Leadership Structure

Current Officers, Officers Elect, and Immediate Past Officers make up the Board of Directors for the International Association of University Presidents (IAUP), a registered not-for-profit Charity in the United Kingdom.  The Board of Directors is chaired by the Immediate Past President.  The Board of Directors is legally responsible for the management of the Charity and is the subject of Articles 15-17 of the Charity’s Articles.  The Board of Directors, among its general responsibility for the Charity’s affairs, is the main forum for discussing issues relating to the Charity’s structure, and its policies and strategies, both internally and externally.

• Kakha Shengelia, Georgia – IAUP President
  President, Caucasus University
• Gerald Reisinger, Austria – IAUP Secretary General
  President, FH Upper Austria
• Nicolette DeVille Christensen, United States of America – IAUP Treasurer

• Toyoshi Satow, Japan – Previous IAUP President and Chairman, IAUP Board of Directors
  Chancellor, J.F. Oberlin University
• Alvaro Romo, United States of America – Previous IAUP Secretary General
  Special Advisor to the President of Osaka University of Commerce, Japan
• Ichiro Tanioka, Japan – Previous IAUP Treasurer
  President, Osaka University of Commerce and Chancellor, Tanioka Gakuen Educational Foundation

• Fernando Leon Garcia, Mexico – IAUP President-elect
  President, CETYS University
• Fernando Galvan Reula, Spain – IAUP Secretary General-elect
  President, University of Alcala
• Shawn Chen, China – IAUP Treasurer-elect
  President, SIAS University