NAAFE's Board of Directors establishes the policies and guides the future of the organization. Board members are elected every two years in groups of 2 and 3. Terms begin and end at the conclusion of the Forum held immediately after their election.

Current members of the Board of Directors are:

President: Dr. Cathy Roheim
Department Head, Professor
University of Idaho
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
875 Perimeter Drive MS 2334
Moscow ID 83844-2334
USA
E-mail: croheim@uidaho.edu
Term: 2017-2021 President 2019-2021

President Elect: Dr. Chris M. Anderson
Associate Professor
Univeristy of Washington, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
316A FISH Building
1122 Boat Street
Seattle WA 98195
USA
E-mail:
Term: 2019-2023

Board Member: Dr. Gisele Magnusson
Senior Economist
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
401 Burrard St #200
Vancouver BC V6C 3S4
Canada
E-mail: gisele.magnusson@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Term: 2019-2023

Board Member: Dr. James Sanchirico
Professor
University of California, Davis
One Shields Avenue
Davis CA 95616
USA
E-mail: jsanchirico@ucdavis.edu
Term: 2019-2023

Board Member: Dr. Silvia Salas
Professor
CINVESTA V del IPN.
Km 6 antigua Carretera a Progreso
Mérida, Yucatán 97310
México
E-mail: ssalas@cinvestav.mx
Term: 2017-2021