Candidates Announced for 2025 WTCA BoD Elections

We are pleased to announce the names of the 16 individuals who will enter this year’s election for the 12 open seats on WTCA’s Board of Directors. Each has met WTCA’s requirements to be a candidate for our Board of Directors.

The Candidates (by region and alphabetically):

Asia/Pacific Region (2 seats)

• Mr. Mingxing Li (WTC Haikou)
• Ms. Pamela Pascual (WTC Metro Manila)

Europe Region (5 seats)

• Mr. Ed Allison-Wright (WTC Gibraltar)
• Mr. Carles Anglada (WTC Barcelona)
• Mr. Rolf Draak (WTC Nice/Sophia Antipolis)
• Mr. Antony Georgakis (WTC Cyprus)
• Mr. Haluk Kanca (WTC Istanbul)
• Ms. Patricia Moinard (WTC Metz-Saarbrücken)
• Ms. Cristina Sbaizero (WTC Trieste)

Latin America Region (2 seats)

• Mr. Ignacio Del (WTC Montevideo)
• Mr. Eugenio José Reyes Guzmán (WTC Monterrey)
• Ms. Melissa Martinez Nadal (WTC Santo Domingo)

Middle East / Africa Region (1 seat)

• Mr. Saif Mohamed Al-Midfa (WTC Sharjah)
• Mr. Hassan El Kojok (WTC Riyadh)

North America Region (2 seats)

• Mr. Scott Center (WTC Savannah)
• Ms. Karen Gerwitz (WTC Denver)

The Election Process

Election campaigning will run through Friday, August 29. Members are encouraged to learn about the candidates, and their views on how they would govern and lead the Association if elected. On Monday, September 1, each eligible WTCA Member will be sent an electronic ballot by secure email, along with instructions for completing the ballot. This email notice will also include a secure link to each candidate’s profile and candidate statement. 

To be eligible to vote, a World Trade Center operation must be a Regular Member (Satellite and Affiliate members cannot vote) and must have paid its 2024 dues. 

Each eligible WTCA Member is entitled to submit ONE ballot for the election. In completing the ballot, your WTC operation can vote for EACH open seat on the WTCA Board, even if the seat is not in the Region where your WTC operation is located (for example, for the Europe Region, each eligible WTC operation anywhere in the world may cast a vote for any five of the seven candidates in Europe, etc.). Electronic ballots must be completed and submitted by Tuesday, September 30 in order to be counted. The election results will be announced in mid-October. 

Remember, WTCA depends on an active and diverse Board of Directors to represent the interests of our global network of Members and to help shape the future of the Association. Twelve Board seats will be filled in this election, representing half of our Board’s 24-director seats.

If you have any questions regarding the election, please contact Scott Richie at srichie@wtca.org .