The Nanwakolas Council Board of Directors is comprised of nine Directors, with each of the eight member First Nation appointing their own Director and the ninth, the Board President, being appointed by the other eight Directors. Directors are generally the Chiefs, or a Councillor, of each of the member First Nations thereby providing a direct link between Nanwakolas and the governing Councils of each member First Nation.
The nine Nanwakolas Council Directors are:

Dallas W. Smith
Board President

Chief Coreen Child
Kwakiutl Indian Band

Chief Harold Sewid
Mamalilikulla-Qwe'Qwa'Sot'Em First Nation

Chief Bill Cranmer
'Namgis First Nation

Chief John Smith
Tlowitsis Nation
Fred Glendale
Da'naxda'xw Awaetlala First Nation

Chief Paddy Walkus
Gwa'sala-Nakwaxda'xw First Nations
Chief Steven Dick
Kwiakah First Nation
