The APC is governed by a 26 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.
Frank "Trippy" McGuire
Chair, APC Board
District Judge,
Covington County District Court | 
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 |
Patricia Barnes
Founder & Vice President
Sister Schubert's Homemade Rolls, Inc. | 
Mary Blankson
Pediatrician
Jefferson County Health Department | 
Teresa Costanzo
Executive Director
Tuscaloosa's One Place |
Mary Davis
Executive Director
Childcare Resource Network | 
Lynn Jinks
Attorney
Jinks, Crow, & Dickson, P.C. | 
Martha Jinright
Executive Director
Gift of Life Foundation |
Eric Mackey
Superintendent
Jacksonville City School System | 
William Meehan
President
Jacksonville State University | 
Addie Myrick
Director
Bethany Child Development Center |
Van Richey
President & CEO
American Cast Iron Pipe Company | 
Carla Roberson
Manager of Education & Volunteer Services
Alabama Power Company | 
L. Ralph Stacy
President & CEO
Chamber of Commerce Association of Alabama |
