The Board of the VAD currently consists of 15 elected members:
- Erdmute Alber, University Bayreuth
- Diana Ayeh, University Leipzig
- Susann Baller, University Basel
- Andrea Behrends, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg
- Aïsha Othmann, University Library Frankfurt am Main
- Sandra Calkins, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle (Saale)
- Hauke Dorsch, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
- Tilo Grätz, Free University Berlin
- Clemens Greiner, University of Cologne
- Holger Kirscht, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
- Georg Klute, University Bayreuth
- Doris Löhr, University Bayreuth
- Elísio Macamo, University Basel
- Anja Osei, University Konstanz
- Jason Sumich, GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Hamburg