International Council for Traditions of Music and Dance

A Non-Governmental Organization in Formal Consultative Relations with UNESCO

Executive Board

The management of theInternational Council for Traditions of Music and Dance is vested in the Executive Board, consisting of a President, one or two Vice Presidents (Officers), and nine Ordinary Members, all of whom are elected by the membership of the Council. 

Officers and Ordinary Members are elected for a term lasting until the second Ordinary Meeting of the General Assembly following their election (typically four years). In all cases, a Board Member may serve a maximum of two consecutive or non-consecutive terms as an Ordinary member and a maximum of two consecutive or non-consecutive terms as Officer.

The Executive Board may also co-opt up to three additional Ordinary Members, who retire at the General Assembly immediately following their appointment, and who are eligible for re-appointment. The editor of the Council’s journal is an ex officio member of the Board for the duration of their mandate and is entitled to vote on any matters before the Board.

The Executive Board is governed by ICTMD Statute 7.2, and by the Memorandum on procedural rules of the ICTM Executive Board.

President

Svanibor Pettan
Svanibor Pettan
Slovenia
2021-2025

Vice Presidents

Don Niles
Samuel Araújo
Brazil
2023-2027
Tan Sooi Beng
Tan Sooi Beng
Malaysia
2021-2025

Ordinary Members

Daniel Kodzo Avorgbedor
Daniel Kodzo Avorgbedor
Ghana
2023-2027
Silvia Citro
Silvia Citro
Argentina
2021-2027
Brian Diettrich
Brian Diettrich
New Zealand
2019-2025
Olcay Muslu
Olcay Muslu
Turkey
2023-2025
Lonán Ó Briain
Lonán Ó Briain
Ireland/UK
General Editor of YTM
Marcia Ostashewski
Marcia Ostashewski
Canada
2019-2025
Marie Agatha Ozah
Marie Agatha Ozah
Nigeria
2023-2027
Mayco A. Santaella
Mayco A. Santaella
Argentina/Malaysia
2023-2025
Susana Sardo
Susana Sardo
Portugal
2023-2027
Urmimala Sarkar Munsi
Urmimala Sarkar Munsi
India
2023-2025
Kendra Stepputat
Kendra Stepputat
Austria
2021-2027
Jasmina Talam
Jasmina Talam
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2021-2027