The IFPCS consists of four regional societies: the European Society for Pigment Cell Research (ESPCR), the Japanese Society for Pigment Cell Research (JSPCR), the PanAmerican Society for Pigment Cell Research (PASPCR) and the Asian Society for Pigment Cell Research (ASPCR).

The IFPCS Council Members are:

Shigeki Shibahara, JSPCR (President)
Mauro Picardo , ESPCR (Vice-President)
Prasad Kumarasinghe, ASPCR (Secretary)
Caroline Le Poole, PASPCR (Treasurer)
Frank Meyskens, PASPCR
Takahiro Kunisada, JSPCR
Jo Lambert, ESPCR
Lionel Larue, ESPCR
John Pawelek, PASPCR
Kyoung Chan Park, ASPCR
Davinder Parsad, ASPCR
Yasushi Tomita, JSPCR

Alain Taïeb, ESPCR (ex officio, Organizer of the 21th IPCC)
Colin R. Goding (ex officio, Editor of Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research)
Zalfa A. Abdel-Malek, PASPCR (ex officio, Past IFPCS President)

Society for Melanoma Research

PRESIDENT
David Fisher, Boston, USA

SECRETARY
Marianne Berwick, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA