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 of Directors
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 2022 Co-Chairs
Bev Card – bmwcard@gmail.com
Janine Duncan- duncanjm@ksu.edu