Stanislav Sipko is the chairman of the non-governmental organization. He studied economy at the University of Economics in Bratislava. He held various posts in state administration especially in the area of R&D policy, the EU agenda and the Lisbon Strategy.

Miroslava Geistová has been a project manager at SOVVA since 2007. She is the coordinator of the Researchers' Night in Slovakia since its first year and coordinates all other SOVVA science popularization activities as well.