Board of Directors

The Academy’s activities are coordinated by a Board of Directors comprised of a president, a vice-president, six regional vice-presidents, and five directors, elected every three years by the Academy’s full members, with reelection permitted.

For the three-year term 2025-2028, the elected Board of Directors is composed as follows:

President
Helena Bonciani Nader

Vice-President
Jailson Bittencourt de Andrade

Regional Vice-Presidents

North: Adalberto Luis Val
Northeast and Espírito Santo: Anderson Stevens Leonidas Gomes
Minas Gerais and Central-West: Mercedes Maria da Cunha Bustamante
Rio de Janeiro: Patricia Torres Bozza
São Paulo: Glaucius Oliva
South: Ruben George Oliven

Directors
Director-General Secretary: Mariangela Hungria
Director-Institutional Secretary: Débora Foguel
Director-Treasurer: Alvaro Toubes Prata
Director of Institutional Cooperation: Virgínia Sampaio Teixeira Ciminelli
Director of Communications: Luiz Drude de Lacerda

In addition to the Board of Directors, the institution has The Fiscal Council, elected for the term 2025 to 2028.

Fiscal Council
Eliete Bouskela
Fernando Cosme Rizzo Assunção
Livio Amaral
José Roberto Boisson de Marca
Vanderlan da Silva Bolzani

Selection Committee
Incumbent Member

Chair: Helena Bonciani Nader

Elected Members

Term until May 2026

Sylvio Roberto Accioly Canuto (Physical Sciences)
Luiz Carlos Dias (Chemical Sciences)
Antonio Egidio Nardi (Health Sciences)
José Oswaldo de Siqueira (Agricultural Sciences)

Term until May 2027

Constantino Tsallis (Physical Sciences)
Alexander Wilhelm Armin Kellner (Earth Sciences)
Mara Helena Hutz (Biological Sciences)
Márcia Walquíria de Carvalho Dezotti (Engineering Sciences)

With a term until May 2028

Maria José Pacífico (Mathematical Sciences)
Célia Regina Ribeiro da Silva Carlini (Biomedical Sciences)
Esper Abrão Cavalheiro (Biomedical Sciences)
Sérgio França Adorno de Abreu (Social Sciences)

Ethics Committee
Alberto Henrique Frade Laender
Antonio Gomes de Souza Filho
Edson Hirokazu Watanabe
Mara Helena Hutz
Nadya Araujo Guimarães