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The Board of Directors is the governing body of the WJA. It is composed by a Worldwide President; the Executive Vice President; the General Counsel, the Regional Presidents -one per Continent- and the Past President. Other Officers include Regional Vice-Presidents, Presidents of the Professional Organizations -World Association of Lawyers, World Association of Judges, World Association of Law Professors, World Business Associates and the Human Rights Institute for Peace & Freedom-, the Executive Director, and the Representatives before the United Nations, the International Criminal Court and other international agencies.
Board of Directors 2019 – 2021
FOUNDER AND PAST PRESIDENT: Charles S. Rhyne (1963-1991)*
FOUNDER & PAST EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT: Margaret M. Henneberry (1967-2010)*
WORLDWIDE PRESIDENT
Javier Cremades-García (Spain)
WJA Board Officers
| Executive Vice President | Kim Quarles |
| President for Africa | Kelly Mogbio |
| President for Asia, Australia & the Pacific | Tao Kaiyuan |
| President for Europe | Baltasar Garzón |
| President for Latin America and the Caribbean | Ángel Junquera |
| President for North America | James Black II |
| General Counsel | William Eshelman |
Other WJA Officers
| President of the World Assn’ of Judges | Peter N.C. Umeadi |
| President of the World Assn’ of Lawyers | Francisco Javier Lara |
| President of the World Assn’ of Law Professors | Jesús Becerra |
| President of the World Assn’ of Business Associates | Sven Kohlmeier |
| Vice President for Asia, Australia & the Pacific | Zayed Al-Shamsi |
| Vice President for Europe | To be elected |
| Vice President for Latin America and the Caribbean | Orlando Viera-Blanco |
| Executive Director | Yacky Rodriguez V. |
| Representatives before the UN New York | Kim Quarles |
| Representative before UN Geneva | Juan Carlos Gutiérrez |
| Representative before UN Vienna | Gabriel Fernández R. |
| Representative before UNICEF | Gabi J. García-García |
| Representative before CPI | Tamara Suju Roa |
*Deceased