The APC is governed by a 27 member board of directors. The agency by-laws name the positions for each board member, and seventeen appointments to the board are made by the Governor, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the APC Executive Committee. There are also nine Ex-Officio Directors who hold positions on the APC Board due to their positions in the government of the State of Alabama. Those positions are as follows: Attorney General, State Superintendent of Education, Commissioner of the Department of Children's Affairs, Director of the Office of School Readiness, Commissioner of the Department of Human Resources, State Public Health Officer, Commissioner of the Department of Rehabilitation Services, Commissioner of the Department of Mental Health, Executive Director of the Department of Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention.
 The Honorable Frank McGuire Chair, APC Board
District Judge, Covington County District Court |  Dr. Susan Hubbard Vice Chair, APC Board
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Auburn University
Owner, Craft Master Printers |  Margaret Morton Treasurer, APC Board
Executive Director, SAFE Family Services |
 Mary Blankson, M.D. Pediatrician |  Teresa Costanzo Executive Director Tuscaloosa's One Place |  Mary Davis Executive Director Childcare Resource Network |
 Betty Estes Child Care Branch Executive Prattville YMCA |  Lynn Jinks Attorney Jinks, Crow, & Dickson, P.C. |  Martha Jinright Executive Director Gift of Life Foundation |
 Mike Jordan External Affairs Manager Alabama Power |  Michael Lenhart Superintendent Ozark City Schools |  Dr. William Meehan President Jacksonville State University |
 Addie Myrick Director Bethany Child Development Center |  Nannette Phillips Head Start Director Tuskegee - Macon County Head Start |  Robert Powers Co-Founder and Qualifying Broker & Financial Representative The Eufaula Agency |
 Van Richey President & CEO American Cast Iron Pipe Company |  Dr. Herbert Riedel President Lurleen B. Wallace Community College |  Donna Watts President/CEO South Baldwin Chamber of Commerce |