Board and Executive Committee

The Board

IOF President
John A. Kanis

IOF's international Board of Governance reflects IOF's global commitment. Composed of leading figures in the osteoporosis movement from across the world, the Board members (listed below) represent a range of skills necessary to mount a concerted effort against osteoporosis.
See Board member profiles.

Board members are elected for a renewable term of four years, and meet twice a year.

The Executive Committee

The Executive Committee is a subgroup of the Board which functions as the decision-making body for the Foundation in the absence of the full Board. As such, it guides the Chief Executive Officer in the day-to-day management of the Foundation and deals with those questions not handled directly by the President and the Chief Executive Officer. Members of the Executive Committee include the President, Treasurer, General Secretary and Chairs of the Committee of National Societies (CNS) and Committee of Scientific Advisors (CSA).

The CEO attends both the Board and the Executive Committee meetings but has no voting rights.

Members of the Board

Jonathan Adachi (Canada)
Silvano Adami (Italy)
John Bilezikian (USA)
Juliet Compston (UK)
Steven Cummings (USA)
Bess Dawson-Hughes (USA), General Secretary
Pierre D. Delmas (France)
Harry K. Genant (USA)
John A. Kanis (UK), President
Edith Lau (Hong Kong, China)
Rubem Lederman (Brazil)
Basel Masri (Jordan)
Paul D. Miller (USA)
Hajime Orimo (Japan)
Socrates Papapoulos (The Netherlands)
Jean-Yves Reginster (Belgium)
Gregorio Riera-Espinoza (Venezuela)
René Rizzoli (Switzerland), Treasurer & CSA Vice Chair
Ego Seeman (Australia)
Ethel S. Siris (USA)
José Zanchetta (Argentina)

Ex-officio
Elected chairs of CNS, CSA, CCA:

Cyrus Cooper (UK), Chair, CSA
Marcel Lechanteur (USA), Chair, CCA
Judy Stenmark (Australia), Chair, CNS

The Vice Chairs of the CNS, CSA and CCA, who are invited to participate in the Board as observers, are:

René Rizzoli (Switzerland), Vice Chair, CSA
Stephan Korte (Switzerland), Vice Chair, CCA