Leadership
Dues paying members of the International Congress of Infant Studies elect the society’s Officers and Members-at-Large who are responsible for running the society according to the society’s bylaws
Executive Committee
| President | Natasha Kirkham | Birkbeck, University of London |
| President-Elect | Jessica Sommerville | University of Toronto |
| Past-President | Rachel Barr | Georgetown University |
| Treasurer | Gert Westermann | Lancaster University |
| Secretary | Vanessa LoBue | Rutgers University |
Past Presidents
OTTAWA July 2022 – Catherine Tamis-LeMonda, New York University- VIRTUAL June 2020 – Lisa Oakes, University of California, Davis, President
- PHILADELPHIA June 2018 – Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, President
- NEW ORLEANS May 2016 – Karen Adolph, President
- BERLIN July 2014 – Daphne Maurer, President
- MINNEAPOLIS June 2012 – Dick Aslin, President
- BALTIMORE March 2010 – David Lewkowicz, President
- VANCOUVER March 2008 – Les Cohen, President
- KYOTO July 2006 – Joseph Campos, President
- CHICAGO May 2004 – Arnold Sameroff, President
- TORONTO April 2002 – Arnold Sameroff, Acting President; Hanus Papousek, Elected President
- BRIGHTON July 2000 – Rachel Keen, President
- ATLANTA April 1998 – Esther Thelen, President
- PROVIDENCE April 1996 – Carolyn Rovee-Collier, President
- PARIS June 1994 – Tiffany Field, President
- MIAMI May 1992 – Gerald Turkewitz, President
- MONTREAL April 1990 – Nathan Fox, President
- WASHINGTON DC April 1988 – Nathan Fox, Program Chair; Anita Sostek, Local Arrangements Chair
- LOS ANGELES April 1986 – Marian Sigman, Program Chair; Allen Gottfried, Local Arrangements Chair
- NEW YORK April 1984 – Bernard Karmel, Program Chair; Gerald Turkewitz, Local Arrangements Chair
- AUSTIN April 1982 – Tiffany Field, Program Chair; Les Cohen, Local Arrangements Chair
- NEW HAVEN April 1980 – Stephen Porges, Program Chair; William Kessen, Local Arrangements Chair
- PROVIDENCE April 1978 – Lew Lipsitt, Chair/Organizer
Board Members
| Kiley Hamlin (2020 – 2026) | University of British Columbia |
| Koraly Perez-Edger (2020 – 2026) | Penn State |
| Jessica Bradshaw (2022 – 2028) | University of South Carolina |
| Agnes Kovacs (2022 – 2028) | Central European University |
| Victoria Leong (2022 – 2028) | Nanyang Technological University |
| Samuel Putnam (2022 – 2028) | Bowdoin College |
| Victoria Southgate (2022 – 2028) | University of Copenhagen |
| Leher Singh (2024-2030) | National University of Singapore |
| Sam Wass (2024-2030) | University of East London |
ICIS Committees
2024 PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Sabine Seehagen, Leher Singh, Sam Waas
ELECTIONS COMMITTEE
Chaired by Past-President, Rachel Barr
PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE
Chaired by Secretary, Vanessa LoBue
Editor of Infancy, Lisa Oakes
UNDERGRADUATE COMMITTEE
Chaired by Sam Putnam
BY-LAWS & VISION COMMITTEE
Chaired by President, Natasha Kirkham
AWARDS COMMITTEE
Chaired by Jessica Bradshaw
MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE
Chaired by Agnes Kovacs and Victoria Southgate
COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE
Chaired by Kiley Hamlin
PARTNERSHIPS COMMITTEE
Chaired by Koraly Perez-Edgar and Gert Westerman
WEBINAR COMMITTEE
Chaired by Jessica Sommerville
Administration
ADMINISTRATOR
Cendrine De Vis
CONFERENCE MANAGER
Jude Ross