board of directors chair andrew metcalfe ao secretary mr rowland tompsett finance director james palmer nysf alumnus representative dr renee kidson rotary liaison officer mr rob woolley chief executive officer dr damien pearce council members alphabetical professor john close anu representative monica garrett rotary district governor 9710 professor jenny graves australian academy of science representative mary mulcahy csiro representative dr alison shield university of canberra representative professor robin stanton atse representative patron his excellency general the honourable sir peter cosgrove ak mc retd governor general of australia the nsss inc council the council operates under the constitution of the national science summer school incorporated to oversee the management and operation of the national youth science forum and the nysf staff leadership program . the membership consists of one person appointed by the president of the australian academy of science one person appointed by the president of the australian academy of technological services and engineering one person appointed by the vice chancellor of the australian national university one person appointed by the vice chancellor of the university of canberra one person appointed by the president of the australian council of deans of science one person appointed by the chair of the group of eight ltd one person appointed by the chair of the australian academy of medicine and surgery ltd one person appointed by the chief executive officer of the csiro one person appointed by the chair of the australian technology network one person appointed by the chair of innovative research universities one person appointed by the chair of regional universities network one nysf alumnus who shall be appointed by the board one nysf student chief of staff from each nysf session held in the immediately preceding january one person from each major sponsoring organisation supporting nysf who shall be appointed by the chief officer of each such organisation the district governor rotary international district 9710 one person appointed by rotary international zone 8 the office bearers of the association up to five other persons co opted by the council 2016 national science summer school inc