IFS Leadership

Board of Directors and Leadership

A twenty-member international board of directors governs the affairs of IFS. Day-to-day management is supported by one elected executive director and one communications staff member from the hosting organization. The organization is incorporated in the state of New York and its headquarters are currently based in New York City, hosted by University Settlement. IFS headquarters rotate between member organizations on a volunteer and voting basis, and have been associated with the location of the IFS President.

The volunteer board of directors meets at least twice each year via conference call and once each year in person at a hosting member organization. Board members also meet at the bi-annual seminar and once every four years at the all-IFS conference . The board is responsible for developing and approving budgets, guiding policy decisions, setting agendas for conferences and trainings, fundraising, recruiting new members, strategic planning, communicating messages to members, and sharing the resources of IFS with member agencies. For more information on our governance, please read our bylaws online now.