RERF is managed based on decisions made by a binational Board of Councilors. The Board of Councilors usually meets once a year.

Councilors

• Angela L. Bies (Executive Councilor)

  Endowed Associate Professor of Global Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership,
  School of Public Policy, University of Maryland

• Yoshiharu Yonekura (Vice Executive Councilor)

  Specially Appointed Professor, Division of Science, Institute for Radiation Sciences, Osaka University

• Joe W. Gray

  Professor Emeritus, Oregon Health and Science University and the University of California, San Francisco

• Ryugo Hayano

  Emeritus Professor, The University of Tokyo

• Masao Kobayashi

  Director General, Japanese Red Cross Chugoku-Shikoku Block Blood Center

• Mari Miyoshi

  Former Ambassador in charge of International Cooperation for Countering Terrorism and International Organized Crime

• Jonathan M. Samet

  Dean, School of Public Health, University of Colorado

• Keith R. Yamamoto

  Professor, Vice Chancellor for Science Policy and Strategy,
  Director UCSF Precision Medicine

As of 1 July 2023