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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.
Director: 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: 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: Jessica Hart (South Africa)
 Jessica Hart runs a private Therapeutic Aromatherapy and Reflexology practice in the Durban area of South Africa.
She is co-owner of Natural Oils, a web-based company supplying fixed and essential oils and packaging materials to aromatherapy practitioners.
Jessica lectured aromatherapy and reflexology to 3rd and 4th year somatology students at the Durban University of Technology and is a past member of the Allied Health Professions Council of South Africa where she represented Therapeutic Reflexology.
Director: Jennie Levick (Great Britain)
 Jennie was born in China, returning to England after internment during WW2.
Educated in Bedford, General Nurse trained at Westminster Hospital, London and married to Derwent in Sheffield – celebrating their Golden Wedding Anniversary last year.
14 years in Guernsey covered the family of 4’s education before returning to Sheffield in 1990 to a purpose built home that included the Green Care Clinic.
Here Jennie took her Nursing into full time Reflexology with the International Institute of Reflexology®(UK) becoming a tutor in 1993, then National Director to 2010 and now Principal & Quality Assurance Coordinator for the IIR(UK) Schools whilst continuing to enjoy her private practice.
As a member of the ICR for many years it is a privilege now to support its aims and its members as a Director.
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