Board of Directors and Executive Committee General Assembly Roll Call – May 27, 2016

Chair:	Lara Sawaya
Vice-Chair:	Pat Buckley
General Secretary:	Remi Bellocq
Treasurer:	Alhan M. Ahmed Al Attar
Legal Counsel:	Saeed Al Shamsi (Per LS on 9/9/16)
Legal Consultant:	Jirayr Habibian (NV)
Website:	Mohamed Yehya (NV)
Communications:	Bharathi Gowda, IFHRA Press and English Media Coordinator (NV)

Voting Member Countries w/ Designated Representative

• Argentina

  Hector Libre, Director - Juan Suchecki, Collaborator

• Australia

  Melissa Weatherley, Athlete Development and Industry Careers Advisor, Racing Victoria, Ltd

• Bahrain

  Hussain Qassim, Racing Director, Rashid Equestrian and Horseracing Club

• Belgium

  Marcel De Bruyne, Director, Belgian Jockey Club

• Brazil

  Rodrigo Schulze, Escola de Fromacao de Joqueis do Jockey Clube de Sao Paulo

• Canada

  Theresa Sealy, Racetrack Program Instructor, Olds College

• China

  Wu Man Kit, Wuhan Jockey Club Apprentice Training Academy

• Denmark

  Peter Kundsen, Dansk Galop

• France

  Didier Budka, Ecole Des Course Hippiques AFASEC

• Germany

  Kai Schirmann, Director, German Jockey School

• Hong Kong

  Amy Chan, Hong Kong Jockey Club Apprentice Jockeys School

• Ireland

  Keith Rowe, Director, Racing Academy and Centre of Education

• Italy

  Enrico Querci, Scuola Ippica San Rossore

• Malaysia

  Contact: Soo Lai Kwok, General Manager & Secretary
  Dato Malek Jeremiah, Director Malaysian Equine Council(non voting)

• Morocco

  Omar Skalli, Societe Royale d'Encouragement du Cheval

• New Zeeland

  Chris Watson, New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing

• Oman

  Azhar Al Wardi, Royal Horse Racing Club (RHRC)

• Poland

  Agnieszka Marczak, Polish Jockey Club

• Portugal

  Rogerio Silva, Municipio de Fronteira

• Puerto Rico

  Luis Nietzsche, Sub administrator Puerto Rico Racing Association

• Slovakia

  Michala Kncharikova, SOS Sala

• South Africa

  TBA

• South Korea

  Kim Kisun, General Manager, Korea Jockeys Association

• Spain

  Barbara de Mieulle, Jockey Club Espanol

• Sweden

  Helena Gartner, Swedish Horseracing Authority Switzerland

• Switzerland

  Sarah Leutwiler, Swiss Jockey Club (Galopp Schweiz

• Tunisia

  Noureddine Ben Chehida,Societe des Courses Hippiques (SCH)

• Turkey

  Zeynep Haldans, Manager, TJK Apprentice Education Centre

• United Arab Emirates

  Pat Buckley / UAE - Racing Director of AD Equestrian Club

• United States of America

  Remi Bellocq, Executive Director, Equine Programming, North American Racing Academy

• United Kingdom

  Colonel Stephen Padgett Northern Racing College
  Grant Harris, Chief Executive, The British Racing School
  (NOTE: UK is represented by two Academies; The British Racing School and the Northern Racing College; BRS currently holds voting rights)

• Uruguay

  Marcelo Storace, Escuela de Jockeys y vareadores de Hippodromo de las Piedras.

At Large

Martial Boisseuil, Racing Manager / Europe, Wathba Stud Farm

New Member Applications

• Cyprus

  Ian Paterson, Cyprus Jockey Club

• Greece

  Christos Melissakis, Director of the Hellenic Horseracing Academy(HHRA)

• Peru

  Jose Meza Calixto, Peruvian Jockeys’ School

• South Africa(2^nd School)

  Graham Bailey, Headmaster, South African Jockey Academy

Non-Voting Members & Observers

• Khaled Al Hamadi, Rep. of the UAE General Youth and Sports Authority Welfare Association
• Dr. Salah Al Jneibi, Rep. for the Abu Dhabi Judicial Court
• Dr. Philip Pritchard, Racing Medical Advisor
• Sarah Oliver, Rider Coordinator IFHRA
• Richard Perham, Senior Jockey Coach, BRS
• Gaye Gauci-Marchant, Director, Equine Goals and Dreams (Skills Passport Project)
• Matthew Hyland, Apprentice Jockey Coach, Racing Victoria, Ltd
• Ron Hall, Racing Victoria Jockey Safety and Wellbeing Officer
• Chris Watson, Racing School Advisor
• Daniel Kruger, Head of Sales & Marketing, Fahrof
• Mara Coote Freeman, Communications and Social Media Contributor