Bios of the Board of Directors of the I.C.R.

International Council of Reflexologists

I.C.R. Board of Directors' Bios

President: Beryl Crane (England)

Beryl Crane 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 Salvesen 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 McAllister 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)

W. Eugen Dietrich 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 Dougans 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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