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I.C.R.
Board of Directors' Bios
President: Beryl Crane (England)
During
the last decade Beryl has been deeply committed to the practice of
Reflexology and its advancement around the United Kingdom. She runs a
busy clinic and training school and serves as an outside
examiner/advisor or Reflexology for the Institute for Complementary
Medicine.
Beryl has traveled extensively
throughout the Middle East, South East Asia, the Orient and North
America. She has taught advanced courses of Reflexology in both Beijing
and Shanghai by incorporating the zone and meridian theories and sharing
her knowledge and expertise. Beryl has served on the ICR Board since
1997 and has been President since 1998. Beryl’s vision is to work
toward Reflexology’s worldwide acceptance, with each country pooling
their knowledge so that all may benefit.
Vice President: Cecilia Salvesen (South
Africa)
Cecilia is the author of “You
Are What You Eat” and “Aromatherapy for Natural Health and
Beauty”. She is a therapeutic Reflexologist and Aromatherapist. In
1992 she established the Natural Health and Beauty College in South
Africa, which she directed until they moved to the USA in 2002. She is a
founder member of the Aromatherapy Society of South Africa. Cecilia
served as an executive committee member of the South African Reflexology
Society from 1990 till 2002 and was actively involved with different
societies in negotiating with government for the statutory registration
of reflexology and aromatherapy in South Africa. She was nominated and
formally gazetted as a member of the Standards Generating Body (SGB) for
the Integrated Health Professions, to write unit standards for
therapeutic aromatherapy for South Africa. In 2002 Cecilia was awarded
Honorary Membership for both the South African Reflexology Society and
the Aromatherapy Society of South Africa. Cecilia is an international
speaker on subjects related to reflexology, health, lifestyle and
nutrition.
Secretary:
Russell McAllister (Australia)
Russell has been involved in
natural therapies for over 20 years and with reflexology for 17 years.
He has been on the ICR Board since 1997 and has served as Vice
President, Secretary and Director respectively. He has been strongly
involved in the ICR Conference Committees since 1999. Russell was a
founding member of the Reflexology Association of Australia (NSW) and
served on that committee for many years. Russell is the founder and
publisher of “Reflexology World Magazine”.
Treasurer: W. Eugen Dietrich (Canada)
Eugen has been a Certified
Reflexologist for the past 22 years and an instructor for 15 years. He
has served 10 years on the Board of Directors with the Reflexology
Association of Canada as Membership Secretary, Treasurer, Vice President
and on various committees.
Presently, Eugen is Vice
President of the Ontario College of Reflexology and the Chairperson of
the “Dispute & Resolution Committee”. He is a Chartered Council member
of the Reflexology Registration Council of Ontario.
Eugen was elected to the I.C.R.
Board of Directors in 1996 and has held the position of Treasurer.
Director: Inge Dougans (South Africa)
Inge qualified in Denmark in
1981 and shortly thereafter settled in South Africa where she started a
private practice that became demanding with 12-15 clients daily. Inge
was encouraged to teach others the profession and the academy started in
1983. Inge is also author of several books on reflexology - all with
the knowledge of the Chinese philosophy to be a major part of the
profession. Inge serves as a board member on the Allied Health
Profession Council of South Africa - representing the reflexology
profession.
Director: Emma Gierschick (Australia)
 Emma is the former National President and Honorary Life Member of the
Reflexology Association of Australia. She works part time as a Senior
Lecturer at Endeavour College of Natural Health, where she was awarded
an ‘Academic Blue’ for teaching excellence.
Emma regularly appears on National TV and Radio
and is published in many National and International journals, magazines
and other publications. In 2008 she created several national awareness
weeks to promote the advancement of Naturopathy, Aromatherapy,
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), and Muscloskeletal therapy (MST) in
Australia, along with 2 generic weeks;
Natural Health and Fitness and Natural Medicine week, for all modalities
to unite to promote the benefits of natural health. It is her goal that
these weeks become internationally recognized.
In
response to the Australian Bush Fires in 2009, Emma was instrumental in
the creation of the Australian Practitioners Emergency Response Network
(APERN) recruiting and coordinating volunteer therapists to provide
support for the emergency service personnel and survivors of the fires.
She simultaneously organized a National fundraising event in several
major cities in
Australia
offering reflexology or massage treatments for the public raising over
$20,000.
Director: Paul
Norton Rudé (Portugal)
Paul has been involved with
bio-energetic therapies for over 20 years with private practice
specializing in Auriculotherapy and Reflextherapy. He is a charter
member of the ICR and among the first U.S. reflexologist to be
accredited nationally by the ARCB, a graduate of the AAR - Flocco Method
of Ear, Hand and Foot Reflexology and follower of the work of Dr. Paul
Nogier. He is author of 'Souls to Soles' published in 6
languages, and originator of the technique 'Light Touch Reflex
Action' (LTRA) therapy for infants. He is founder and President of
the ‘Associação de S. Miguel para a Medicina Bio-Energética’,
a non profit organization responsible for scientific research which the
‘Association’ is pursuing to validate a bio-energetic geological
‘phenomenon’ associated with the ‘Fonte de Milagre de S. Miguel’ in
the municipality of Castro Verde - Portugal.
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