42 U.S.C. § 12651a — Board of Directors

(a) Composition. (1) The Corporation^* must have a Board of Directors, called the “Board” here. It has 15 members appointed by the President with Senate advice and consent, including a person aged 16–25 who served in school- or community-based service learning or is or was a program participant^* or supervisor. It also has the nonvoting ex officio members in paragraph (3). (2) As far as practicable, appointees must have broad volunteer or service and State^*-government experience, represent varied views, include experts in human, educational, environmental, or public-safety services, and make the Board diverse by race, ethnicity, age, gender, and disability. No single party may have more than half the appointed members plus one. (3) The Education, Health and Human Services, Labor, Interior, Agriculture, Housing and Urban Development, and Defense Secretaries, the Attorney General, Peace Corps Director^*, EPA Administrator^*, and CEO are nonvoting ex officio members.

(b) Officers. The President appoints the first chair. Later chairs are elected by the Board. The Board elects a vice chair and may elect other officers from its members. (c) Subject to (e), each appointed member serves 5 years. (d) A vacancy is filled by presidential appointment with Senate advice and consent for the rest of the predecessor’s term; the vacancy does not impair the remaining Board’s authority. (e) A voting member whose term ends may continue until the successor takes office, but no longer than 1 year.