The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation is governed by Officers and a Board of Directors comprised of business, education and cultural leaders. The Officers and Board of Directors are responsible for managing the affairs of the Foundation and hold scheduled meetings at least three times a year. Members of the Board of Directors are assigned to committees that oversee specific areas of focus, departments or programs.

Caroline Kennedy - President
Kenneth R. Feinberg - Chairman
Jill Ker Conway - Vice Chairperson
Richard K. Donahue - Vice Chairperson
William H. Swanson - Vice Chairperson
John Adams - Treasurer
Margaret H. Child - Secretary

John B. Adams 
Carrie Minot Bell
James T. Brett
David W. Burke
Heather P. Campion
Margot C. Connell
Ranny Cooper
Gerard F. Doherty
Anne M. Finucane
Fereydoun Firouz 
Richard Friedman 
Carol Fulp
Gary Ginsberg
Christopher E. Goode
Rev. Ray Hammond
Ted Hoff
Thomas J. Hynes, Jr.
Joanne Y. Jaxtimer
Jackie Jenkins-Scott
Blake Jordan
Jeannie Kedas
Joanna T. Lau
William Leahy
Jack Manning
Kevin J. Maroni
Paul Mattera
Thomas J. May
Sydney Lawford McKelvy
J. Keith Motley
Conan O’Brien
Clive F. Palmer
Michael Perik
Richard J. Phelps
Shari E. Redstone
Sumner M. Redstone
Mary L. Reed
Robert E. Riley
Ronald L. Sargent
Edwin A. Schlossberg
Gerald Schuster
Phyllis Segal
Nicole Seligman
Stephen E. Smith, Jr.
Micho F. Spring
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend
David Weinstein