GovernanceThe governing body of the Society is the Council, which makes policy decisions for the Society and directs the Society as a whole.

The Council is empowered to:

  • Fix international dues for Members of the Society;
  • Approve the receipt of gifts and bequests;
  • Ratify all appointments of representatives to Committees, and international and other agencies;
  • Act upon proposals submitted to it by its Executive Committee and by the Chairs of other Committees;
  • Enact Society Bylaws.

The Council consists of Ex officio Council Members and Ordinary Council Members. The Ex officio Council Members are the Executive Committee.

The number of Ordinary Council Members is determined by the number of Regions. Every Region has at least one Ordinary Council Member. The Ordinary Council Members are elected by the general membership of the Society.

The President is Chair of the Council.

The Chairs of the Standing Committees serve as non-voting ex officio Members of the Council.

 

Executive Committee, (Council Member, Voting Ex-Officio)
Position Name Name Region
President Clarice Demétrio Brazilian Region
Outgoing President Kaye E. Basford Australasian Region
Secretary/Treasurer Linda Young Eastern North American Region
Editorial Represenative Urania Dafni Eastern Mediterranean Region
Educational Representative Peter Njuho South African Region
Executive Director (Non-voting) Dee Ann Walker  ex officio
Council Member, (Non-Voting Ex-Officio)
Editorial Advisory Committee Chair Charles McCulloch Western North American Region
Biometric Bulletin Editor Roslyn Stone Eastern North American Region
Committee on Communications Chair Sue Welham British & Irish Region
Strategic Issues Committee Chair Richardus Vonk German Region
Awards Fund Committee Chair Renato Martins Assunção Brazilian Region
Education Committee Chair Krista Fischer Nordic-Baltic Region
Conference Advisory Committee Chair Vicente Núñez-Antón Spanish Region
Budget and Finance Committee Chair Warren Müller Australasian Region

 

Ordinary Council Member Region
Hendriek Boshuizen The Netherlands Region
David Baird Australasian Region
Anthony Pettitt Australasian Region
Alan Welsh Australasian Region
David Balding British & Irish Region
Tim Cole British & Irish Region
John Philip Hinde British & Irish Region
Chris Glasbey British & Irish Region
Ruth King British & Irish Region
Sue Welham British & Irish Region
Tim Friede German Region
Annette Kopp-Schneider German Region
Andreas Ziegler German Region
Frank Bretz German Region
Christoph Muysers German Region
Hans-Peter Piepho German Region
Benjamin Reiser Eastern Mediterranean Region
Timothy Gregoire Eastern North American Region
Xihong Lin Eastern North American Region
Jane Pendergast Eastern North American Region
Jose Pinheiro Eastern North American Region
Jeremy Taylor Eastern North American Region
Zofia Hanusz Poland Region
Ranganath Rattihalli Indian Region
Yutaka Matsuyama Japanese Region
Tom Britton Nordic-Baltic Region
Esa Läärä Nordic-Baltic Region
Julio A. Di Rienzo Argentinean Region
Geert Molenberghs Belgian Region
Stijn Vansteelandt Belgian Region
Dalton de Andrade Brazilian Region
Paulo Ribeiro Brazilian Region
Raúl Macchiavelli Central American-Caribbean Region
María Durbán Reguera Spanish Region
Hélène Jacqmin-Gadda French Region
Maria Grazia Valsecchi Italian Region
Tae Rim Lee Korean Region
Stephan Morgenthaler Austro-Swiss Region
Andrea Berghold Austro-Swiss Region
Christine McLaren Western North American Region
Elizabeth Thompson Western North American Region