HUPO director general Paul Stinson has hired four people to serve as paid members of the new HUPO secretariat, which is based in Montreal. Wehbeh Barghachie will serve as congress director and project manager; Elizabeth Cooper will serve as the communications and industry liaison manager; Sandrine Palcy will serve as the training coordinator; and Sylvie Ouellette will serve as the membership and administration coordinator.

All members of the new secretariat are Canadian, except for Palcy, who is from France.