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Current Officers

WAVLD OFFICERS & BOARD OF DIRECTORS

As of: July, 2025

Officers  

Jennifer Davies DVM, MVSc, DACVP, Co-President
Associate Professor (Teaching) Anatomic Pathology
Director, Diagnostic Services Unit, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
University of Calgary
Calgary, Alberta Canada

Lindsay Rogers, DVM, MSc, Co-President
Program Outreach Coordinator, Diagnostic Services Unit
Chair, UCVM Veterinary Outbreak Investigation Service
University of Calgary
Calgary, Alberta Canada

Barbara M. Martin, MS, Executive Director
President, BM Martin Laboratory Consultants
2503 Eisenhower Avenue
Ames, Iowa 50010 USA

Board of Directors--

Germán José Cantón, MV, PhD
Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA)
RN 226 km. 73.5 - 7620 Balcarce, Argentina

Prof. Niwat Chansiripornchai
Faculty of Veterinary Science
Chulalongkorn University
39 Henri Dunant Rd., Patumwan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand

Dr. Erdal Erol
Professor and Head of Diagnostic Microbiology
University of Kentucky
Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory
1490 Bull Lea Rd. Lexington, KY 40511, USA

Dr. Peter D. Kirkland
Principal Research Scientist,
Officer in Charge, Virology Laboratory,
Elizabeth Macarthur Agriculture Institute,
Woodbridge Rd, Menangle NSW. Australia
Postal Address: PMB 8, Camden, NSW 2570, Australia

David Korcal, BSMT, MS
Associate Director
Quality and Rick Management Administator
Michigan State University Veterinary Diagnsotic Laboratory
College of Veterinary Medicine
4125 Beaumont Road, Lansing, MI 48910, USA

Dr. Tilman Kühn
Diagnostic Consultant
AM ROSENGARTEN 12a
CAMBURG

Tayna LeRoith, DVM, PhD, DACVP, MBA
Director, Veterinary Teaching Hospital
Virginia Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
Blacksburg, Virginia USA

Dr. Itumeleng Matle
University of South Africa
28 Pioneer Avenue
Roodepoort, 1709 South Africa

Pr Michel Pepin
VetagroSup - Campus Vétérinaire de Lyon
Lyon, France

Dr. Irene Schiller
CBO Elionova AG
Passage du Cardinal 13B
Wagistrasse 27A
CH- 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland

Durda Slavić, DVM, MSc, PhD
Laboratory Services
Animal Health Laboratory
University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, N1H 6R8, Canada

Board Members/Officers Emeritus (Retired)--

Dr. Gian Luca Autorino
Istituto Zooprofilattico sperimentale del Lazio e della Toscana
Via Appia Nuova, 1411 – 00178

Dr. Jose Blanco
Departamento Sanidad Animal
Facultad de Veterinaria
Universidad Complutense
28040 Madrid
Spain

Dr. H. U. Bertschinger
Switzerland

Dr. Walter Bommeli
Schloss
CH-3047 Bremgarten
Switzerland

Dr. Gerrit H.A.Borst, DECVP     
Krommeakker 21
7421 Ge Deventer
The Netherlands

Dr. Luis F. Calvinho
Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Rafaela
Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA).
C.C. 22 (2300) Rafaela, Pcia.
De Santa Fe, Argentina

Dr. Francesco Cancellotti
Italy

Dr. Bernardo Carrillo (Deceased)
Argentina    

Dr. Craig N. Carter
Director & Professor, Epidemiology
Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory
College of Agriculture, Food & the Environment
University of Kentucky
1490 Bull Lea Road
Lexington, Kentucky 40511 USA

Dr. Analia Cobo                 
Espinillo 1359
Código Postal 11700
Montevideo. Uruguay

Dr. Estela Cornaglia
University of Montreal
3200 rue Sicotte
St. Hyacinthe, QC J2S 2M2

Dr. Tony van Dreumel
Animal Health Laboratory
University of Guelph
Box 3612
Guelph, Ontario, Canada  N1H 6R8

Dr. A. K. Eugster (Deceased)
USA               

Dr. H. R. Glattli
Switzerland

Dr. Marilyn Jonas
CEO
Prairie Diagnostic Services Inc.
52 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5B4

Dr. Terry F. McElwain
Regents Professor Emeritus
Paul G. Allen School for Global Health
College of Veterinary Medicine
101 Allen Center, PO Box 647090
Washington State University
Pullman, WA 99164-7090

Dr. L. G. Morehouse (Deceased)
916 Danforth Drive
Columbia, MO 65201 USA

Dr. Yoshihiro Ozawa      
Japan

Dr. Achariya Sailasuta
President, Thai Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians
c/o Department of Pathology
Faculty of Veterinary Science
Chulalongkorn University
Bangkok, Thailand

Dr. Vaughn A. Seaton
1626 Crestwood Circle
Ames, Iowa 50010-5520 USA

Dr. Gerard Wellenberg
GD Animal Health
Arnsbergstraat 7
7418 EZ, Deventer
The Netherlands