The International Federation for Home Economics affiliate in the United States (IFHE-US) began in a structure meeting at Lake Jackson, Florida in January 1996.
The formal creation of IFHE-US was with a Memorandum of 
Understanding (MOU) with the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS), effective in 1999. The first meeting of the IFHE-US Board of Directors was held at the AAFCS Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, June 1999 with Juanita Mendenhall (left) serving as the first President.
Board Members 2020-2024
President
Sue Buck sue.buck@wisc.edu
Past President
Roxie Godfrey revgodfrey13@gmail.com
Director of Finance
Luann Boyer Luann.boyer@colostate.edu
Director of Professional
Development & Programs
Kim Kamin kimkamin2018@gmail.com
Director of
Communications
Rachel Schichtl rschichtl@uca.edu
Director of Young
Professional Network
Carmen Pedersen carmen.n.pedersen@gmail.com
Recorder
Sandra Poirier sandra.poirier@mtsu.edu
Director, IFHE-US
Development Fund
Mary Kaye Merwin marykmerwin@gmail.com
Nomination Chair
Cheryl Empey empeyc@byui.edu
Region of the Americas
IFHE Vice President
Janine Duncan
jduncankm@ksu.edu
AAFCS Global Perspectives
Jody Roubanis jroubanis@verizon.net
IFHE UN Liaison
Anita Ferron anita@ferron.com
XXIV IFHE World Congress 2020 Co-Chairs
Bev Card – bmwcard@gmail.com
Janine Duncan- duncanjm@ksu.edu