Executive Committee Members

  • Helianthe Kort (Netherlands): President
  • Tina H. M. Hua (Taiwan): Secretary General
  • Henk Herman Nap (Netherlands): Treasurer
  • Yeh-Liang Hsu (Taiwan): Editor-in-Chief
  • Jose Garcia-Alonso (Spain): IT Director
  • Gloria M. Gutman (Canada): Vice-President (ISG2026) & Marketing and Events Director
  • Barbara Klein (Germany): Vice-President (ISG2024)
  • Nay El Hajj (Canada): President of Student Chapter

Board Members

  • Annelies van Bronswijk (Netherlands)
  • Luigi Corrado (Switzerland)
  • Mei Fang (Canada)
  • Gloria Gutman (Canada)
  • Yeh-Liang Hsu (Taiwan)
  • Shigekazu Ishihara (Japan)
  • Barbara Klein (Germany)
  • Jose Garcia-Alonso (Spain)
  • Woo Yeong Shim ( S. Korean)
  • Naj El Hajj (Canada)
  • Helianthe Kort (Netherlands)
  • Teh Pei Lee (Malaysia)
  • Sari Merilampi (Finland)
  • Henk Herman Nap (Netherlands)
  • Yongping Zheng (HK)
  • Shannon Freeman (Canada)
  • Taiuani Marquine Raymundo (Brazil)
  • Yeong-Ran Park (S. Korea)
  • Fausto Orsi Medola (Brazil)
  • Vappu Taipale (Finland)

All members of the Executive Committee and the Board fulfill their functions on a voluntary, i.e. unpaid, basis.

Honorary Presidents

  • Herman Bouma
  • Vappu Taipale

Honorary Members

    • Neil Charness
    • J.A.M. Graafmans
    • Paolo Dario
    • John H.R. Pieper
    • William D. Kearns
    • Francesco Franchimon
    • Anthony Sterns
  • Ger Maas
  • Kuo-Ming Wang
  • Gloria Gutman
  • Gerard Cornet
  • Ryan Woolrych
  • Andrew Sixsmith
  • Yeh-Liang Hsu

Grand Masters

  • James L. Fozard – 2010
  • Herman Bouma – 2012
  • Vappu Taipale – 2014
  • J.E.M.H. van Bronswijk – 2016
  • Alain Franco – 2018
  • Neil Charness – 2020
  • Anthea Tinker – 2022
  • Shige Kazuishihara – 2024

Listed in the order of the date in which they were elected.

Chapter Presidents

  • Annelies van Bronswijk: Dutch-Flemish Chapter
  • Shigekazu Ishihara: Japanese Chapter
  • Shannon Freeman: North America Chapter
  • Luigi Corrado: Francophone Chapter
  • Yeh-Liang Hsu: Sinophone Chapter
  • Barbara Klein: Austrian-German-Swiss Chapter
  • Fausto Orsi Medola: Brazilian Chapter
  • WooJoung Shim: Korean Chapter
  • Yongping Zheng: Hong Kong Great Bay Area Chapter
  • Jose Garcia-Alonso: Iberian Chapter
  • Vappu Taipale: Finnish Chapter
  • Nay El Hajj: Student Chapter

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Gerontechnology (ISSN/EISSN 1569-1101 1569-111X) is the official journal of the International Society for Gerontechnology

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