The IPPA is incorporated in Toronto, Canada. The object of the Organization is to promote the field of Photoacoustic, Photothermal and related Diffusion-Wave sciences and associated technologies. The current Directors of the corporation are:
Andreas Mandelis (President and Chair of the Board)
Roberto Li Voti (Vice President)
Todd W. Murray (Treasurer)
Gerald J. Diebold (Honorary Emeritus Chair of the Board)