On behalf of the Board of Directors of WPATH, we want to thank all the outstanding candidates for putting their names forward to run for the WPATH Global Board and for their willingness to serve WPATH.

The affairs of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health shall be managed by its Board of Directors, who will be elected by the membership. The Executive Committee composed of the Association Officers and Executive Director may meet to conduct the routine business of the Association when the Association and the Board of Directors are not meeting as a whole. The Executive Director serves as an ex-officio member of the Executive Committee. Substantive business, such as any major restructuring or dissolution of the Association, as decided by the Board of Directors, will be brought for a vote of the entire Board of Directors or the entire Association, as appropriate. Decisions affecting any particular geographic region in which a Regional Affiliate Organization is constituted shall not be made by the Directors without participation in the decision by the Regional Affiliate’s elected or appointed Director.

We are pleased to welcome and announce the newly elected WPATH Board Directors-At-Large (listed in alphabetical order by last name) who will be installed at the November 6, 2018 business meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina:

• Marci Bowers, MD
  Pelvic and Gynecologic Surgeon
  Burlingame, CA, US
• Dan Karasic, MD
  Clinical Professor, Psychiatry, School of Medicine; University of California, San Francisco
  San Francisco, CA, US
• Asa Radix, MD, MPH
  Senior Director of Research and Education; Callen-Lorde Community Health Center
  Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine; New York University
  New York, NY, US
• Jaimie Veale, PhD
  Senior Lecturer, School of Psychology; University of Waikato
  Hamilton, New Zealand

We are pleased to welcome and announce the newly elected members of the WPATH Executive Committee who will be installed at the November 6, 2018 business meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina, they will join Vin Tangpricha, President and Gail Knudson, President-Elect on the Executive Committee:

• Vin Tangpricha, MD, PhD – President

Endocrinologist, Emory Clinic and Emory Midtown;

Program Director of the Emory Endocrinology Fellowship Program

Atlanta, GA, US

President – The President shall be the principal Executive Officer of the Association and shall, in general, supervise and control all of the business and affairs of the Association. They shall preside at all meetings of the members, Executive Committee, and Board of Directors.

• Walter Bouman, MD, PhD – President Elect
  Psychiatrist-Sexologist; The Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health
  Nottingham, England, UK

President-Elect – In the absence of the President, or in the event of their inability or refusal to act, the President-Elect, shall perform the duties of the President, and when so acting shall have all the powers of and shall be subject to all the restrictions on the President. The President-Elect shall perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to them by the President or Directors. They will automatically assume the Presidency for roughly a two-year term upon completion of their term as President- Elect (as described above).

• Randi Ettner, PhD – Secretary
  Clinical Psychologist, Forensic Psychologist
  Evanston, IL, US

Secretary – The Secretary will monitor the activity of Committees, and, in general, perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to them by the President or by the Board of Directors.

• Baudewijntje Kreukels, PhD – Treasurer
  Associate Professor, Department of Medical Psychology; VU University Medical Center
  Amsterdam, Netherlands

Treasurer – The Treasurer shall have general oversight responsibility of the financial matters executed by the Executive Director of the Association. They will, in conjunction with the Executive Director, be responsible for the preparation of the budget and financial reports to the Board of Directors on an annual basis.

• Gail Knudson, MD, MEd, FRCPC

Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry

Vancouver, BC, Canada

Past-President – When the President’s term expires, they will become the immediate Past President for a term of roughly two (2) years.

We want to thank the following members of the Board for their service, dedication and significant volunteer time to WPATH as their terms come to an end on November 6, 2018. We look forward to their continued involvement in WPATH activities.

• Tamara Adrian, JD

Adrian & Adrian, Abogados Consultores

Caracas, Venezuela

• Jamison Green, PhD

Transgender Strategies Consulting, LLC

Vancouver, WA, US

• Katherine Rachlin, PhD

Clinical Psychologist

New York, NY, US

• Sam Winter, BS, P.G.D.E., MEd, PhD

Team Leader, Human Sexuality

Associate Professor, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences

Curtin University, Kent Street, Bentley, Perth, Western Australia

For a full copy of the WPATH bylaws, visit our website at https://www.wpath.org/about/EC-BOD or click here for the pdf.

After the installation of the newly elected members and ending of terms for the other members, your WPATH Board of Directors will be:

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Vin Tangpricha, MD, PhD – President (2018 – 2020)

Walter Pierre Bouman, MD, PhD – President-Elect (2018 – 2020)

Randi Ettner, PhD – Secretary (2018 – 2020)

Baudewijntje Kreukels, PhD – Treasurer (2018 – 2020)

Gail Knudson, MD, MEd, FRCPC – Past President

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Marci Bowers, MD (2018 – 2022)

Tone Maria Hansen, MSN (2018 – 2022)

Dan Karasic, MD (2018 – 2022)

Asa Radix, MD, MPH (2018 – 2022)

Loren Schechter, MD (2018 – 2022)

Jaimie Veale, PhD (2018 – 2022)

EPATH Representative

Griet De Cuypere, MD

USPATH Representative

To Be Appointed by USPATH Board

Ex-Officio

Lin Fraser, EdD

Student Representative

Luke Allen, MA

Sincerely,

Gail Knudson, MD, MEd, FRCPC

WPATH President

Vin Tangpricha, MD, PhD

WPATH President-Elect