ABOUT THE BOARD
Members meet every three years at the Triennial World Conference. The 29th Triennial World Conference will take place in Melbourne, Australia in April 2019.
In addition to debating and passing resolutions delegates elect a Board of Trustees. This comprises the World President, Deputy President, Treasurer, Secretary (The Executive); three other specified Committee Chairmen (namely Projects, Communications & Marketing and ACWW United Nations committees); and the nine Area Presidents.
The Board meets in full once per year. The Specified Committees meet between two and three times and the Executive and Finance Committees meet three times. As costs of travel rise, some Committee members now join their meetings via Skype.
Mrs Ruth Shanks A.M.
World President
Mrs Margaret Yetman
Deputy President
Mrs Henrietta Schoeman
Secretary
Mrs Heather Brennan
Treasurer
Mrs Magdie de Kock
Chairman; Communications & Marketing Committee
Mrs Anne Marit Hovstad
Chairman;
Projects Committee
Mrs Kerry Maw Smith
Chairman; United Nations Committee
Mrs Sheila Needham
Area President;
Canada
Mrs Dotsie Gordon
Area Presdient; Caribbean, Central & South America
Mrs Thilaka Perera
Area President;
Central & South Asia
Mrs Irene Chinje
Area President;
East, West &
Central Africa
Mrs Margaret McMillan
Area President;
Europe
Mrs Maria Abdul Karim
Area President;
South East Asia &
the Far East
Mrs Maybel Moyo
Area President;
Southern Africa
Mrs Gail Commens
Area President;
South Pacific
Mrs Jo Ellen Almond
Area President;
United States of America
ACWW COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Agriculture Committee
Mrs Margaret Yetman (Canada) – Chairman
Mrs Donna Jebb (Canada)
Mrs Joan Brady (Canada)
Mrs Therese Casemore (Wales)
Mrs Pamela Brown (Northern Ireland)
Finance Committee
Mrs Heather Brennan (Australia) – Chairman
Mrs Maggie Simons (England)
Mrs Alison Burnett (Scotland)
Triennial Conference Committee
Mrs Henrietta Schoeman (South Africa) - Chairman
Mrs Lynn MacLean (Canada)
Mrs Afrodita Roman (Romania)
Mrs Sue Watkins (England)
Mrs Lynette Harris (Australia)
Communications & Marketing Committee
Mrs Magdie de Kock (South Africa) – Chairman
Mrs Marie O'Toole (Ireland)
Mrs Deborah Reardon (England)
Mrs Moira Hammond (England)
Mrs Rehanon Mackenzie (England)
Projects Committee
Mrs Anne Marit Hovstad (Norway) – Chairman
Mrs Hazel Armstrong (England)
Mrs Roma Patten (England)
Mrs Edwina Marr (Northern Ireland)
Sr Viji Dali (India)
Mrs Paddy Blake (Ireland)
United Nations Committee
Mrs Kerry Maw-Smith (New Zealand) - Chairman
Mrs Christine Reaburn (Canada)
Mrs Christine Trewick (England)
Mrs Susan Jonas (England)
ACWW Projects
Agriculture
ACWW & The United Nations
Zero Hunger Challenge
Triennial World Conference
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