The Folk Project is managed by a Board of Directors. That Board includes four Officers (President, Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary), nine Trustees and a variable number of Committee Chairs. 

The nine Trustees serve three-year terms, and a new "class" of three is elected each December at an annual membership meeting. (The new class replaces the three Trustees whose terms are about to expire.) The Trustees are there to represent the interests of all Folk Project members, and their first order of business is to elect the new officers for the year ahead. That creates a kind of proto-Board, which then appoints the remaining Directors.

Generally speaking. the remaining Directors are Committee Chairs. They oversee the day-to-day needs of both operational and public-facing activities, such as Newsletter, Publicity and Special Events. Directors may sometimes wear more than one hat, in that a Trustee or Officer may simultaneously serve as a Committee Chair. However many hats are worn though, Directors have only a single vote. 

In addition to the Trustees, Officers and Committee Chairs, the Folk Project relies on the contributions of a number of specialized volunteer positions, such as Archives, Electronic Communications and Social Media. These positions are not considered part of the Board proper, are not required to attend meetings and do not have voting privileges.

The current Directors and specialized volunteers are identified on the Administration page at folkproject.org, which is updated by the Webmaster each January. Updates may also occur during the year, if warranted by organizational changes.