Chris Lewis (Australia) elected World YMCA President 2026-2030, to head new Executive Committee
Date: 21 July 2026
21st YMCA World Council, Toronto, Canada - Tuesday 21 July 2026
Elections were held today at the 21st YMCA World Council in Toronto, and the full World YMCA Executive Committee for the 2026-2030 term is as follows.
For full biographies, written and video testimonies for each member, please see the Nominations Book (published May 2026) at the page numbers indicated below.
Pius Kamau Ng'ang'a (Kenya) (p. 13)
Nalisoa Andrianarivo (Madagascar) (p. 14)
Charis Gabriel Lim (Singapore) (p. 18)
Czieloh Jomea Villajin (Philippines) (p. 20)
Sarah Bremner (Scotland) (p. 22)
Lena Revekka Schickhaus (Germany) (p. 23)
Gabriel "Tang" Stabile Lopes Da Silva (Brazil) (p. 26)
Diego Sandoval Landabur (Chile) (p. 27)
Cecilia Rojas (USA) (p. 29)
Mary Kathryn Beck (Canada) (p. 31)
Maurine Kouba (East Jerusalem) (p. 33)
Christopher Lewis (Australia) - President (p.5)
Emma Osmundsen-White (England & Wales) - Deputy President (p.8)
Laurie Lynn Skinner (Canada) - Treasurer (p.11)