The Board of Directors holds ultimate authority over the Society as representatives of the members. Twelve voting members and a variable number of ex-officio members meet at least annually. Board members serve six-year terms, staggered every two years (i.e., a third of the board is vacated and up for election in each odd-numbered year). Paid members suggest nominations to the nominating committee, which then chooses a slate (with the approval of the Board) to be put to the members for election. The current voting members of the ISLS Board are:
2017–2023

Oskar Lindwall
University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Past President

Joshua Danish
Indiana University, USA
President

Ulrich Hoppe
University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany

Susan Jurow
University of Colorado, USA
2019–2025

Ravit Golan Duncan
Rutgers University, USA
President-Elect

Kris D. Gutiérrez
University of California, Berkeley, USA

Jasmine Ma
NYU Steinhardt, USA

Jun Oshima
Shizuoka University, Japan
2021–2027

Paulo Blikstein
Columbia University, USA

Yotam Hod

Sahana Murthy
IIT Bombay, India

Miwa Takeuchi
University of Calgary, Canada
Committee chairs serve as ex-officio (non-voting) members, as does a representative from each journal and conference.

Heisawn Jeong
Hallym University, Korea
Past President

Jan van Aalst
University of Hong Kong, China

Jim Slotta
University of Toronto, Canada

Bill Sandoval
University of California, USA

Joseph L. Polman
University of Colorado, USA
From Susan: There is an election every two years. The board changes after the annual meeting in June of odd years. Each elected member serves a 6 year term. The one exception to this is if the person is Past President or President in the year they are supposed to leave the board, their term is extended to complete the three year presidential cycle.