IIHF Committees 2021-2026
Asia Committee
Aivaz Omorkanov | Chairperson |
Harald Springfeld | Secretary |
Mohamed Aref Eljachi | UAE |
Wanchana Kasemsunt Na Ayudtaryar | THA |
Hirotaka Saegusa | JPN |
Harjinder Singh | IND |
Arslan Mergen | Expert |
Associate Members Working Group
Raeto Raffainer | Chairperson |
Adriaan Wijckmans | Secretary |
Charles El-Mir | LBN |
Jorge Haiek | ARG |
Ferhat Tozunler | MKD |
Joaquin De la Garma | Expert |
Adnan Mrkva | Expert |
Athletes Committee
Franz Reindl | Chairperson |
Stefan Grauwiler | Secretary |
Sean Burke | CAN |
Renata Fast | CAN |
Jennifer Harss | GER |
Ivan Stimic Rojtinic | CRO |
Angela Ruggiero | USA |
Dainius Zubrus | LTU |
Saku Koivu | Expert |
Coaching Committee
Raeto Raffainer | Chairperson |
Tom Renney | Co-Chair |
Kim Pedersen | Secretary |
Heinz Ehlers | DEN |
Anders Lundberg | SWE |
Gergely Majoross | HUN |
Sergei Zubov | RUS |
Baris Coskun | Expert |
Kimmo Oikarinen | Expert |
Filip Pesan | Expert |
Lars Weibel | Expert |
Communication Committee
Andrea Gios | Chairperson |
Christian Philipp | Secretary |
Marc Hindelang | GER |
Kristoffer Holm | NOR |
Natalia Lebedeva | RUS |
Henna Malmberg | FIN |
Evgenia Nikitina | Expert |
Rauno Parras | Expert |
Competition & Coordination Committee
Anders Larsson | Chairperson |
Kim Pedersen | Secretary |
Dmitry Kurbatov | RUS |
Martin Milanov | BUL |
John Vanbiesbrouck | USA |
Peter Zahner | SUI |
Johan Hemlin | Expert |
Sami Kauhanen | Expert |
Eric Ropert | Expert |
Scott Salmond | Expert |
Development Committee
Petr Briza | Chairperson |
Kalle Valiaho | Secretary |
Ulrik Larsen | DEN |
Andy Mills | NZL |
Marko Valencic | CRO |
Theo van Gerwen | NED |
Igor Andrejkovic | Expert |
Stoian Batchvarov | Expert |
Christine Duchamp | Expert |
Manuela Groger-Schneider | Expert |
European Professional Hockey Committee
Petr Briza | Chairperson |
Matti Nurminen | Secretary |
Henrik Back-Nielsen | DEN |
Denis Vaucher | SUI |
Marc Lüthi | SUI |
Jörgen Lindgren | SWE |
Anders Larsson (SWE) | Expert |
Patrick Bloch (SUI) | Expert |
Claus Gröbner (GER) | Expert |
Sami Kauhanen (FIN) | Expert |
Event & Championships Committee
Franz Reindl | Chairperson |
Hannes Ederer | Secretary |
Jan Cerny | CZE |
Kwangeun Choi | KOR |
Peter Forsberg | SWE |
Alexey Kireev | RUS |
Zoltan Kovacs | Expert |
Petras Nauseda | Expert |
Igor Nemecek | Expert |
Dwayne Dillinger | Expert |
Facilities Committee
Viesturs Koziols | Chairperson |
Cornelia Ljungberg | Secretary |
Meshal H. Al-Ajimi | KUW |
Jesse Albers | CAN |
Ramil Nagimullin | RUS |
Michael Pfuhl | GER |
Andrei Basko | Expert |
Antoine Descloux | Expert |
Jeff Theiler | Expert |
Manu Varho | Expert |
Simon Stigenberg | Expert |
Finance Committee
Petr Briza | Chairperson |
Gion Veraguth | Secretary |
Henrik Bach Nielsen | IIHF |
Andrea Gios | IIHF |
Bob Nicholson | IIHF |
Aivaz Omorkanov | IIHF |
Harri Nummela | FIN |
Clifton Wrottesley | GBR |
Matti Nurminen | non-voting member |
Patrick Bloch | Expert |
Aigars Kalvitis | Expert |
Andreas Münch | Expert |
Historical / Hall of Fame Committee
Luc Tardif | Chairperson |
Christophe Roy | Secretary |
Christer Englund | SWE |
Zsuzsanna Kolbenheyer | HUN |
Jukka-Pekka Vuorinen | FIN |
Peter Lüthi | SUI |
Andrew Podnieks | CAN |
Phil Pritchard | CAN |
Jiri Slegr | CZE |
Legal Committee
Zsuzsanna Kolbenheyer | Chairperson |
Ashley Ehlert | Secretary |
Andras Gurovits | SUI |
Casey Jorgensen | USA |
Sean Kelly | CAN |
Natalia Ovchinnikova | RUS |
Gernot Tripcke | Expert |
Marketing Committee
Heikki Hietanen | Chairperson |
Christian Philipp | Secretary |
Marta Bertolli | ITA |
Claus Grobner | GER |
Pat Kelleher | USA |
Dean McIntosh | Expert |
Paul Graham | Expert |
Medical & Player Safety Committee
Henrik Bach Nielsen | Chairperson |
Nadege Veintimilla | Secretary |
Mark Aubry | CAN |
Jaan Moelder | EST |
Mike Stuart | USA |
Markku Tuominen | FIN |
Walter Kistler | Expert |
Christiane Loinig-Velik | Expert |
Paul Piccininni | Expert |
Officiating Committee
Marta Zawadzka | Chairperson |
Danny Kurmann | Secretary |
Lars Bruggemann | GER |
Vanessa Stratton | CAN |
Thomas Torsbrink | SWE |
Scott Zelkin | USA |
Yahya Mohamed Aljneibi | Expert |
Pavel Halas | Expert |
Mihkail Karpushin | Expert |
Sustainability Committee
Beate Grupp | Chairperson |
Anastasia Hiscock | Secretary |
Anna Budykina | RUS |
Ottar Eide | NOR |
Urs Scholl | SUI |
Jorg von Ameln | GER |
Naomi Bloetjes | Expert |
Top Mentorship Committee
Marta Zawadzka | Chairperson |
Kalle Valiaho | Secretary |
Alexander Kiknadze | RUS |
Bob Mancini | USA |
Aku Nieminen | FIN |
Anders Wahlstrom | SWE |
Christian Kunast | Expert |
Corey McNabb | Expert |
Women's Committee
Zsuzsanna Kolbenheyer | Chairperson |
Blanka Elekes Szentagotai | Secretary |
Viktoriya Sazonova | KAZ |
Gina Kingsbury | CAN |
Katie Million | USA |
Tereza Sadilova | CZE |
Mel Davidson | Expert |
Martin Kogler | Expert |
Emma Terho | Expert |
Olga Votolovskaya | Expert |