Currently, the ESA steering committee has the following members:
- Anne Benoit (2024-2027, PC Chair 2025), Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon
- Martin Farach-Colton (2022-2025, PC Chair 2023), Rutgers University
- Inge Li Gørtz (2022-2025, PC Chair 2023), Technical University of Denmark
- Haim Kaplan (2024-2027, PC Chair 2025), Tel-Aviv University
- Rasmus Pagh (2009-2013, 2020-2023, PC Chair 2021, SC Chair 2022-2024), University of Copenhagen
- Solon Pissis (2023-2027), CWI Amsterdam
- Simon Puglisi (2022-2025, PC Chair 2023, SC Chair 2024-), University of Helsinki
- Christian Schulz (2022-2026), Heidelberg University
- Sebastian Wild (2024-2027, PC Chair 2025), University of Marburg and University of Liverpool
Former Members
Former members of the ESA steering committee:
- Susanne Albers (2003 – 2007, SC chair 2004 – 2007)
- Lars Arge (2006 – 2010, SC chair 2007 – 2010)
- Giorgio Ausiello (2005 – 2009)
- Yossi Azar (2005 – 2008, 2017-2020, PC chair 2018)
- Nikhil Bansal (2014 – 2017)
- Hannah Bast (2017 – 2024, PC chair 2018, SC Chair 2018 – 2022 )
- Michael Bender (2018 – 2021, PC chair 2019)
- Hans Bodlaender (2012 – 2015, PC chair 2013)
- Alan Borodin (2011 – 2015)
- Gerth Brodal (2004 – 2007)
- Shiri Chechik (2021 – 2024, PC Chair 2022)
- Artur Czumaj (2015 – 2019)
- Mark de Berg (2009 – 2013, SC chair 2010 – 2013)
- Camil Demetrescu (2010 – 2013)
- Giuseppe Di Battista (2002 – 2005)
- David Eppstein (2008 – 2012)
- Leah Epstein (2011 – 2014)
- Thomas Erlebach (2005 – 2008)
- Paolo Ferragina (2011 – 2014)
- Amos Fiat (2008 – 2011)
- Irene Finocchi (2014 – 2017)
- Andrew Goldberg (2003 – 2007)
- Fabrizio Grandoni (2019 – 2022, PC Chair 2020)
- Magnus Halldorsson (2010 – 2013)
- Dan Halperin (2007 – 2010)
- Monika Henzinger (2016 – 2020)
- Giuseppe Italiano (2007 – 2011, 2012 – 2015, SC chair 2013-2015)
- Kazuo Iwama (2003 – 2007)
- Samir Khuller (2012 – 2016)
- Robert Krauthgamer (2017-2021)
- Stefano Leonardi (2004 – 2007)
- Aleksander Madry (2015 – 2019)
- Alberto Marchetti-Spaccamela (2000 – 2004)
- Kurt Mehlhorn (1997 – 2001, 2007 – 2010, SC chair 1997 – 2001)
- Friedhelm Meyer auf der Heide (2000 – 2003)
- Ulrich Meyer (2009 – 2012)
- Bernard Moret (1999 – 2002)
- Petra Mutzel (2020 – 2023, PC Chair 2021)
- Rolf Möhring (1997 – 2004)
- Gonzalo Navarro (2021 – 2024, PC Chair 2022)
- Jarik Nesetril (1998 – 2001)
- Stefan Näher (1999 – 2003)
- Mark Overmars (2000 – 2004)
- Mike Paterson (1999 – 2002)
- Kirk Pruhs (2016 – 2019, PC chair 2017)
- Tomasz Radzik (2003 – 2006)
- Rajeev Raman (2001 – 2004)
- Eva Rotenberg (2020 – 2024, PC Chair 2022)
- Peter Sanders (2008 – 2011, 2019 – 2022, PC Chair 2020)
- Piotr Sankowski (2015 – 2018, SC chair 2016-2018)
- Andreas Schulz (2013 – 2016)
- Christian Sohler (2016 – 2019, PC chair 2017)
- Sabine Storandt (2020 – 2024), University of Konstanz
- Ola Svensson (2018 – 2021, PC chair 2019)
- Monique Teillaud (2013 – 2017)
- Mikkel Thorup (2007 – 2011)
- Jeff Vitter (1998 – 2002)
- Dorothea Wagner (1999 – 2004, SC chair 2001 – 2004, 2013 – 2016, SC chair 2015-2016)
- Emo Welzl (2006 – 2009)
- Peter Widmayer (1999 – 2003)
- Gerhard Woeginger (1999 – 2003, 2004 – 2008)
- Alexander Wolff (2011 – 2015)
- Christos Zaroliagis (1998 – 2002, 2015 – 2018)
- Uri Zwick (2002 – 2005)