General Directorate

The Beneficent Spiritist Center União do Vegetal has a General Directorate with the mission of managing the Center and the General Headquarters in their material, social, cultural, medical and educational aspects. Therefore, there are specific departments and the coordination of each department is the responsibility of UDV members who are elected or appointed as officers of the General Directorate, including a President, Maurício Bernis and seven Vice-Presidents. All officers are unpaid volunteers and the UDV does not receive any financial resources from private companies or the public sector. Resources for the maintenance of the Center come from dues and donations from members.

VICE-PRESIDENCY

The UDV is constantly growingand to ensure the sustainability use of available resources, the General Directorate has five vice-presidents who are responsible for specific areas of operation. They are:

          • Vice-President of Prosperar: Glycon Garcia Júnior – Núcleo Grande Ventura, Jarinu-SP, 3rd Region
          • Operational Vice-President: Everaldo Paulo de Azevedo Filho – Núcleo Luz do Oriente, Brazlândia-DF, 8th Region
          • Financial Vice-President: Daniel dos Santos Silva – General Headquarters, Brasília-DF
          • Vice-President of Departments and DRDGs: Ricardo Zapala Wetter – Núcleo Florestal, Alta Floresta-MT, 13th Region
          • Vice-President of the International Field: Tai Brook Bixby – Núcleo Santa Fé, Santa Fé-New Mexico (EUA), 18th Region
          • Vice-President of IT: Magno Almeida Ramos – Núcleo Mestre Bartolomeu, Porto Velho-RO, 1st Region
          • Vice-President General Headquarters: Salomão Taumaturgo Marques – General Headquarters, Brasília-DF

The vice-presidents are supported by other elected officers  of the General Directorate (see chart below) and Regional Coordinators (voluntary members who are responsible for ensuring that decisions made by the General Directorate are fulfilled throughout the 19 Regions of the União do Vegetal).

OFFICE IN BRASILIA

The organizational structure of the General Directorate consists of 2o elected members, 105 appointed members and 19 paid employees who develop specific activities in the office of the UDV in Brasilia (DF). They are responsible for assisting the General Directorate with its needs. All office staff are members of the UDV and do not occupy elected positions in the General Directorate.