As a registered charity and a national arts service organization, Canadian Authors is governed by a volunteer board of directors. Board members are elected by the membership at an Annual General Meeting for a period of two years.
Following our AGM in June 2017, our Board members are:
| Margaret Hume | National Chair |
| Matthew Bin | Past National Chair |
| Scott Overton | 2nd Vice-Chair, Regional Director, Ontario |
| Robert Mackay | Secretary, Regional Director, British Columbia & Yukon |
| Kaarina Stiff | Treasurer |
| Ronald Hore | Regional Director, Manitoba & Saskatchewan |
| Arlene Smith | Regional Director, Ontario |
| Les Magyar | Director |
| Karen Gansel | Director |
The day-to-day operations of Canadian Authors are managed by our Executive Director, Anita Purcell. You can reach her at apurcell @ canadianauthors (dot) org.