The NHA Board of Directors oversees the business and affairs of the Alliance and determines policies, except those requiring a vote of the membership.  The board is composed of up to nineteen members, including four officers and nine directors elected directly by the membership, four directors elected by the board, and two non-elected (ex officio) officers.  See also, 2011 Board and Officer elections.

Officers

Michael Brintnall*—NHA President (2010-2012)
Executive Director, American Political Science Association (Washington, DC)

Pauline Yu*—NHA Vice President (2010-2012)
President, American Council of Learned Societies (New York, NY)

David E. Schrader*—NHA Treasurer (2011-2013)
Executive Director, American Philosophical Association (Newark, DE)

Linda Downs*—NHA Secretary (2011-2013)
Executive Director, College Art Association (New York, NY)

John Churchill*—NHA Immediate Past President (ex officio)
Secretary, The Phi Beta Kappa Society (Washington, DC)

Jessica Jones Irons*—NHA Executive Director (ex officio)
 

Directors

Ford Bell (2009-2011)
President & CEO, American Association of Museums (Washington, DC)

William E. Davis (2009-2012)
Executive Director, American Anthropological Association (Arlington, VA)

Richard H. Ekman (2010-2013)
President, Council of Independent Colleges (Washington, DC)

Rosemary G. Feal* (2010-2013)
Executive Director, Modern Language Association of America (New York, NY)

Douglas Greenberg (2011-2014)
Executive Dean, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, NJ)

James Grossman (2011-2014)
Executive Director, American Historical Association (Washington, DC)

Nancy Kidd (2011-2012)
Executive Director, National Communication Association (Washington, DC)

Charles Lowry (2009-2011)
Executive Director, Association of Research Libraries (Washington, DC)

David Marshall (2009-2012)
Dean, Humanities & Fine Arts; Executive Dean, College of Letters & Science, University of California, Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, CA)

Lawrence L. Reger (2011-2014)
President, Heritage Preservation (Washington, DC)

Carol Geary Schneider (2010-2012)
President, Association of American Colleges and Universities (Washington, DC)

Robert C. Vaughan (2010-2013)
President, Virginia Foundation for the Humanities (Charlottesville, VA)

John C. Vaughn* (2010-2012)
Executive Vice President, Association of American Universities (Washington, DC)
 

* NHA Executive Committee Member / (Current Term)