IPPA is governed by a Board of Directors, which includes an Executive Committee. IPPA programs and events are managed by committees staffed by volunteer members appointed by the Board of Directors. Committees are led by a chair or co-chairs and may oversee taskforces that work on specific projects. For more information about joining a committee or taskforce, please visit the Committees link on the left navigation bar. 

 

 

Robert Vallerand, PhD, President (2013)
Professor of Psychology
Director, Research Laboratory on Social Behavior
University of Quebec - Montreal, Canada

 

Carmelo Vazquez, PhD, President Elect (2013)
Professor of Psychopathology
Universidad Complutense, Spain

 

Dianne Vella Brodrick, PhD, Secretary (2013)
Senior Lecturer in Psychology
Monash University, Australia

 

Kim Cameron, PhD, Treasurer (2013)
William Russell Kelly Professor of Management and Organizations

Ross School of Business and Professor of Higher Education
University of Michigan, USA

Antonella Delle Fave, MD, Immediate Past President (2013)
Professor of Psychology at the Faculty of Medicine
University of Milano, Italy

Raymond Fowler, PhD, Senior Advisor (2013)
Professor Emeritus
University of Alabama, USA
 

Martin Seligman, PhD, Senior Advisor (2013)
Zellerbach Family Professor of Psychology
Director, Positive Psychology Center
University of Pennsylvania, USA

 

Ilona Boniwell, PhD (2013)
Senior Lecturer in Positive Psychology
Program Leader, MAPP
University of East London, United Kingdom

 

David Cooperrider, PhD (2015)
Fairmont Minerals Professor of Social Entrepreneurship

Case Western Reserve University, USA

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, PhD (2015)
Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Management
Founding Co-Director, Quality of Life Research Center
Claremont Graduate University, USA

 

Ed Diener, PhD (2013)

Joseph R. Smiley Distinguished Professor of Psychology

Editor, Perspectives on Psychological Science

University of Illinois, USA

 

Barbara Fredrickson, PhD (2015)

Kenan Distinguished Professor

Director, Social Psychology Doctoral Program Department of Psychology

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA

Maria Elena Garassini, PhD (2015)

Professor of Psychology

Universidad Metropolitana, Venezuela

 

Anthony Grant, PhD (2013)
Director, Coaching Psychology Unit
University of Sydney, Australia

Nick Haslam, PhD (2015)
Professor of Psychology
University of Melbourne, Australia

John Helliwell, PhD (2015)
Arthur J.E. Child Foundation Fellow of

the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research

Co-Director, CIFAR Program on Social

Interactions, Identity and Well Being

Professor Emeritus, Economics
University of British Columbia, Canada

Felicia Huppert, PhD (2013)
Professor of Psychology
Director, Well-Being Institute

University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

Ren Jun, PhD (2013)
Professor of Psychology
Zhejiang Normal University, China

Rose Inza-Kim, PhD
Director, Korea Counsiling Center

Professor Emeritus, Sogang University - Seoul, Korea

 

Hans Henrik Knoop, PhD (2015)

President, European Network for Positive Psychology

Associate Professor, Danish Scool of Education, Denmark

 

Marlena Kossakowska, PhD (2015)

Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical and Health Psychology

Warsaw School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Poland

 

Charles Martin-Krumm, PhD (2015)

Assistant Professor, Psychology

University of Western Brittany - CREAD - Research Labatory, France

Michael Lamb, PhD (2013)
Professor, Head of the Department of Social and Developmental Psychology

University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

Richard Layard (2015)
Director, Well-Being Program, Centre for Economic Performance

London School of Economics, United Kingdom

Shane Lopez, PhD (2013)
Senior Scientist in Residence, Gallup

Research Director, Clifton Strengths School, USA

Helena Marujo, PhD (2013)
Professor of Psychology
University of Lisbon, Portugal

Mario Mikulincer, PhD (2013)
Professor and Dean, School of Psychology
Interdisciplinary Center Herzlyia, Israel

Luis Miguel Neto, PhD (2015)

Professor of Psychology
University of Lisbon, Portugal

 

Assistant Professor, Psychology

School of Behavorial and Organizational Sciences

Claremont Graduate University, USA

 

Nansook Park, PhD (2015)

Associate Professor, Psychology

University of Michigan, USA

 

Kaiping Peng, PhD (2015)

Associate Professor, Psychology

University of California, Berkeley, USA

 

Christopher Peterson, PhD (2013)

Professor of Psychology

University of Michigan, USA

 

Willibald Ruch, PhD (2015)

Professor of Psychology

University of Zurich, Switzerland

 

Tal Ben Shahar, PhD (2013)
Professor of Psychology
Interdisciplinary Center Herzlyia, Israel
 

Kamlesh Singh, PhD (2015)

Assistant Professor of Psychology

Indian Institute of Technology - Delhi, India

 

Alena Slezackova, PhD (2015)

Professor of Psychology

Masaryk University, Czech Republic

 

Alejarndro Castro Solano, PhD (2015)

Professor of Psychology

University of Palermo, Argentina

 

Philip Streit, PhD (2015)

Director, Institute for Kids, Youth and Family, Austria
 

Sombat Tapanya, PhD (2013)
Assistant Professor of Psychology

Chiang Mai University, Thailand

Margarita Tarragona, PhD (2013)
Professor of Psychology
Universidad Iboamericana, Mexico

 

George Vaillant, MD (2015)
Professor of Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School

Co-Director, The Study of Adult Development

Brigham and Women's Hospital, USA

 

Jason Van Allen (2013)

President, Students of the International Positive Psychology Association

University of Kansas

 

Joar Vitterso, PhD (2013)
Professor of Psychology
University of Tromso, Norway
 

Marie Wissing, PhD (2013)

Professor, School of Psychosocial Behavioral Sciences

North West University, South Africa

Philip Zimbardo, PhD (2013)
Professor Emeritus, Psychology
Stanford University, USA

 

Reb Rebele, MAPP, Program Management

IPPA Headquarters

University of Pennsylvania, USA

Gene Terry, CAE, Administrative Director

IPPA Headquarters

Talley Management Group, USA