All WFSJ Board members are volunteers.
    The WFSJ wishes to extend extreme gratitude to board alumni who have generously given their time and effort to serve the global community of science journalism and science journalists.

    2019-2023
     Milica Momcilovic, Serbia (President)
    Mandi Smallhorne, South Africa (Vice President)
    Andrada Fiscutean, Romania (Secretary)
    Sharon Oosthoek, Canada (Treasurer)
    Federico Kukso, Argentina
    Ochieng, Ogodo, Kenya
    Harry Surjadi, Indonesia (Treasurer, President)
    Bouchra Ouatik, Canada
    Dr. Sunny Bains, UK (Secretary)
    Mohammed Yahia, Egypt (Past President)

    Ximena Serrano, vice-president (March 2023 – September 2024)
    Nouha Belaid, Tunisia (September – December 2023)

    2017-2019
    Mohammed Yahia, Egypt (President)
    Millica Momcilovic, Serbia (Vice President)
    Mandi Smallhorne, South Africa (Secretary)
    Tim Lougheed, Canada (Treasurer)
    Wolfgang Goede, Germany, Colombia
    Federico Kukso
    Ochieng Ogodo, Kenya
    Bouchra Ouatik, Canada
    Connie St. Louis, UK
    Curtis Brainard, USA (Past President)

    2015-2017
    Curtis Brainard, USA (President)
    Mohammed Yahia, Egypt (Vice President)
    Dominique Forget, Canada (Treasurer)
    Wolfgang Goede, Germany and Colombia (Secretary)
    Connie St. Louis, UK
    Chul-Joong Kim, South Korea (Past President)

    2013-2015
    Chul-Joong Kim, South Korea (President)
    Lucy Calderon, Guatemala (Vice President)
    Pallava Bagla, India
    Kathryn O’Hara, Canada (Treasurer)
    Dominique Forget, Canada
    Vesa Niinikangas, Finland (Past President)

    2011-2013
    Vesa Niinikangas, Finland (President)
    Natasha Mitchell, Australia (Vice President)
    Kathryn O’Hara, Canada (Treasurer)
    Lucy Calderon, Guatemala (Secretary)
    Pallava Bagla, India
    Nadia El-Awady, Egypt (Past President)

    2009-2011
    Nadia El-Awady, Egypt (President)
    Valeria Roman, Argentina, (Vice President)
    Jia Hepeng (China Treasurer, Chair of Finance committee)
    Chirstophe Mvondon, Cameroon (Chair of programme committee)
    Natasha Mitchell, Australia (Secretary)
    Deborah Blum, USA
    Pallab Ghosh, UK (Past President)

    2007-2009
    Pallab Ghosh, UK (President)
    Diran Onifade, Nigeria (Vice President)
    Valeria Roman, Argentina, (Secretary)
    Natasha Mitchell, Australia
    Deborah Blum, USA
    Nadia El-Awady, Egypt
    Christophe Mvondo, Cameroon
    Lisbeth Fog, Colombia
    WIlson da Silva, Australia (Past President)

    2004-2007
    WIlson da Silva, Australia (President)
    Pallab Ghosh (Vice-President)
    Deborah Blum, USA
    Valeria Roman, Argentina
    Mariko Takahashi, Japan (Treasurer)
    Véronique Morin, Canada (Past President)
    Lisbeth Fog, Colombia

    2002-2004
    Véronique Morin, Canada (President)
    Fabiola de Oliveira, Brazil (Vice President)
    Werner Hadorn, Switzerland (Vice President)
    Mariko Takahashi, Japan (Treasurer)
    Prakash Khanal, Nepal (Secretary)
    James Cornell, USA
    Istvan Palugyai, Hungary

    Note: Per WFSJ bylaws (17.1) in some cases the board elects to have a Past President remain for an additional term as a voting member.

    **Note: This list has been reconstructed with limited access to deleted material from past web pages. Please get in touch by email for any requested corrections. Thank you.