Izvršni sekretar PRRI je Dr. Lucia de Souza, a Brazilian national who obtained her Ph.D in plant biochemistry at the Friedriech Miescher Institut in Switzerland. Ona je pridobila izkušnje pri uvedbi biotehnološkega izdelka in raziskave percepcije potrošnikov v Mehiki in Braziliji. Lúcia de Souza has extensive experience in teaching and has been actively involved in biosafety since 1994. Od 2005 za 2015 she was the vice-president of the Brazilian National Biosafety Association(ANBio), , ki je skupina akademskih strokovnjakov, ki delujejo v izgradnjo zmogljivosti in komunikacije na področju biološke varnosti in njegovih vmesnikov z družbo, regulatorji in drugimi zainteresiranimi stranmi. Od leta 2015 she is affiliated with ISAAA. Lucia de Souza also directs the Switzerland based Cutting Edge Solutions, ki ponuja svetovanje na področju biološke varnosti in biotehnologije. Lúcia de Souza je bil aktivno vključen v dejavnosti PRRI od leta 2005.
PRRI is an organisation by public researchers for researchers. Over the years PRRI members frequently volunteered to help on an ad-hoc basis the respective Executive Secretaries with secretarial support, such as updating literature on the website, acting as local organisers for meetings in their countries, selecting suitable accommodation during international meetings, itd.
Poleg tega, Piet van der Meer provides technical support to PRRI and the PRRI Secretariat . Piet van der Meer is trained as a biologist and a lawyer, in od 1989 za 2000 he was in charge of biosafety regulation in the Netherlands during which he was actively involved in many international and EU fora. Od 1999 za 2002, je vodil projekt "Izvajanje nacionalnih biološki varnosti okviri držav v predpristopnem procesu v Srednji in Vzhodni Evropi", in od 2002 za 2004 he served as the programme manager of the UNEP-GEF projects on Implementation of National Biosafety Frameworks. Od leta 2004, Piet van der Meer works as an independent consultant, primarily providing support on biotechnology and biosafety to international organisations and governmental institutes. Poleg tega, he teaches since 2006 biotechnology regulation at the University of Ghent (at the Faculty of Sciences and the Faculty of Law), and since 2014 he also teaches this topic at the Free University of Brussels.