Trustees and Membership Advisory Council

The IAFSS is managed by the 10 trustees, 9 of whom are elected by the membership, and the immediate Past Chair, who is an ex-officio member. The trustees are officers of the organization. As a registered Charitable Incorporated Organization (CIO) in England, at least one trustee must reside in England or Wales.

To coordinate member-facing activities of the IAFSS, there is a Membership Advisory Council (MAC) that consists of 18 members elected by the membership. Starting with the 2023 election, the MAC will have six (6) members from each of the IAFSS’ three regions: Americas (A), Europe, Middle East and Africa (E/ME/A) and Asia-Oceania (AO). The scope of the MAC is to advise and make representations to the charity trustees: to relevant issues or needs within the regions they represent; to appoint from their ranks non-trustee members of IAFSS committees, with the exception of the Executive and Nominating Committees; and to provide representation of, and exchange of information with, organizations which the charity may have professional liaison. The members of the MAC elect from their ranks a Co-Chair of the MAC, who serves with the Vice Chair Membership Advisory Council (MAC) and Symposium Planning Committee (SPC) trustee.

The current lists of Trustees and Membership Advisory Council are provided below.

Executive Committee / Trustees

Chair

Honorary Treasurer / Vice Chair Finance

  • Prof Margaret Simonson McNamee, Sweden

Honorary Secretary / Vice Chair Education

  • Prof Charles Fleischmann, New Zealand

Vice-Chairs

  • Prof Ritsu Dobashi, Japan
  • Dr Jason Floyd, USA
  • Prof Longhua Hu, China
  • Prof Elizbeth Weckman, Canada
  • Prof Jennifer Wen, UK

Immediate Past Chair

  • Prof Patrick Van Hees, Sweden

Membership Advisory Council (MAC)

  • Prof Luke Bisby, UK
  • Prof Pascal Boulet, France
  • Prof W-K Chow, Hong Kong, China
  • Prof Ritsu Dobashi, Japan
  • Dr Rita Fahy, USA
  • Prof Charles Fleischmann, New Zealand
  • Dr Jason Floyd, USA
  • Prof Edwin Galea, UK
  • Prof Michael Gollner, USA
  • Prof Kazunori Harada, Japan
  • Prof Longhua Hu, China
  • Prof Brian Lattimer, USA
  • Prof Naian Liu, China
  • Prof Cristian Maluk, Australia
  • Prof Ken Matsuyama, Japan
  • Prof Margaret Simonson McNamee, Sweden
  • Dr Brian Meacham, USA
  • Prof Bart Merci, Belgium
  • Prof Yuji Nakamura, Japan
  • Prof Arnaud Trouvé, USA
  • Prof Patrick Van Hees, Sweden
  • Dr Yi Wang, USA
  • Prof Elizabeth Weckman, Canada
  • Prof Jennifer Wen, UK