Daniel Tisch, Chair, CPRS Fellow, Canada

Daniel Tisch is the president and co-owner of Argyle Communications, one of Canada’s premier independent public relations firms, winner of 39 major industry awards in 2010 and 2011 alone. He has counselled some of the world’s biggest consumer brands, financial service leaders, technology companies, pharmaceutical manufacturers, not-for-profits and governments. Before becoming a public relations consultant, Daniel held senior communications roles in the Canadian government, including serving as Senior Policy Advisor and Acting Chief of Staff to Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs. He has lectured on public relations at Queen’s University School of Business since 1996 and is a member of the Queen’s University Board of Trustees. In 2007, the Globe and Mail's Report on Business magazine named Daniel one of 16 ‘star alumni' from Canada's leading executive MBA programs.

Anne Gregory, Chair-Elect, CIPR Fellow, United Kingdom

Dr Anne Gregory is Professor of Public Relations and Director of the Centre for Public Relations Studies at Leeds Metropolitan University.  An internationally recognized researcher, Anne also heads a specialist consultancy from the Centre working for diverse public and private sector clients.  At the beginning of 2011 she worked full time with the Department of Health on a project scoping the capabilities of communicators in the 'new' National Health Service. 
Originally a broadcast journalist, Anne spent 10 years as a senior practitioner before moving on to academia.  She was President of the CIPR in 2004, leading it to Chartered status and was awarded the Sir Stephen Tallents Medal in 2009 for her outstanding contribution to public relations.

William Murray, Treasurer, PRSA Fellow, USA

William M. Murray, CAE, is President and Chief Operating Officer of the Public Relations Society of America. Murray is responsible for the overall direction of PRSA, which was chartered in 1947. Before consulting, Murray was Executive Vice President and co-Chief Operating Officer of the Motion Picture Association (MPA), the international trade association representing the international interests of the major Hollywood studios in more than 70 countries across the globe. Murray also was President of William Murray & Associates, a consulting firm focused on developing international media strategies for digital content protection, audiovisual regulation, film production tax policy and international government relations. 
Murray serves on the board of the Global Alliance for Public Relations, the New York Society of Association Executives, and is a senior fellow at the University of Southern California (USC) Center for the Digital Future.

Catherine Arrow, Secretary, CIPR Fellow, New Zealand

Catherine Arrow has a 30 year history as public relations consultant, journalist and communicator spanning both the northern and southern hemispheres.  She serves in a number of capacities, including Head of Learning for PRINZ, the Public Relations Institute of New Zealand, lectures regularly at New Zealand universities, and, in her consultancy role, provides strategic public relations advice and online reputation counsel to a variety of organisations, including government, commercial and not-for-profit entities.  A CIPR Fellow, Chartered Practitioner, Accredited Practitioner and Member of PRINZ, Catherine has been guiding organisations through their digital relationships since the inception of the web and is currently serving her second term on the Global Alliance board.

Regina Pinna-Marfurt, Chief Administrative Officer, GA Center, Switzerland

Regina Pinna-Marfurt has been the Chief Administrative Officer of the Global Alliance for Public Relations Management since April 15 2013. She is the Managing Director of the Executive MScom program at the USI Università della Svizzera italiana in Lugano. Prior to joining the USI, she worked as an independent PR consultant with a leading Swiss communication agency. She has over 10 years of experience in Corporate Communications and Media Relations in the IT industry, and her other assignments have included working as a marketing and sales manager for a telecommunication company, as publisher of the Swiss women’s magazine “Annabelle” and as product manager at Credit Suisse

Past Chairs

John L. Paluszek, Immediate Past-Chair, 2009-2011, PRSA Fellow, USA
	John L. Paluszek is Senior Counsel at Ketchum (New York and Washington D.C.) specializing in Reputation Management and Corporate Responsibility. He is liaison to the United Nations for the Global Alliance and for the Public Relations Society of America. John is a member of the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications and the Commission on Public Relations Education. The PRSA 1989 national president, John has received a number of professional awards, most recently PRSA's 2010 Atlas Award for Lifetime Achievement in International Public Relations. A former journalist, John has written many commentaries for business and academic journals such as the Journal of the Public Affairs Council and Journalism Studies
Colin Farrington (United Kingdom), Past Chair 2007-2009 Sej Motau (South Africa), Past Chair 2005-2007 Jean Valin (Canada), Past Chair 2003-2005 Toni Muzi Falconi (Italy), Past Chair 2001-2003 Deanna Pelfrey (USA), Interim Chair 2000-2001
Global Alliance Board Members 2011/2013
Annette Martell (IABC, USA)  Dorothee Hutter (DPRG, Germany) Elina Melgin (ProCom, Finland) Gregor Halff (IPRS, Singapore)  Jon Bisset (PRIA, Australia) Marco Massarotto (FERPI, Itlay) Mateus Furlanetto (ABERJE, Brazil) Ronél Rensburg (PRISA, South Africa)
Global Alliance Center (Lugano, Switzerland)
Regina Pinna-Marfurt, Chief Administrative Officer Elena Bernasconi, Executive Officer Elisa Noli, Communication Manager