Terms for officers and members-at-large of the Executive Committee begin from the annual meeting of the AAA. The officers and members for 2020-2021 are:
- President, Courtney Handman, 2019-2021
- President Elect, Daromir Rudnyckyj, 2020-2022
- Secretary, Arsalan Khan, 2020-2022
- Treasurer, Lauren Leve, 2013-2021
- Student Representative, Saliha Chattoo, 2020-2022
- Website Administrator, Jeremy Cohen, 2018-2022
- Members-at-Large, Ana Bacigalupo (2017-2021), Jeanette Jouili (2017-2021), N. Fadeke Castor (2019-2021), Roberta Ricucci (2019-2021), Elaine Pena (2019-2022), James Bielo (2020-2022), and Alisa Perkins (2020-2022).
The Executive Committee also may appoint non-voting ex-officio members from time to time to help with the management of SAR. Currently, they are:
- Book Series Editors, Don Seeman and Hillary Kaell
- Anthropology News Column Editor, Jon Bialecki and Heather Mellquist Lehto
- SAR Program Chair for AAA Meeting, Roberta Ricucci
- Clifford Geertz Prize Committee Chair, Timothy R. Landry
- Webmaster and Listserv Moderator, Jeremy Cohen