ISSBD’s success is mainly due to its active members and its incredibly hard-working executives. For more information on everyone involved for the society, please see the following sections below.
Steering Committee
President
Tina Malti
University of Toronto, Canada
Secretary General
Luc Goossens
KU Leuven, Belgium
Treasurer
Melanie Zimmer-Gembeck
Griffith University, Australia
Membership Secretary
Julie Bowker
University at Buffalo, USA
President-elect
Frosso Motti-Stefanidi
National and Kapodistrian University of Athen, Greece
Executive Committee
President
Tina Malti
University of Toronto, Canada
Secretary General
Luc Goossens
KU Leuven, Belgium
Treasurer
Melanie Zimmer-Gembeck
Griffith University, Australia
Membership Secretary
Julie Bowker
University at Buffalo, USA
President Elect
Frosso Motti
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Member
Liqui Zhu
Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Member
Rita Zukauskiene
Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania
Member
Kristine Ajrouch
University of Michigan, USA
Member
Amina Abubakar
Aga Khan University, Kenya
Member
Manuela Verissimo
Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada, Portugal
Member
Marc Bornstein
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, USA.
Institute for Fiscal Studies, UK.
ECD Parenting Programmes, UNICEF, NYC, USA.
Member
Silvia Koller
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Member
Pamela Wadende
Kisii University, Kenya
Member
Cinzia Di Dio
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
Member
René Veenstra
University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Early Career Scholar Representative 2024 - 2028
Tripti Kathuria
Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India
Early Career Scholar Representative 2024 - 2028
Marvin Kapenda
University of Zambia, Zambia
Membership Committee
The membership committee works with the Membership Secretary on membership recruitment strategies, including reaching better coverage of the lifespan; greater diversity of fields; improved recruitment of human development scholars beyond the US, Canada, and Europe, while retaining these traditional members; and more young scholars. This committee also works with the Membership Secretary to develop policy about membership fees.
Chair
Julie Bowker
University at Buffalo, USA
Member
Ann Sanson
University of Melbourne, Australia
Member
Cinzia Di Dio
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
Member
Ken Rubin
University of Maryland, USA
Member
Pamela Wadende
Kisii University, Kenya
Member
Yue Song
Nanjing Normal University, China
Ex-officio: President
Tina Malti
University of Toronto, Canada
Ex-officio
Livia Melandri
SAGE Publications, United Kingdom
Ex-officio: Membership Manager
Karen Castillo
National University of Cuyo, Argentina
Finance Committee
This committee works with the Treasurer to review investments and develop investment policy; and provide advice on D&O insurance, US non-profit filings (form 990), and financial transactions and institutions. It also reviews the budget as proposed and recommends actions to the EC.
Chair
Melanie Zimmer-Gembeck
Griffith University, Australia
Member
Brett Laursen
Florida Atlantic University, USA
Member
Nancy Galambos
University of Alberta, Canada
Member
Kristine Ajrouch
University of Michigan, USA
Member
Rick Burdick
Ex-Officio:President
Tina Malti
University of Toronto, Canada
Nominations Committee
This committee develops the slate of nominees for elections.
President
Tina Malti
University of Toronto, Canada
Secretary General
Luc Goossens
KU Leuven, Belgium
Treasurer
Melanie Zimmer-Gembeck
Griffith University, Australia
Membership Secretary
Julie Bowker
University at Buffalo, USA
President Elect
Frosso Motti-Stefanidi
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Awards Committee
This committee solicits nominations for ISSBD awards and ISSBD Fellows awards, reviews the submissions, and selects the awardees to be announced at the biennial meeting.
Chair
Marcel van Aken
Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Member
Gail Ferguson
University of Minnesota, USA
Member
Shanu Shukla
Masaryk University, Czech Republic
Member
Meingold Chan
University of British Columbia, Canada
Member
Linda Theron
University of Pretoria, South Africa
Member
Angelo Brandelli Costa
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
Publications Committee
The Publications Committee oversees all ISSBD publications including IJBD, the ISSBD Bulletin, and web content. In addition, the Publications Committee recommends to the Executive Committee any changes in policy (including budgets) affecting publications. Finally, they periodically consider whether ISSBD should be engaging additional publication/communication approaches.
Co-Chair
Denis Gerstorf
Humboldt University, Germany
Co-Chair
Noah Webster
University of Michigan, UniteUSA
Member
Liane Peña Alampay
Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines
Member
Maayan Davidov
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Member
Jutta Heckhausen
University of California, USA
Member
Silvia Koller
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Member
Federico Manzi
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
Member
Pamela Wadende
Kisii University, Kenya
Ex-officio: IJBD Incoming Editor
Jennifer Lansford
Duke University, USA
Ex-officio: IJBD Current Editor
Brett Laursen
Florida Atlantic University, USA
Ex-officio: President
Tina Malti
University of Toronto, Canada
Ex-officio: ISSBD Bulletin Co-editor
Deepali Sharma
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom
Ex-officio: ISSBD Bulletin Co-editor
Karina Weichold
Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany
Early Career Scholars Committee
ISSBD runs the Early Career Scholars (ECS) programme for its membership in their early career stage. ISSBD defines an ECS as scholar of human development who is either working towards a PhD or whose PhD has been awarded less than 7 years ago. Thus, most early career scholars are in the early stage of their careers with a hunger for professional development.
This committee is responsible for soliciting, assessing, and allocating travel grants and pre-conference workshop opportunities for early career scholars.
Chair
Julie Bowker
University at Buffalo, USA
Member
Esther Akinsola
University of Lagos, Nigera
Member
Toni Antonucci
University of Michigan, USA
Member
Nancy Galambos
University of Alberta, Canada
Member
Anne Petersen
University of Michigan, USA
Member
Suman Verma
Panjab University, India
Member
Angela Chow
Indiana University Bloomington, USA
Global Policy Committee
Chair
Ingrid Schoon
University College London, United Kingdom
Member
Tina Malti
University of Toronto, Canada
Member
Valentine Banfegha Ngalim
University of Bamenda, Cameroon
Member
Geertjan Overbeek
University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Member
Karina Weichold
University of Jena, Germany
Member
Catherine Ward
University of Cape Town, South Africa
Member
Sophia Backhaus
University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Communications Committee
The ISSBD Communications Committee aims to ensure that the communication platforms of ISSBD reflect its commitment to international, diverse, and inclusive research on lifespan development, connecting researchers globally, and democratizing the production and communication of scholarly research.
Chair
Dawn E. England
University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
Member
Bin-Bin Chen
Fudan University, China
Member
Guilherme Welter Wendt
Western Paraná State University, Brazil
Member
Cinzia Di Dio
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
Ex-officio: President
Tina Malti
University of Toronto, Canada
Optimizing Capacity Committee
This committee capitalizes on ISSBD’s investments in optimizing global capacity.
Chair
Tina Malti
University of Toronto, Canada
Member
Toni Antonucci
University of Michigan, USA
Member
Anne Petersen
University of Michigan, USA
Member
Godfrey Ejuu
Kyambogo University, Uganda
ISSBD Staff
These are ISSBD staff employed to support the society in membership and communication.
Membership Manager
Karen Castillo
Communications Manager
Patrick Njoroge
Webmaster
Jan Boom
Regional Workshop Committee
This committee organizes and oversees ISSBD’s regional workshops.
Chair
Astrid Poorthuis
Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Member
Alice J. Wuermli
New York University Steinhardt, USA
Member
Ruthaychonnee Sittichai
Prince of Songkla University, Thailand
Member
Godfrey Ejuu
Kyambogo University, Uganda
Member
Bin-Bin Chen
Fudan University, China
Member
Sami Mahajna
Beit Berl College, Israel
Member
Ruth Speidel
University of Toronto Mississauga, Canada
Member
Guilherme Welter Wendt
Western Paraná State University, Brazil
Developing Country Fellowship (DCF)
The aim of Developing Countries Fellowships (DCFs) to encourage sustainable development of activities congruent with the aims of ISSBD in developing countries and assist the professional development of early career scholars.