page_title: European Council of Skeptical Organisations
section_title: Board of directors
hierarchical_section_title: European Council of Skeptical Organisations / Structure / Board of directors
caption_attribution_description: English: The new board, at the meeting of the European Council of Skeptical Organisations, 24 September 2017. Back row, from left to right: Catherine de Jong (VtdK), Paola De Gobbi (CICAP), Pontus Böckman (VoF), Amardeo Sarma (GWUP), András Gábor Pintér (SzT). Front row, from left to right: Michael Heap (ASKE), Tim Trachet (SKEPP), Claire Klingenberg (CKS Sisyfos), Leon Korteweg (DVG).
context_page_description: The European Council of Skeptical Organisations is an umbrella of skeptical organisations in Europe.
context_section_description: Cornelis de Jager served as first president until 2001, when he was replaced by Amardeo Sarma (2001–2013), who in turn was succeeded by Gábor Hraskó (2013-2017). Since 2017 the president has been Claire Klingenberg. As of September 2019, the ECSO board is composed as follows:
  Claire Klingenberg (Sisyfos) – President
  Tim Trachet (SKEPP) – Vice-President
  Catherine de Jong (VtdK) – Vice-President
  Amardeo Sarma (GWUP) – Treasurer
  Paola De Gobbi (CICAP) – Member
  Pontus Böckman (VoF) – Member
  Michael Heap (ASKE) – Member
  András Gábor Pintér (SzT) – Member
  Jean-Paul Krivine (AFIS) – Member
caption: The board gathered in Wrocław at ESC 2017.
  Back: de Jong, De Gobbi, Böckman, Sarma, Pintér.
  Front: Heap, Trachet, Klingenberg, Korteweg.
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