Aliquam pretium
22nd WOC Guayaquil, Ecuador 2017
Governance & History
Governance History of WOC
1954-1987 (United States)
1988-2022 (Bermuda)
Trustee Appointments
AOS Trustees
1988-1990 Robert Scully
1988-1992 Dr. David Brown
1990-1994 Merrit Huntington
1992-2014 Peter Furniss
1994-2005 Donna Craig
2005-2014 Dr. Kiat Tan
2014-2018 Sandra Svoboda
2014-2017 Robert Fuchs
2017-2019 Dr. Alec Pridgeon
2018 -2022 Dr. William Riley
2019 -2022 George Hatfield
RHS Trustees
1988-2001 Hon. Alasdair Morrison
1988-1994 Lawrence Banks
1994-2011 Joyce Stewart
2001-2005 Dr. Henry Oakeley
2005-2018 Johan Hermans
2011-2022 Liz Johnson
2018-2022 Chris Purver
Administrative (Bermuda)
1988-2022 Appleby LTD, Estera LTD, Ocorian
Presidents of Trust
1988-1993 Dr. David Brown (New Zealand WOC)
1993-1996 Hon. Alasdair Morrison (Glasgow & RIO WOC)
1996-1999 Peter Furniss (Vancouver WOC)
1999-2005 Joyce Stewart (Sha Alam & Dijon WOCs)
2005-2011 Peter Furniss (Miami & Singapore WOCs)
2011-2014 Johan Hermans (Johannesburg WOC)
2014-2017 Sandra Svoboda (Guayaquil WOC)
2017-2022 Liz Johnson (Taiwan Virtual WOC)
2022-2024 Dr. William Riley (Tainan WOC)
2024-2026 George Hatfield
2022-Current (United States)
The World Orchid Conference Trust is a 501(c)(3) charitable nonprofit organization re-organized in the state of Florida, United States of America. This Trust is the successor to the World Orchid Conference Trust established in Bermuda in 1988 by the American Orchid Society and the Royal Horticultural Society, which was the successor to the World Orchid Conference Trust established by the American Orchid Society in the United States in 1954.
