ForWind is lead by an Executive Board consisting of two members each of the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, the Leibniz University of Hannover and the University of Bremen.
The current board members are Prof. Prof. Dr. Joachim Peinke (1. spokesperson), Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernd Orlik (2. spokesperson), Prof. Dr. Martin Kühn, Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Raimund Rolfes, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Torsten Schlurmann, and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Klaus-Dieter Thoben.