The current board of STAR consists of the following persons:

• President: Nataša Jokić Begić,
  University of Zagreb, Croatia
   
• Past President: Tobias Ringeisen, 
  Berlin School of Economics and Law, Germany
   
• President Elect: Paulina Arenas-Landgrave,
  National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico
   
• Secretary: Anita Lauri Korajlija,
  University of Zagreb, Croatia
   
• Treasurer: Christian Heckel,
  University of Applied Sciences Merseburg, Germany

Previous Presidents:

• Tobias Ringeisen, Berlin School of Economics and Law, Germany (2020-2022)
• Menachem Ben Ezra, Ariel University, Israel (2018-2020)
• Albert Sesé, Balearic Islands University, Spain (2016-2018)
• Brian M. Hughes, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland (2014-2016)
• Krys Kaniasty, Indiana University of Pennsylvania (USA) & Polish Academy of Sciences (2012-2014)
• Petra Buchwald, Bergische Universitaet Wuppertal, Germany (2010-2012)
• Kate Moore, Charles Darwin University, Australia (2008-2010)
• Michael Eysenck, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK (2006-2008)
• Volker Hodapp, J. W. Goethe University, Frankfurt/Main, Germany (2004-2006)
• Juan Jose Miguel Tobal, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain (2002-2004)
• Christine Schwarzer, University of Düsseldorf, Germany (2000-2002)
• Stevan Hobfoll, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, USA (1998-2000)
• Reinhard Pekrun, University of Munich, Germany (1996-1998)
• Jeri Benson, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA (1994-1996)
• Matthias Jerusalem, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany (1992-1994)
• Charles S. Carver († 2019), University of Miami, Miami, Florida (1990-1992)
• Knut Hagtvet, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway (1988-1990)
• Martin V. Covington († 2018), University of California, Berkeley, California (1986-1988)
• Ralf Schwarzer, Freie Universitat Berlin, Berlin, Germany (1984-1986)
• Charles D. Spielberger († 2013), University of South Florida (1981-1984)

STAR also has a group of National Representatives.