Tasks

The Board of Directors is elected by the General Assembly and is responsible for the efficient and effective management and supervision of the activities and affairs of the Institute in accordance with its Statutes and Bylaws. The Board meets twice per year and is composed of twenty-one members, five of whom serve as Officers (President, two Vice- Presidents, Executive Secretary and Treasurer) and 16 who serve as Directors.

The general task of all IISL Board Members is to attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and the General Assembly and to actively contribute to the realisation of the purposes and objectives of the Institute. The Board members maintain the highest ethical standards and act in the best interest of the Institute.

Qualification

A Member of the Board is an Individual Member or designated representative of an Institutional Member of the Institute, with significant experience in the juridical or social science aspects of space activities, and committed to the purposes and objectives of the Institute.

Elections

Board members are elected for three-year terms and may be re-elected. Elections are run electronically and are managed by an Election Committee, appointed each year by the General Assembly.

Current Board of Directors

Board of Directors at its Fall Meeting 2024 during IAC in Milan, Italy

Current Directors

Catherine Doldirina

Term: 2024 - 2027

Nationality: Italy

Frans von der Dunk

Term: 2023 - 2026

Nationality: Netherlands

Andrea Harrington

Term: 2024 - 2027

Nationality: United States

Mahulena Hofmann

Term: 2023 - 2026

Nationality: Czech Republic / Germany

Peter Martinez

Term: 2022 - 2025

Nationality: South Africa

Martha Mejia-Kaiser

Term: 2022 - 2025

Nationality: Mexico / Germany

Olavo de Oliveira Bittencourt Neto

Term: 2024 - 2027

Nationality: Brazil

Masahiko Sato

Term: 2024 - 2027

Nationality: Japan

Bernhard Schmidt-Tedd

Term: 2024 - 2027

Nationality: Germany

Olga Stelmakh-Drescher

Term: 2023 - 2026

Nationality: Germany / Ukraine

Jenni Tapio

Term: 2024 - 2027

Nationality: Finland

Fabio Tronchetti

Term: 2024 - 2027

Nationality: Italy

Helen Tung

Term: 2022 - 2025

Nationality: Singapore

Guoyu Wang

Term: 2024 - 2027

Nationality: China

Yun Zhao

Term: 2024 - 2027

Nationality: Hong Kong, China