The Board of Directors

Please be advised that from the general elections of March the 14, 2011, the following officers have been elected for the period of two years March 14, 2011 until March 11, 2013.

 

Ex Officio Members of the Board  

  • Dr. Mohammad Tajdolati, Ph.D. "Humanities and Social Sciences"            (Iranian)

                                Ombudsman, Chief Electoral Officer, Chief Arbitrator for NEPMCC

     

  • Asha Rajak, Commissioner for Taking Affidavits  

                             Executive Director                                                              (Nepalese)

     

 

 

Members of the Executive

 

  • Thomas S. Saras, President, CEO and Chair            “Patrides, Review”             (Greek)

  • Raffi Der-Boghossian, Senior Advisor  "TorontoHye"                            (Armenian)

  • Dr. Bikram Lamba, Senior Advisor/Moderator "CMR FM"                            (Indian)

  • Hassan Zerehi, Senior VP, Policy    "Shahrvand"                                    (Persian)

  • Kathy L. Lin, Senior VP, Professional Development "CCTimes"                   (Chinese)

  • Neel Nanda, Secretary General, "Masters in Communications"                    (Indian)

  • Srimal Abeyerwardene, Treasurer  "Sri Lankan Reporter"                   (Singhalese)

   Vice Presidents :

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

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

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

  • Ranjit Wickramasinghe, VP, Vice Chair Cultural Affairs "Voice of Lanka" (Singhalese)

  • Hermie Garcia, VP, Human Rights and Free Speech  "Philippine R."           (Philippine)

  • Aaron Berhane, VP, Journalists in Exile       "Meftih"                               (Eritrean)

  • William Doyle-Marshal VP, Journalists in Despair "CHRY Radio"              (Caribbean)

  • Saad Alsafar, VP, Free Press and Democracy "Assaha"                              (Arabic)

  • Badar Murir Chaudhary, VP, International Relations  "Akhbaar-E-Pak."     (Pakistani)

  • Parry Long, VP, Education and Training    "Fortune Smart"                       (Chinese)

  • Ahmed Shah Hotaki, VP, Special Events Coordinator "Afghan Post"           (Afghani)

  • Dumitru Popescu, VP, Print-Membership "Observatoroul"                       (Romanian)

  • Dr. Khan Monzoor-E-Khoda, Ph.D.,VP, Electronic Media "Desi Television"    (Bengali)

  • Mila A. Garcia, VP, Humanitarian and Immigration Affairs "Philippine R."     (Philippine)

  • Susana Donan, VP, Latino AmericanAffairs    "El CentroAmericano"              (Latino)

  • Suleyman Guven, VP, Middle East Affairs "Yeni Hayat"                  (Turkish/Kurdish)

  • Emmanuel Ayiku, VP, African Affairs  "Ghanaian News"                         (Ghanaian)

  • Teshome Woldeamanuel, VP, Community Outreach "TZTA"                  (Ethiopian)

  • John S. Saraidaris, VP, Public Image Coord. & Web Admin. "Patrides Electronic."             (Greek)

    AGENTS GENERAL :

  QUEBEC

  • George Gusmas, Chair                   "The News"                                      (Greek)

    Dimitris Yantsulis, Vice Chair, Public Relations, Comm. Outreac                  (Greek)

    MANITOBA: 

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

    ALBERTA:

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

BRITISH COLUMBIA:

  • Rino Vultaggio                       “Publisher Il Marco Polo”                         Italian.  

  • Maura de Freitas                "The Celtic Connection"                                 (Irish)

     

                                     

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:

NATIONAL ETHNIC PRESS AND MEDIA COUNCIL OF CANADA
P.O. BOX 266, Don Mills Postal Station

70 Wynford Dr. Toronto, Ontario M3C 2S2 

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, Don Mills Postal Station

70 Wynford Dr. Toronto,

Ontario M3C 2S2 

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