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, 2012 Board and Officer elections.

Officers

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

David Marshall*—NHA Vice President
Dean of Humanities and Fine Arts and Executive Dean of the College of Letters and Science, University of California, Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, CA)

Robert C. Vaughan* —NHA Treasurer
President, Virginia Foundation for the Humanities (Charlottesville, VA)

Pauline Yu*—NHA Secretary
President, American Council of Learned Societies (New York, NY)

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

Stephen Kidd*—NHA Executive Director
 

Directors

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

Jack Fitzmier
Executive Director, American Academy of Religion (Atlanta, GA)

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

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

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

Amy Newhall
Executive Director, Middle East Studies Association, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ)

Alyson Reed
Executive Director, Linguistic Society of America (Washington, DC)

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

Rona Sheramy
Executive Director, Association for Jewish Studies (New York, NY)

Elliott Shore
Executive Director, Association of Research Libraries (Washington, DC)

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

* NHA Executive Committee Member / (Current Term)