On July 5, 2024, the Board of ICOM MPR (Marketing and Public Relations) announced a call for members to offer their candidacy for Vice Chair, Treasurer, Secretary, or Ordinary Member to serve through the next MPR board election to be held at the 27th ICOM General Conference in Dubai in November 2025.

On October 21, we will announce and open the online voting platform for MPR members to vote for the candidates. Voting will close and the results will be announced during the MPR General Assembly on October 29.

Before you vote, you can learn more about the MPR Board Candidates by reading their brief biographies and statements in the Candidates for ICOM MPR Board, Special Election 2024.

They include:

Candidate for Vice Chair:
Niloofar Yazdkhasti, ICOM Iran
Curator and Researcher, Iran Dolls Museum

Candidate for Secretary:
Carolyn Mwenda, ICOM Kenya
Head of Marketing, National Museums of Kenya

Candidate for Treasurer:
Vinod Harikumar, ICOM United Arab Emirates
Senior Marketing and Communications Leader

Four (4) Candidates for Ordinary Member (only vote for one):

Christiana Kazakou (GB/GR), ICOM UK
Researcher, Curator, Cultural Producer

Carolien Mertens, ICOM Belgium
Head of Public Engagement, Royal Library of Belgium

Keith Reburiano, ICOM Philippines
Head of Communications and External Affairs, National Museum of the Philippines

Živilė Stadalytė, ICOM Lithuania
Communication Specialist, National Museum of Lithuania