The ISBS was founded on June 12, 2005 by the following scholars, who now constitute the members of the Executive Committee:
Myrdene Anderson, Purdue University, USA
Marcello Barbieri, University of Ferrara, Italy
Søren Brier, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Luis Emilio Bruni, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Charbel El-Hani, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil
Claus Emmeche, Niels Bohr Institute, Denmark
Don Favareau, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Jesper Hoffmeyer, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Kaie Kotov, University of Tartu, Estonia
Kalevi Kull, University of Tartu, Estonia
Anton Marcos, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Frederik Stjernfelt, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
The term of executive officership is three years. For the current term (2005-2008), the President of the International Society of Biosemiotic Studies is Jesper Hoffmeyer and the Vice-President is Don Favareau.