The Society is managed by an elected Council whose Chairperson is elected annually. The President is elected annually for a maximum of three terms.
| Council (2022-2023) | President and Chair of Council Mr Richard Offen Immediate Past President Dr Steve Errington PhD MRSC FRACIJP Vice-Presidents Mrs Sally Anne Hasluck OAM Dr Pamela Statham Drew PhD FRWAHS Vice-Chairperson of Council Mrs Sally Anne Hasluck OAM Secretary Dr Fiona Bush OAM MBEnv PhD AICOMOS Treasurer Ms Klara Haselhurst BEc MPA Assistant Treasurer Mr Nick Drew |
| Councillors | Dr Lenore Layman AM PhD FRWAHS Mrs Wendy Lugg (Honorary Artist in Resident) Mr John Lukin Mrs Jan McCahon Marshall (Minutes Secretary) Hon. Robert Nicholson AO KCSJ FAAL BA LLB MA LLM HonLLD Mr Michael Nind Mrs Ellen Parrick, Affiliated Societies’ Committee Representative Mrs Rachel Roe, President of the RWAHS Auxiliary Mr Phillip Vile AFAIM MPICS |
| Honorary Officers Bearers | Hon. Architect Maria Gillman, BOS Architects Hon. Auditor IS Assurance Hon. Librarian Jeanette Longwood BA Gr Dip Lib Stud Hon. Solicitor Mr Denis McLeod BA LLB |
| Officers of RWAHS | Community Officer Mrs Lesley Burnett Bookshop Manager Mr Tom Goode Editor – History West Dr Lenore Layman Editors – Early Days Dr Pamela Statham Drew Mrs Jennie Carter Ms Heather Campbell MPHA Webmaster Jeanette Longwood CollectiveAccess Administrators Janelle Hauser Janet Tombleson |
| Recent Past Presidents | Dr Steve Errington PhD MRSC FRACIJP Hon. Robert Nicholson AO KCSJ FAAL BA LLB MA LLM HonLLD Ms Sally Anne Hasluck OAM Dr Lenore Layman AM PhD FFAHS Emeritus Professor Reginald Appleyard AM, MA, PhD, FASSA. Rt. Hon. Reg Withers LL.B Rt Hon. Sir William Heseltine GCB, GCVO, AC, QSO Dr Geoffrey D R Lilburne MB, BS, FRACOG, FRCOG Mr Clement Mulcahy MPhil, BA Hons, DipEd Miss Margaret Medcalf OAM, BA, DipEd, FLAA, FFAHS, FRWAHS Mr Ronald Bodycoat AM, LFRAIA Professor Geoffrey C Bolton AO, MA, DPhil., PhD, FRHS, FASSA, FAHA, FRWAHS The Hon. Sir Francis Burt AC, KCMG, QC |
