Board Members

The emma Executive Board is authorised to carry out all actions required for the conduct of affairs, business and routine operations affecting emma.

The Executive Board has eight members, four of which are elected in the AGA: 

  • President (elected, with term limits) 
  • Deputy President (elected, with term limits) 
  • Secretary (elected, with term limits) 
  • Treasurer (approved by the elected Board and announced, without term limits) 
  • Communications Portfolio (elected, without term limits) 
  • Conference Host (approved by the elected Board and announced) 
  • Co-opted (one-year position, in year without summer school)
  • Summer School Host (approved by the elected Board and announced) 
  • Project Chair (elected, with term limits)
Leona Achtenhagen
President
Jönköping International Business School, Sweden
Anna Jupowicz-Ginalska
Deputy President

University of Warsaw, Poland

 

Dinara Tokbaeva
Communications Portfolio

Jönköping International Business School, Sweden

Robin Riemann
Secretary

Johannes Gutenberg-Universität in Mainz, Germany

Ivana Kostovska
Project Chair

imec-SMIT-Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

Päivi Maijanen-Kyläheiko
Conference host 2026

LUT Business School, Finland

Eylem Yanardağoğlu
Co-opted Board member

Macromedia University of Applied Sciences, Germany

Elena Stern
Treasurer

Tallinn University, Estonia