2025-2026 Committees & Appointments

Area of Responsibility	Name
Membership Development	Juan Giraldo (Chair)
New Business	Jason Cohen (Chair)
Technology & Website	Chuck McLaughlin (Chair)
Audit, Budget & Finance	Remi Kalacyan (Chair)
Conference & Mid-Term Site Recommendation & Mgmt	Bob Heales (Chair)
Awards	Mike LaCorte (Chair)
Ethics & Grievances	Chuck McLaughlin (Chair)
Legislation	Rockne Cooke (Chair)
Welcome Committee	Candice Tal (Chair)
Seminar	Alex Auslander (Chair)
Protocol & Public Relationships	Mike LaCorte and James Bearden (Co-Chair)
Social Media	Svenja Meismann (Chair)
Executive Committee	Mike LaCorte Alex Solomanidin Chuck McLaughlin Dan Rusu Siti Naidu
Editor	Siti Naidu
Parliamentarian	Siti Naidu
Historian	Bob Heales
Sergeant-at-Arms	John Jones
Ex-officio member for all committees	Bob Heales (Executive Director)
Association Relationship Committee	Alexey Solomanidin

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2026 Mid-Term Meeting April 22 to 26, Barcelo Anfa Casablanca, Morocco
2026 Annual Conference - September 1 to 6, Le Gray D’Albion Cannes, France
2027 Mid-Term Meeting - March 3 to 7, Intercontinental San Jose, Costa Rica
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IMPORTANT:

WAD makes every effort to ensure all members are properly licensed and insured, where required. WAD is not a regulatory agency. Every member is approved by the Executive Committee after notice to the membership. Members are required to validate their credentials annually upon membership renewal. When utilizing another member, members are encouraged to do their own due diligence when contracting any Investigative or Security Professional. Twice annually, WAD will publish in this guide all WAD members that are active, as a reference only. WAD disclaims any liability for any damages incurred in the contracting of investigative or security services of its independent members.

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