| Chair | Owen Rambow | Columbia University | 2008-2009 |
| Secretary | Suzanne Stevenson | University of Toronto | 2008-2009 |
| Treasurer | Christopher Manning | Stanford University | 2008-2009 |
| Past Chair | Graeme Hirst | University of Toronto | 2006-2009 |
| Board Member | Jennifer Chu-Carroll | IBM | 2007-2008 |
| Board Member | Bill Dolan | Microsoft Inc. | 2007-2008 |
| Board Member | Hal Daumé III | University of Utah | 2008-2009 |
| Board Member | Rebecca Hwa | University of Pittsburgh | 2008-2009 |
| Diane Litman | University of Pittsburgh | 2006-2008 |
| Dragomir Radev | University of Michigan | 2006-2008 |
| Ellen Riloff | University of Utah | 2006-2008 |
| Janyce Wiebe | University of Pittsburgh | 2006-2008 |
| Andy Kehler | University of California, San Diego | 2007-2009 |
| Evelyne Tzoukermann | StreamSage Inc. | 2007-2009 |
| Lillian Lee | Cornell University | 2008-2010 |
| Regina Barzilay | MIT | 2008-2010 |
| Mary Harper | University of Maryland | 2008-2010 |
| Graeme Hirst | University of Toronto | ACL Treasurer |