Regions
InterPride is currently represented by Regional Directors in 17 geographical regions around the world. Members of the InterPride Board of Directors are elected or appointed to this position.
InterPride's Regional Directors have two basic functions: To represent InterPride within their geographic region and to represent the geographical region within InterPride.
Each Region may elect two Regional Directors and one Alternate Regional Director to a term of no more than two years. Elections are conducted by member organizations in each region at their annual conferences. Regional Directors may not serve more than 4 consecutive terms, and must not have more than 1 person from any member organization.
For more information, Download the Regional Director Guide.
Regional Directors
Region 1 (Region Info | Regional Members)
Mexico, United States (States: Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah)
Regional Directors: Frank Rubio / Jimmy Gruender
Alternate: Position Open
VP Representative:
Region 2 (Region Info | Regional Members)
United State ( States: Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming)
Regional Directors: Frank Leonzal
Alternate: Position Open
VP Representative:
Region 3 (Region Info | Regional Members)
United States (States: Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
Regional Directors: Tony Ross/Paul Collom
Alternate: Position Open
VP Representative:
Region 4 (Region Info | Regional Members)
United States (States: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin)
Regional Directors: Michael Gorsuch/Todd Saporito
Alternate: Position Open
VP Representative:
Region 5 (Region Info | Regional Members)
United States (States: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia)
Regional Directors: J Sheffield/Joshua Wallace
Alternate: Stanley Solomons
VP Representative:
Region 6 (Region Info | Regional Members)
United States (States: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington DC (District of Columbia)
Regional Directors: Doreen DeJesus/Keri Aulita
Alternate: Sherri Rase
VP Representative:
Region 7 (Region Info | Regional Members)
Canada, (Provences: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland & Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon Territory), St. Pierre et Miquelon
Regional Directors: John Boychuk/Marion Steele
Alternate: Liz McQuaid
VP Representative:
Region 8 (Region Info | Regional Members)
Belarus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Ukraine
Regional Directors: Tomasz Baczkowski/Nikolai Alexeyev
Alternate: Position Open
VP Representative:
Region 9 (Region Info | Regional Members)
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Navassa Island, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts-Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks & Caicos Islands, Virgin Islands (UK), Virgin Islands (USA)
Regional Directors: Herminio Ortego/Sonia Mitchell
Alternate: Position Open
VP Representative:
Region 10 (Region Info | Regional Members)
Guernsey, Jersey, Ireland, Isle of Man, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (including England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales)
Regional Directors: Paul Birrell
Alternate: Position Open
VP Representative:
Region 11 (Region Info | Regional Members)
Aland, Denmark, Faeroes, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Svalbard, Sweden
Regional Directors: Kristin Saevarsdottir/Hakan Steenberg
Alternate: Heimir Mar Petursson
VP Representative:
Region 12 (Region Info | Regional Members)
Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein, Switzerland
Regional Directors: Patrick Hadi Huber/Stefan Baier
Alternate: Position Open
VP Representative:
Region 13 (Region Info | Regional Members)
Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands
Regional Directors: Ruben De Keyser
Alternate: Position Open
VP Representative:
Region 14 (Region Info | Regional Members)
Andorra, Cyprus, Gibraltar, Israel, Italy, Madeira, Malta, Portugal, San Marino, Spain, Turkey, Vatican City
Regional Directors: No representation
Alternate: Position Open
VP Representative:
Region 15 (Region Info | Regional Members)
Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Former Yugoslavic Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia
Regional Directors: Andrea Gilbert
Alternate: Position Open
VP Representative:
Region 16 (Region Info | Regional Members)
Algeria, Angola, Ascension, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Reunion, Rwanda, St. Helena, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regional Directors: Chesterfield Samba
Alternate: Position Open
VP Representative:
Region 17 (Region Info | Regional Members)
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Falkland Islands, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, South Georgia and the Sandwich Islands, Surinam, Uruguay, Venezuela
Regional Directors: no representation
Alternate: Position Open
VP Representative:
Region 18 (Region Info | Regional Members)
Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Yemen
Regional Directors: No representation
Alternate: Position Open
VP Representative:
Region 19 (Region Info | Regional Members)
Bangladesh, Bhutan, British Indian Ocean Territory, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Heard and McDonald Islands, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea North, Korea South, Laos, Macao, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Seychelles, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
Regional Directors: Edgar Atadero
Alternate: Position Open
VP Representative:
Region 20 (Region Info | Regional Members)
American Samoa, Australia, Baker Island, Bouvet Island, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Coral Sea Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Midway Atoll, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Palmyra Atoll, Pitcairn Island, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tahiti, Timor-Leste, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wake Island, Wallis & Futuna Islands
Regional Directors: Brett Hayhoe
Alternate: Position Open
VP Representative:
