All officers are elected each year to a one-year term at the Annual Business Meeting of the Corporation in June. All officers must be members of the Board of Trustees during their terms of service.

The Schomburg Corporation is governed by a twenty-five member Board of Trustees. Trustees are elected to a three-year term. Trustees are members of one of three classes, one of which rotates out of office each year.

• Term Limits - A Trustee may only serve two consecutive terms (a total of six years at a time). Trustees who are ineligible for immediate re-election are members of the Trustee Advisory Committee.

• Ex-officio Members - The Chief of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is an ex-officio member of the Board of Trustees.