The IAA is governed by a Council elected by the members at the Annual General Meeting, traditionally being the last meeting of the season towards the end of April.

A new Council was voted in at the AGM held on 18th April 2019.

The full Council is as follows:-

President & Membership Secretary	Mr Brian Beesley
Vice President & Stardust Editor	Dr Andy McCrea
Vice President	Mr Danny Collins
Hon. Secretary	Mr Tony Kempston
Hon Treasurer	Mr Pat O’Neill
Webmaster	Mr Paul Evans
PR Officer & Meetings Organiser	Mr Terry Moseley
Observing Co-Ordinator	Vacancy
Council Member	Mr Adam Jeffers
Council Member	Ms Mary Kirwan-Mackey
Youth Council Member	Ms Hannah Kempston
IFAS Representatives	Mr Terry Moseley   Mr Paul Evans
Ex-Officio Members	Prof. Mark Bailey, Emeritus Director, Armagh Observatory   Prof. Mike Burton, Director of Armagh Observatory & Planetarium  Prof. Stephen Smartt, Astrophysics Research Centre, School of Maths and Physics, Queen’s University Belfast Prof. Alan Fitzsimmons, Astrophysics Research Centre, School of Maths and Physics, Queen’s University Belfast Mr Robert Hill, Northern Ireland Space Office

The Council as of 25th August 2015

L-R, Danny Collins, Eleanor Edwards, Tony Kempston, Paul Evans, David Stewart, Dr Andy McCrea, Terry Moseley, Pat O’Neill, Brian Beesley

The Council as of 1st July 2014

L-R, Dr Andy McCrea MBE, Brian Beesley, David Collins, David Stewart, Danny Collins, Tony Kempston, Terry Moseley BEM,  Pat O’Neill, Allistair Gordon, Paul Evans

This photo shows the Council as it stood at November 2013

Back L-R : Pat O’Neill,  Brian Beesley, Tony Kempston, Dr Andy McCrea MBE, Terry Moseley BEM, Philip Baxter, Danny Collins

Front L-R: Paul Evans, Jo Magill, David Stewart, David Collins 

This photo shows the Council as it stood at March 2012

Back L-R: George Brannan, Terry Moseley, Philip Baxter, Danny Collins, David Collins, Paul Evans

Seated L-R: Andy McCrea, Jo Magill, David Stewart, Pat O’Neill