An international board of directors governs the affairs of IFS. Day-to-day management is supported by an executive director and one communications officer from the hosting organization. The organization is incorporated in the state of New York and its headquarters are currently based in Helsinki, Finland and hosted by the Finnish Federation of Settlement Houses. IFS headquarters rotate between member organizations on a volunteer and voting basis and have been associated with the location of the IFS President.

The volunteer board of directors meets at least four times each year via conference call and once each year in person at a hosting member organization. The board is responsible for developing and approving budgets, guiding policy decisions, setting agendas for conferences and trainings, fundraising, recruiting new members, strategic planning, communicating messages to members, and sharing the resources of IFS with member agencies. 

IFS Team

Pentti Lemmetyinen, Chairman of the IFS board
Staffan Lindqvist, Executive Director
Junias Kanyinda, Communication Manager

Board Members