The International Association of Facilitators (IAF)is a professional association that promotes, supports, and advances the art and practice of professional process facilitation. It was founded in 1994 in the United States and is now a global organization with seven regions - Africa, Asia, Canada, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, Oceania, and the United States – which holds annual regional conferences and publishes a research journal and newsletters. In 2011, IAF began creating local chapters. The organization is led by a board of directors elected annually and representing all IAF regions.