The Board of Directors

Please be advised that from the general elections of March the 09, 2009, the following officers have been elected for the period of two years March 09, 2009 until March 12, 20011.

 

Ex Officio Members of the Board  

  • Dr. B. Lamba -  Ombudsman for conflict resolutions - Ombudsman for conflict resolutions

       Editorials/Elections/Chairman of the Awards committee  (PhD, humanities and communications)

Chair: Awards Committee and Chief Electoral Officer.                               (Hindi Press)  

  •  Clyde McNeil - Chairman of the Board -Chair/Moderator of the meetings 

         (CHIN Radio)    Trinidad

 

 EXECUTIVE  MEMBERS OF THE BOARD

President/ CEO  

  • Thomas S. Saras  -   (Editor-In-Chief Patrides, Greek)

Telephones: 416- 921 8926 / 416- 996 4229    Fax: 416- 921 0723     saras@nepmcc.ca

 Senior Vice Presidents

  • Hassan Zerehi                  Senior VP Policy   Editor-In-Chief  “Shahrvand”          Persian.

  • Kathy   Li              Senior VP Professional Develop.  Publisher:  “CCTimes”       Chinese.

  • Dr. Mohammad Tajdolati, PhD “Humanities and Languages”                                            Vice President:   Senior  Advisor to President         “Iran Radio”     Iranian.

  • Neel Nanda:   “masters in Communications”.  Secretary General                          Hindi.

  • Srimal Abeyewardene       Treasurer. Editor “Sri Lankan Reporter”          Singhalese.

   Vice Presidents :

  • Irene Keroglides:  VP  Public Relations (Awards Committee)  M Magazine      Greek

  • Longan N. Longendralingam: VP  Finance           Publisher “Uthayan”             Tamil.

                    Tel: 416-752 1524, Cell: 416- 732 1608, Fax: 416- 752 6703  uthayannews@yahoo.com

  • Luba Cherny  :    VP  Cultural Affairs.   Publisher “Courier”                            Russian.

  • Mila A. Garcia:   VP  Humanitarian and Immigration Affairs                    Philippine.

  • Susana Donan:     VP  Latino-American Affairs, Editor: “El Centro Americano” Latino.

  • Raina Sen:            VP  Social Affairs. Membership Committee                     South Asian.

  • Hermie Garcia:    VP “Human Rights and Free Speech” “Ph. Reporter”        Philippine.

  • Aaron Berhane:  VP “Journalists in Exile” Editor-In-Chief  “Meftin”             Eritrean.

  • Dr. Raafat  Gindi, MD   VP  “Health and Education”  “Al Ahram Elgdeed”   Arabic.  

                Tel: 416- 654 6779  email: 8164gindi@rogers.com                                                 

  • Ahmed Shah Hotaki: VP Coord. Special Events,  Publisher “Afghan Post”. Afghani.

  • William Doyle-Marshal: VP “Journalists in Despair”    CHRY Radio          Caribbean.

  • Dumitru Popescu:            VP “Print, Membership” Chair. “Observatoroul”   Romanian.

  • Asha Tajak:                      VP “Radio, Membership” Chair  “Namaste Radio” Nepalese.

  • Dr. Khan Khoda: VP “Television, Membership Chair. “Deshi Television”   Bengali.

  • Jolanta Cabaj:                 VP  Federal Relations: Chair.                                         Polish.

  • Teshome Woldeamnuel: VP Business Promotion Coordinator   “TZTA”     Ethiopian.

  • Suleyman Guven:           VP  Middle East Affairs.  “Yeni Hayati ”       Turkish/Kurdish.

  • Emmanuel Ayiku          VP African Affairs, Chair. Publ. “Ghanaian News”   Ghanaian.

  • Ned Blair:                      VP “Community Outreach”     “Photo-Reporter”     Caribbean.

  • John S. Saraidaris        VP Web Master and Public image  “Patrides on Line”  Greek.  

               

AGENTS GENERAL :

 

  • Hon. Basilio Giordano:  Quebec.   “Publisher Il Cittadino Canadese”             Italian.

  • Helen Wang:                    Manitoba. “Editor-In-Ch. Man. Chinese Tribune”  Chinese.

  • Thanh Quy Nguyen:      Alberta.     “Publisher: Vietnam Time Magazine”    Vietnamese.

  • Rino Vultaggio                BC             “Publisher Il Marco Polo”                         Italian.

                                     

According to Article N#3 of the constitution:
“The authority and powers of the Agent General are equal to those of a Senior Vice President. Each Agent General represents the Council in his Province and is responsible to organize the members of the local Ethnic Press and Media in the area of his jurisdiction.”

 

The NATIONAL ETHNIC PRESS AND MEDIA COUNCIL OF CANADA is a not for profit non governmental NGO, representing 500 Canadian publications and 120 media representatives serving 93 different linguistic and cultural communities.

 

FOR INFORMATION:

The Head Office of the NEPMCC is located at the Press Gallery of the City of Toronto,

100 Queen Street West, Toronto Ont. M5H 2N2.

Our Mailing address is NEPMCC P.O. Box 266, STN “O”, Toronto Ont. M4A 2N3

Tel: 416- 921 8926 or 416- 921 4229  FAX: 416- 921 0723  Email: saras@nepmcc.ca  

  

GENERAL INFORMATION

For a membership application please go to our web site at www.nepmcc.ca

Our mailing address is:
NATIONAL ETHNIC PRESS AND MEDIA COUNCIL OF CANADA
P.O. BOX 266, STATION "O"
TORONTO, ON M4A 2N3

For more information about the Council please call 416-921- 8926.
Fax: 416- 921 0723 - Email: saras@nepmcc.ca.