Contact with the Board of Directors should be made through the NAST National Office.
The Board of Directors is composed of the Officers, the Chair of the Commission on Accreditation, two Public Members, four directors, and the Immediate Past President.
The Board of Directors shall:
- Exercise the various responsibilities of the Board as stipulated in the Bylaws.
- Have control and overall management of the affairs, funds, and properties of the Association not otherwise provided for.
- Review the annual report of the Association’s financial position as prepared by the Association’s official auditors.
- Establish Association dues and fees.
- Establish and revise Part I of the Rules of Practice and Procedure in the NAST Handbook following consultation with accredited institutional members.
- Address the needs of the membership, recognizing the diversity as well as the common basic purposes of all member institutions.
- Review and, as appropriate, act on proposals presented by any ad hoc committees established by the Board to address issues that the Bylaws indicate are under the authority of the Board.
NAST Board of Directors 2024-2025
DeAnna Toten Beard, President (2026)
Baylor University
David Z. Saltz, Vice President (2026)
University of Georgia
David Young, Secretary (2024)
Western Kentucky University
Lawrence Larsen, Treasurer (2027)
University of Portland
Jim Hunter, Immediate Past President (2026)
University of South Carolina
Kristin Sosnowsky, Chair, Commission on Accreditation (2026)
Louisiana State University
Wendy R. Coleman, Member (2026)
Alabama State University
Daniel Gordon, Member (2024)
Winthrop University
Michael Monsos, Member (2025)
University of Montana
Michael J. Riha, Member (2027)
University of Arkansas
Karen P. Moynahan, Executive Director, ex officio
Public Members
Margaret (Peg) Bailey
Stamford, Connecticut
Wendy Nilsson
Minneapolis, Minnesota