ISSA Announces New Board Members

ISSA Announces New Board Members

ISSA is pleased to announce the recent election of three new members to the Board of Directors. Nives Milinovic (Open Academy “Step by Step”, Croatia), Ashkhen Gyurjyan (Step by Step Benevolent Foundation, Armenia), and Jan Peeters (Resource and Training Centre for Child Care - VBJK, Belgium) will each begin their three year terms in January 2011. They were elected by ISSA’s members at ISSA’s annual Council Meeting this October in Turkey. Ms. Gyurjyan was also chosen as the President Elect. She will serve as President-Elect through 2011, and will begin her term as President in 2012.

ISSA would also like to take this opportunity to express our sincere gratitude to those board members whose terms will be ending this December. Emil Buzov (Step by Step Program Foundation, Bulgaria), Lucy Marcus (Marcus Venture Consulting, UK), and Phyllis Magrab (Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development, USA) have made important contributions to ISSA’s governance over the past three years. ISSA looks forward to exploring continued opportunities for partnership and cooperation with each of these Board Members in new capacities in the coming years.