Regional Groups Regional Chairs 
North America
CanadaSara Ashpole & Kristiina Ovaska
USADede Olson
Caribbean
Mesoamerica
MexicoGabriela Parra-Olea
Guatemala and BelizeCarlos Vásquez Almazán
El SalvadorFrancisco Samuel Álvarez Calderón
HondurasRuth Marcec-Greaves
NicaraguaSilvia Robleto & Allan Gutierrez
Costa RicaGerardo Chaves Cordero
PanamaRoberto Ibáñez
South America
ColombiaSandra O. Galeano & Mauricio Rivera Correa
VenezuelaMargarita Lampo & Celsa Señaris
Guiana ShieldPhilippe Kok
BrazilCybele Lisboa
EcuadorDiego Cisneros-Heredia
PeruVictor Vargas & Giussepe Gagliardi
BoliviaArturo Munoz & Claudia Cortez
ChileJuan Carlos Ortiz & Claudio Soto-Azat
Paraguay
Uruguay
ArgentinaMarcos Vaira
Europe, West, and Central Asia
EuropeVincenzo Ferri
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and MongoliaArtem Kidov
West AsiaPritpal Soorae & Ugur Kaya
Africa
North Africa
West AfricaN’goran Kouamé
Central AfricaLegrand Nono Gonwouo
East AfricaVictor Wasonga & Simon Loader
Southern AfricaJeanne Tarrant
MadagascarAndolalao Rakotoarison & Angelica Crottini
Seychelles
South, East and Southeast Asia
ChinaJianping Jiang
South Asia (minus Sri Lanka)Karthikeyan Vasudevan
Sri LankaAnslem de Silva & Madhava Meegaskumbura
Mainland SE Asia
MalaysiaKin Onn Chan
SingaporeLeong Tzi Ming
IndonesiaAmir Hamidy
PhilippinesArvin Diesmos
Japan
Republic of Korea
Oceania
MelanesiaStephen Richards
AustraliaJodi Rowley and Conrad Hoskin 
New Zealand