CENIC is governed by its member institutions by means of the board of directors. Director seats are held by representatives of the CENIC Charter Associates — the segments of the California research and education community for and by which CENIC was created, as well as significant segments that joined later. Directors typically serve three-year terms.

California Community Colleges:

• Jennifer Coleman, Executive Director, CCC Technology Center
• John Hetts, Vice Chancellor of Digital Innovation, Data, Evidence, and Analytics, CCC Chancellor’s Office
• Carmen Lidz, Vice Chancellor & Chief Information Officer, Los Angeles Community College District

California Institute of Technology:

• Jin Chang, Chief Information Officer, California Institute of Technology

California K–12 School System:

• Terry Loftus, Assistant Superintendent & CIO, San Diego County Office of Education
• Kristina Mattis, Digital Equity Broadband Coordinator, California Department of Education
• Andrew Schwab, Superintendent, Dos Palos-Oro Loma Joint Unified School District

California Public Libraries:

• Josh Chisom, Manager, Broadband Opportunities Program, California State Library
• Crystal Duran, Library Director, Belvedere Tiburon Library
• Nancy Schram, Library Director, Ventura County Library

California State University:

• Kendra Ard, Chief Infrastructure Officer, CSU Chancellor’s Office
• Ed Clark, Chief Information Officer, Information Technology, CSU Chancellor’s Office
• Samuel Sudhakar, CFO and VP of Finance, Technology and Operations, CSU San Bernardino

Stanford University:

• Keith Agosta, Sr. Director of Network Engineering, Enterprise Technology, Stanford

University of California:

• Joe Bengfort, CIO, Senior Vice President, and Associate Vice Chancellor, UC San Francisco
• Ramesh Rao, Director of Qualcomm Institute & Professor, UC San Diego
• Van Williams, CIO and Vice President for Information Technology Services, UC Office of the President

University of Southern California:

• Nick Scheib, Associate Chief Information Officer for Infrastructure, University of Southern California

Independent Directors:

• Danny J. Allen, Investor and Consultant, djallen LLC
• Ron Johnson, Vice President, CIO Emeritus, and Professor, University of Washington
• Marla Meehl (Vice Chair), Network Engineering and Telecommunications Section Head & Front Range GigaPoP (FRGP) Manager, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR)
• Matthew Rantanen, Advisory Director of Technology, Southern California Tribal Chairmen's Association

Ex Officio Independent Directors:

• Larry Smarr, Science Advisor, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of California, San Diego

CENIC:

• Louis Fox (Director), President & CEO, CENIC
• Bill Paik (Ex Officio Director), Treasurer & CFO, CENIC

Committees

Audit Committee:

• Nancy Schram, Ventura County Library (Chair)
• Joe Bengfort, UC San Francisco
• John Hetts, CCC Chancellor’s Office
• Terry Loftus, San Diego County Office of Education

Executive Review and Compensation Committee:

• Jin Chang, Caltech (Chair)
• Marla Meehl, UCAR
• Samuel Sudhakar, CSU San Bernardino

Finance Committee:

• Ron Johnson, University of Washington (Chair)
• Kendra Ard, CSU Chancellor's Office
• Ed Clark, CSU Chancellor's Office
• Van Williams, UC Office of the President
• Louis Fox, CENIC
• Bill Paik, CENIC (Ex Officio)​

Governance and Board Development Committee:

• Kendra Ard, CSU Chancellor's Office (Chair)
• Louis Fox, CENIC
• Ron Johnson, University of Washington
• Ramesh Rao, UC San Diego
• Andrew Schwab, DPOL Joint USD
• Kao Saefong, CENIC (Ex Officio)

Executive Committee:

• Samuel Sudhakar, CSU San Bernardino (Chair)
• Marla Meehl, FRGP & UCAR (Vice Chair)
• Kendra Ard, CSU Chancellor's Office
• Jin Chang, Caltech
• Louis Fox, CENIC
• Ron Johnson, University of Washington
• Nancy Schram, Ventura County Library