12/31)

Advisory Board
Robert Chung (Past President, 2018/1/1-2019/12/31)
Mahar Mangahas
Ijaz Gilani
Takashi Inoguchi
Syed Arabi Idid

Other Members of the Council

(Local Representatives for 2022-2023, arranged in alphabetical order of country/region names)

  • Australia: Toni Makkai
  • Bangladesh: Haq M Saidul
  • China: Weidong Wang
  • Cyprus: Panayiotis Panayiotou
  • Hong Kong: Edward Tai
  • India: Shalinder Mahajan
  • Indonesia: Hasanuddin Ali
  • Iran: Amir Farmanesh
  • Iraq: Munqith Dagher
  • Israel: Yariv Tsfati
  • Japan: Tadahiko Maeda
  • Korea: Yun-Suk Lee
  • Malaysia: Syed Arabi Idid
  • Myanmar: Htun Htun Oo
  • Nepal: Jui Shrestha
  • Pakistan: Ijaz Gilani
  • Philippines: Gerardo (Jay) Sandoval
  • Qatar: Noora Ahmed Lari
  • Russia: Yulia Baskakova
  • Singapore: Chan-Hoong Leong
  • Sri Lanka: Pradeep Peiris
  • Taiwan: Eric Yu
  • Thailand: Thawilwadee Bureekul
  • Turkey: Bulent Kilincarslan
  • United Arab Emirates: Tatiana Karabchuk
  • United Kingdom: Colin Irwin
  • United States Of America: Holli Semeko

Appointments Made by the President According to the Constitution

Electoral Committee (2023)

Chair: Yashwant Deshmukh
Members: Jibum Kim, Linda Luz Guerrero

WAPOR Asia Lifetime Achievement Award Selection Committee (2023)

Chair:  Jibum Kim (ex officio, WAPOR Asia Pacific President)
Members: Linda Luz Guerrero (ex officio, WAPOR Asia Pacific Vice President),  Yashwant Deshmukh  (ex officio, WAPOR Asia Pacific Past President), Holli Semetko, Colin Irwin

WAPOR Asia Annual Conference Committee (2023)

Chair: Matthew Gray
Co-Chair: Holli Semetko (ex officio, WAPOR Asia Pacific Conference Committee Chair)
Members: Pending

Conference Committee (2023)

Chair: Holli Semetko
Members: Pending

Media Committee (2023)

Chair: Shiv Sehgal
Members: Pending