Dr. Ina Mullis is a Professor at Boston College in the Lynch School of Education and Human Development's Department of Measurement, Evaluation, Statistics, and Assessment. Over her 20 years with IEA, Dr. Mullis has played a key leadership role as Executive Director of the TIMSS & PIRLS International Study Center in building TIMSS and PIRLS into the global assessment programs they are today.

Dr. Michael “Mick” Martin was the Executive Director of the TIMSS & PIRLS International Study Center and Research Professor at Boston College until 2021. He has been a member of IEA’s Technical Executive Group since its inception. Before joining Boston College in 1994, he was a Research Fellow at the Educational Research Centre at St. Patrick’s College, Dublin, directed Ireland’s national surveys of student achievement, and served as Ireland’s national project representative for international student surveys.