The General Assembly of ILSE took place in Bad Nenndorf, Germany, combined with the Board of Directors Meeting June 27-29, 2024. The main items were the election of the new President, Vice Presidents, Secretary General and some changes of the ILSE Constitution.
The General Assembly elected:
Dr. Dirk Bissinger PhD (DLRG/Germany) as President of ILSE.
The new elected Vice Presidents are Claire Ann V. Alfonso (NLS/Norway), Isabel Garcia (RFESS/Spain), Dr. Giorgio Quintavalle (FIN/Italy) and Jolanda van Dalen (KNBRD/The Netherlands).
As Secretary General the General Assembly elected Dr. Christoph Freudenhammer PhD (DLRG/Germany).
The General Assembly decided unanimously to honor the previous President of ILSE Dr. Detlev Mohr and the previous Secretary General Joachim Kellermeier as Honorary Life-Members of ILSE and thanked both with standing ovations for their longstanding work and efforts for ILSE.
The new elected Members of the ILSE Board of Directors are:
Pawel Blasiak | WOPR/Poland |
Cavell Burchell | RLSS UK/United Kingdom |
Dimitrios Chaliotis | HRC/Greece |
Didier Clerens | BLSF/Belgian Lifesaving Federation |
Jean Baptiste Gimie | FFSS/France |
Clemente Gramigna | SLRG/Switzerland |
Kristiina Heinonen | FSL/Finland |
Gerald Innerwinkler | ÖWR/Austria |
Dr. Anders Jacobsson MD | SLS/Sweden |
Dr. Sanja Mazic MD | RCS/Serbia |
Clare McGrath | WSI/Ireland |
Polykarpos Pallikaros | Cyprus Life Saving Federation |
Silvana Radovanovic | CRC/Croatia |
Confeatukations to all incoming and continuing members.