Congress welcomes new EI Executive Board
The torch was passed on the last day of Education International’s 8th World Congress as the new Executive Board was officially welcomed and delegates paid tribute to outgoing members.
The elections saw a considerable increase in the number of women voted onto the Executive Board, rising from 10 in the 2015-2019 mandate to 15 in the new configuration. Susan Hopgood, EI President, stated: “We are always advocating for gender parity in our unions and in all companies and institutions. It was essential that our own Executive Board embodied that spirit. Congress sent a very strong message with their choice, electing 15 women and 12 men to the organisation’s leadership. We are very much looking forward to working together and taking EI further in the next four years.”
OFFICERS
Susan Hopgood (AEU/Australia) – President
David Edwards (United States) – General Secretary
Mugwena Maluleke (SADTU/South Africa) – Vice-President Africa
Masaki Okajima (JTU/Japan) – Vice-President Asia-Pacific
Marlis Tepe (GEW/Germany) - Vice-President Europe
Roberto Franklin de Leão (CNTE/Brazil) - Vice-President Latin America
Lily Eskelsen (NEA/USA) - Vice-President North America/Caribbean
REGIONAL SEATS
Marième Sakho Dansokho - SYPROS/Senegal
Yohannes Benti Chokorso - ETA/Ethiopia
Hyunjin Kim - KTU/Korea
Ram Pal Singh - AIPTF/India
Johanna Jaara Åstrand - Lärarförbundet/Sweden
Sławomir Broniarz - ZNP/Poland
Sonia Alesso - CTERA/Argentina
Nelson Alarcón - FECODE/Colombia
Dianne Woloschuk - CTF-FCE/Canada
Randi Weingarten - AFT/United States
OPEN SEATS
Jalila Al Salman - BTA/Bahrain
Raymond D. Basilio - ACT/Philippines
Mary Bousted - NEU/United Kingdom
Alfonso Cepeda Salas - SNTE/Mexico
Steffen Handal - UEN/Norway
Manuela Mendonça - FENPROF/Portugal
Nadine A. Molloy - JTA/Jamaica
Hélène Nekarmbaye - SET/Chad
Marjolaine Perreault - CSQ/Canada
Roberto Trochez - COLPROSUMAH/Honduras
The new Executive Board will work to implement the policy directions decided by the 8th EI World Congress.
