Board members
AIDA is an organization of freedivers comprised of an international assembly who votes by the democratic process. Each national member has one vote. The assembly elects an executive Board to manage the daily business of the organization. The executive Board consists of the following positions; President, Vice-president, Secretary, Treasurer, Sports officer, Technical officer and Education officer. The non-executive (non-voting) positions are ; IT officer, Communication/media officer, Medical/ science officer, Legal officer, and Judges officer. The majority of the work accomplished by AIDA is done so by the Board with support from committee volunteers. The list of committees variated depending of the needs of the Board and today it includes: the Disciplinary committee, the Education committee, the Technical committee, the Medical committee, the Safety committee and the Jury control committee. All members are encouraged to volunteer to participate as a committee member.
AIDA COMMITTEES
Disciplinary Committee
The Disciplinary Committee passes judgments in first instance for the conflictual cases received from the AIDA community
MEMBER
Sridar Paramalingam
Citizenship: Switzerland
MEMBER
Jurij Nesvat
Citizenship: Lithuania
MEMBER
Juan M Valdivia
Citizenship: Peru
MEMBER
Roberta Cenedese
Citizenship: Canada
MEMBER
Walter Chivescu
Citizenship: Romania
Education Committee
The Education Committee makes recommendations concerning all educational matters and undertakes the functions and projects received from the Board or Assembly (maintains and updates all course materials, requirements, forms and other documents relating to AIDA educational courses)
EDUCATION OFFICER
Claude Chapuis
Citizenship: France
COMMITTEE MEMBER
Marc Guerrin
Citizenship: France
COMMITTEE MEMBER
Jan Bareš
Citizenship: Czech Republic
COMMITTEE MEMBER
Martin Uiterwijk
Citizenship: Netherlands
COMMITTEE MEMBER
Buhl Andy
Citizenship: Belgium
COMMITTEE MEMBER
Thibaut Fernandez
Citizenship: France
Technical Committee
The Technical Committee is transitioning towards the coordination of all AIDA rules and regulations to ensure alignment and consistancy across the AIDA system.
COMMITTEE MEMBER
Guillaume Latzko-Toth
Citizenship: Canada
COMMITTEE MEMBER
Lisa Borg
Citizenship: Australia
COMMITTEE MEMBER
Christian Foetinger
Citizenship: Austria
Medical and Science Committee
The Medical & Science Committee undertakes special projects as are requested by the Executive Board and Assembly, and proposes potential projects for consideration and approval.
MEDICAL OFFICER
Oleg Melikhov
Citizenship: Russian Federation
MEDICAL OFFICER
Irina Zelenkova
Citizenship: Russian Federation
MEDICAL OFFICER
Fred Lemaitre
Citizenship: France
COMMITTEE MEMBER
Juan M Valdivia
Citizenship: Peru
COMMITTEE MEMBER
Jeroen Van Haudt
Citizenship: Belgium
Safety committee
The Safety Committee has the role to implement the AIDA strategy and advise the Board on Safety related subjects
AIDA SAFETY COMMITTEE MEMBER
Marco Cosentino
Citizenship: Italy
AIDA SAFETY COMMITTEE MEMBER
Harry Chamas
Citizenship: United Kingdom
AIDA SAFETY COMMITTEE MEMBER
Christopher Mckay
Citizenship: Australia
Jury Control Committee
JR
Olga Sidorova
Citizenship: Russian Federation
COMMITTEE MEMBER
Ekaterina Romanova
Citizenship: Russian Federation
COMMITTEE MEMBER
Radoslaw Gaca
Citizenship: Poland
COMMITTEE MEMBER
Anne-Louise Fortin
Citizenship: Canada
