The Governing Council members are elected to terms corresponding to IUFoST congresses by the General Assembly. The composition of the Governing Council consists of the members of the Board, the Academy President and six regular members representing different countries. The Secretary-General is the financial officer of the Union. The mailing address of the Secretary-General is the official headquarters of the Union.

2008-2010 IUFoST Governing Council membership

• President –Geoffrey Campbell-Platt (UK)
• President Elect– Luis Fernandez (Argentina/Belgium)
• Past President – David R. Lineback (USA)
• Scientific Council Chair –Mary Schmidl (USA)*
• Secretary-General/Treasurer – Judith Meech (Canada)
• Academy President –V. Prakash (India)
• Regular Members:
• Lucia Anelich (South Africa)
• Lim Chee Kian - (Singapore)
• Huub Lelieveld (The Netherlands)
• Brad McKay – (Canada)
• Glaucia Pastore (Brazil)
• Pingfan Rao (China)

* Nominated by the International Academy