About our governance structure

The Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences is a national, non-profit, member-based organization. Our membership is comprised of 79 scholarly associations, 80 institutions, and nine affiliates.

The President of each member association and each member institution must identify a Member Representative to represent them at the Annual Meeting, if they are unable to attend the Annual Meeting themselves.

The Annual Meeting is an occasion to:

• receive the annual report from the Board of Directors;
• receive the financial statements and auditor’s report;
• appoint auditors for the next audit;
• hold elections for open positions on the Board of Directors;
• approve applications for Federation membership;
• sanction changes to the Federation’s bylaws; and
• discuss issues of importance to the humanities and social sciences community.

While anyone from the humanities and social sciences community can be nominated to run for a Board of Directors position, all nominations must be made by the President of an association member or an institutional member of the Federation. The 12-person Board of Directors is comprised of the President and 11 Directors.

The President and Chief Executive Officer leads the Federation’s day-to-day operations and reports to the Board on a regular basis.

Board of Directors positions and mandates

Coming soon.