Elected leadership
As a membership organization, ASWB relies on leaders elected by its 64 member boards. At the Annual Meeting of the Delegate Assembly, the elected members of the Nominating Committee present a slate of nominees for the Nominating Committee and the Board of Directors. Delegates vote for the individuals who will lead the association and take responsibility for its ongoing business.

2019 Board of Directors
Front row: Beatrice Traub-Werner (ON), director at large, licensed social worker; Ken Middlebrooks (MN), director at large, public member; Roxroy Reid (NM), director at large, licensed social worker; Brian Philson (MI), director at large, licensed social worker. Back row: Lisa Crockwell (NF), secretary; Kate Zacher-Pate (MN), director at large, administrator; Timothy Martel Brown (TX), president; Harold Dean (AR), president-elect; Patricia O'Reilly (WV), director at large, public member; Mel Harrington (SD), treasurer; Deborah Jones (BC), director at large, licensed social worker.

2019 Nominating Committee
Anne-Marie Buchanan (TN); Ginny Dickman (ID); Claude Savoie (NB); Glenda Webber (NF); Carla Moore (LA), chair.