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

(a) Composition The Board has 15 members appointed by the President with the Senate's advice and consent, one of whom must be someone age 16 to 25 who either served in a school- or community-based service-learning program, or is or was a participant or supervisor in a program. The Board also has nonvoting ex officio members: the Secretaries of Education, Health and Human Services, Labor, the Interior, Agriculture, Housing and Urban Development, and Defense; the Attorney General; the Director of the Peace Corps; the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; and the Chief Executive Officer. As much as possible, the President should appoint members who: have deep experience in volunteer or service work (possibly including national-service-law programs) and in state government; represent a wide range of viewpoints; are experts in delivering human, educational, environmental, or public-safety services; help make the Board diverse in race, ethnicity, age, gender, and disability; and keep the Board balanced so no more than 50 percent of appointed members, plus one extra, come from a single political party. (b) Officers The President appoints the Board's first Chairperson; after that, the Board elects each new Chairperson from among its own members. The Board also elects its own Vice Chairperson, and may elect any other officers it thinks it needs, all from among its members. (c) Terms Subject to (e), each appointed member serves a five-year term. (d) Vacancies A vacancy is filled by a new presidential appointment, confirmed by the Senate, for the rest of the original term. The vacancy doesn't stop the remaining members from doing the Board's work. (e) Service until appointment of successor A voting member whose term has ended can keep serving until their successor takes office — but not for more than one extra year.