EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Confirmed WUN Executive Committee Slate
2022-2024 for ExCo Members
2022-2025 for ExCo Chair
2023-2026 for ExCo CEO
Current Officers:
WUN CHAIR: Carolyn Morris, YMCA Victoria (Melbourne) Australia carolyn.morris@ymca.org.au
VICE CHAIR, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: Kwabena (Koby) Nketia Addae, Ghana YMCA nketiaaddae@ymcaghana.org
VICE CHAIR, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: Karl Lau, Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong karllau@ymca.org.hk
TREASURER, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: Joachim (Joe) Schmutz, YMCA Munich joachim.schmutz@cvjm-muenchen.org
CHAIR, NOMINATING COMMITTEE: Dave Ball, Retired YMCA Thames Gateway Group, UK holyjo451@hotmail.co.uk
Immediate Past Chair:
Jim Commerford, retired (former YMCA Hamilton-Burlington-Brantford) commerfordjima@gmail.com
Members (term extended to 2024 except for Chair whose term ends in 2025):
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Dave Ball, Retired YMCA Thames Gateway UK holyjo451@hotmail.co.uk
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Issam Bishara, YMCA of Lebanon issamb@ymca-leb.org.lb
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Gillian Bowen, City YMCA UK Gillian.bowen@cityymca.org
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Jamie Bruning-Miles, YMCA San Francisco USA jbruning-miles@ymcasf.org
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Marísia Donatelli, YMCA of São Paulo Brazil marisiadonatelli@acmsaopaulo.org
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Shaun Elliott, YMCA Philadelphia USA shaun.elliott@philaymca.org
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Manny Figueiredo, YMCA Hamilton/Burlington/Brantford Canada manny.figueiredo@ymcahbb.ca
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Leigh Gibson, YMCA Gisborne New Zealand ceo@ymcagisborne.nz
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Gloria Hidalgo, YMCA Bogota Colombia gloriahidalgo@ymcabogota.org
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Christian Kamara, YMCA Sierra Leone christian@africaymca.org
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Karl Lau, Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong karllau@ymca.org.hk
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Jonathan Martin, YMCA Trinity Group UK Jonathan.martin@ymcatrinity.org.uk
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Carolyn Morris, YMCA Victoria (Melbourne) Australia carolyn.morris@ymca.org.au
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Jared Musima, YMCA Kenya jared@africaymca.org
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Kwabena (Koby) Nketia Addae, Ghana YMCA nketiaaddae@ymcaghana.org; Knketia74@gmail.com
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Kenichiro Ogawa, Osaka YMCA Japan ogawa-kenichiro@osakaymca.org
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Leonard (Leo) Salins, Bombay YMCA India generalsecretary@ymcabombay.com
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Joachim (Joe) Schmutz, YMCA Munich Germany joachim.schmutz@cvjm-muenchen.org
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Luís Sebastião, YMCA Setúbal Portugal luis.sebastiao@ymcasetubal.org
Ex Officio (non-voting) Members:
Carlos Sanvee, World YMCA, Switzerland carlos@ymca.int
Staff
CEO: Steve Butz sbutz@ymcawun.net, effective 1 August 2023 (initial 3-year term to 2026, with opportunity for 3-year extension)
Support: Bronwyn Allen, Executive Assistant to WUN CEO ballen@ymcawun.net
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Affirmatively Voted 14 May 2023, updated 7July2023, updated March2024