The current Board roster by Area and officers are posted on the Leadership + Governance page and in the Member Account Portal.
leadership & governance
How SCCA is Governed
Sports Car Club of America™ is a member-governed organization — decisions about the Club’s direction, policies and future rest with an elected Board of Directors and the members who elect them.
SCCA’s governance runs on four levels, all working together.
- An elected Board of Directors sets policy and strategic direction for the Club.
- The National staff, led by the President and CEO, carries that direction into day-to-day operations — membership, programs, marketing, region and event support.
- Volunteer program boards and committees covering motorsports programs, along with Stewards, the Court of Appeals and the SCCA® Foundation — oversee the disciplines and initiatives closest to members.
- Regions then apply it locally, running the events and communities where most members experience the Club firsthand.
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Board of Directors
SCCA is governed by a 13-member Board of Directors, one elected from each of SCCA’s Areas by the members who live there. The Board’s role is governance, not day-to-day operations — it approves direction and policy for the Club, then holds the CEO and staff accountable for carrying it out.
The Board of Directors:
- Works with staff to set strategic direction and establish Club-wide policy, which leadership then implements
- Hires the CEO/President and works with them to translate strategy into execution
- Holds fiduciary responsibility for finances, exercised through the Club’s annual audit
- Appoints volunteer members to program boards and committees, who work with National staff to set direction within their disciplines
- Oversees those boards and committees to confirm their activities stay consistent with SCCA’s Bylaws and Operations Manual
- Represents the interests of the entire membership rather than any single Region, Area or program
Directors serve three-year terms and may serve no more than two terms. Full detail on the Board’s authority and election process is set out in the SCCA Bylaws and Operations Manual.
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Meet the 13 Directors currently representing SCCA’s Areas:
Each year, the Board of Directors elects a Chair, Vice Chair, Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer, and Secretary from among its own members. These Officers form the Board’s Executive Committee, empowered to act on the Board’s behalf between regular meetings.
Directors are elected from their Area to three-year terms, with a maximum of two elected terms. Voting runs Oct. 15 through Nov. 15 each year, with roughly a third of the Club’s 13 Areas up for election annually on a rotating three-year cycle:
- 2026: Areas 3, 4, 9, 11
- 2027: Areas 1, 5, 7, 8, 13
- 2028: Areas 2, 6, 10, 12
This three-year cycle repeats on a rolling basis, so an Area’s next election year can always be found by adding three to its last election year.
To run for the Board, any Regular Member can be nominated by 20 fellow members from their Area, with nominations due Oct. 1. The Club’s Bylaws govern this process.
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National Staff
While the Board of Directors approves policy and strategic direction, day-to-day execution rests with SCCA’s professional staff, based out of the Club’s National Office in Topeka, Kansas. Staff carries out the Board’s direction, runs the organization’s programs and events, and serves the Club’s members and Regions nationwide.
- Led by the President/CEO, who is hired by and reports to the Board of Directors
- Manages the Club’s motorsports programs along with event sanctioning, insurance and logistics
- Provides member services — registration, membership records, and support for the Club’s Regions
- Handles Club communications and marketing, including SportsCar® News, scca.com, marketing collateral, advertising and more.
- Builds and maintains partner and sponsor relationships that support Club programs and benefit members
- Carries out Board-approved policy through the SCCA Operations Manual
- Reports Club activity and progress back to the Board, giving Directors the operational visibility needed to govern effectively
The Board and staff function as separate but connected roles: they collaborate on strategy with the Board ultimately deciding what the Club should do and why, then staff determines how, and executes, day to day.
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Led by the President/CEO, the National staff’s executive team oversees the Club’s competition programs, member services, finance and marketing functions. The VPs overseeing competition programs work with the relevant program boards and committees to set direction within their disciplines; the full executive team then leads the staff who carry that direction into day-to-day execution.
Boards & Committees
Program boards are appointed by the Board of Directors to provide competition expertise within a specific discipline; committees are appointed by their program board to support that work. Committees develop recommendations on rules and technical matters; program boards review and act on those recommendations, working with National staff, then send rules and policy decisions to the Board of Directors for final approval.
- Program boards are appointed by the Board of Directors; committees are appointed by their program board
- Committees develop recommendations on rules, classing and technical matters within their discipline; program boards review and act on them, working with National staff
- Made up of volunteer members with subject-matter expertise in their discipline
- Program boards send rules and policy decisions to the Board of Directors for final approval, which retains oversight to confirm board and committee activities stay consistent with SCCA’s bylaws and Operations Manual
Current rosters for every board and committee are maintained in the Member Account Portal (MAP).
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Each of the Club’s competition-based motorsports programs has its own volunteer board, appointed by the Board of Directors and made up of members with subject-matter expertise in that discipline.
- Set that program’s rules, classing and competition direction
- Are often supported by specialized committees within their discipline, which develop recommendations for the board to review and act on
- Draft and send rules and other program decisions to the Board of Directors for final review and approval
The Club’s affiliated nonprofit, the SCCA Foundation, is governed separately by its own board. A 501(c)(3) organization, the Foundation supports the Club through scholarships, driver safety education and youth outreach — funding programs like Tire Rack Street Survival, SCCA Women on Track, and support for veterans entering motorsports — and preserves SCCA history through the SCCA Archives.
All current boards and committees are tracked in the Member Account Portal along with a list of the members of each.
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Committees are appointed by their program board, with cross-program committees appointed by the Board of Directors. They provide the technical, safety and development expertise boards rely on to set rules and direction. Most work within a single discipline; a few operate across all of them:
- Technical & class rules — govern rules for specific vehicle classes and categories, such as the Spec Miata Committee, Grand Touring Committee, Production Committee and Touring Committee in Road Racing, and the CAM/XS, Kart Advisory and Street Advisory Committees in Solo
- Safety & stewarding — oversee event safety and steward development, including the Solo and RallyCross® Safety Committees and Divisional Steward groups
- Appeals & cross-program governance — the Court of Appeals hears formal appeals of Club decisions while the Electrified Vehicle Advisory Committee (EVAC) sets unified EV rules across all programs
- Program development & events — support national events and grow participation, including the RoadRally National Events Committee, RallyCross National Championship Committee, and Solo Development Advisory Committee
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Regions, Areas & Divisions
Regions are SCCA’s local chapters — the group a member actually joins, and where most events, meetings, and community happen. There are 115 Regions nationwide, each locally led and each operating under a charter granted by the Board of Directors.
Areas are the Club’s 13 voting districts, each made up of several Regions and each represented by one
elected Director on the Board. Area boundaries are set by the Board of Directors and can shift over time
as Regions form or grow.
Area 1
Encompasses part of the Northeast Division, including the New England, New York, and Northern New Jersey Regions.
Area 2
Encompasses part of the Northeast Division, including Allegheny Highlands, Blue Mountain, Central Pennsylvania, Mahoning Valley, Misery Bay, Northeastern Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, South Jersey, Steel Cities, Susquehanna, Washington DC Regions.
Area 3
Encompasses part of the Southeast Division, including the Central Florida, Florida, Gulf Coast, Puerto Rico, Red Hills, Wiregrass Regions.
Area 4
Encompasses the Great Lakes Division including Central Kentucky, Cincinnati, Columbus Sports Car Club, Detroit, Fort Wayne, Indiana Northwest, Indianapolis, Kentucky, Neohio, Northern Ohio Valley, Northwestern Ohio, Ohio Valley, River Cities, Saginaw Valley, South Bend, Southern Indiana, Southern West Virginia, West Kentucky, Western Michigan, Western Ohio Regions.
Area 5
Encompasses the Central Division including Badlands, Blackhawk Valley, Central Illinois, Chicago, Great River, Iowa, Lake Superior, Land O’Lakes, Milwaukee Regions.
Area 6
Encompasses the Midwest Division including Arkansas, Des Moines Valley, Kansas, Kansas City, Mid South, Mississippi, Nebraska, Northeast Oklahoma, Oklahoma, Ozark Mountain, Salina, Southern Illinois, St Louis, Wichita Regions.
Area 7
Encompasses the Southwest Division including Central Louisiana, Delta, Houston, Lone Star, Red River, South Texas Border, Southwest Louisiana, Texas, West Texas Regions.
Area 8
Encompasses the Rocky Mountain Division including Colorado, Continental Divide, Eastern Idaho, Pan American, Rio Grande, Utah, Yellowstone Regions.
Area 9
Encompasses the Northern Pacific Division including Reno and San Francisco Regions.
Area 10
Encompasses part of the Northeast Division including Central New York, Finger Lakes, Glen, Mohawk Hudson, Southern New York, Western New York Regions.
Area 11
Encompasses the Southern Pacific Division including Arizona, Arizona Border, Big Island of Hawaii, Cal Club, Hawaii, Las Vegas, Phoenix AZ Solo, San Diego Regions.
Area 12
Encompasses part of the Southeast Division including Alabama, Atlanta, Blue Ridge, Buccaneer, Central Carolinas, Chattanooga, Eastern Tennessee, Middle Georgia, North Carolina, Old Dominion, South Carolina, Tennessee, Tennessee Valley Regions.
Area 13
Encompasses part of the Northern Pacific Division including Arctic Alaska, Big Sky, Montana, Northwest, Oregon, Snake River, Southwest Montana Regions.
Areas and Divisions aren’t the same thing. They were created to break down the administration of SCCA into smaller areas. While Areas exist to elect the Board of Directors, Divisions exist to administer competition programs. In a nutshell, members belong to a particular Region. That Region is within a particular Area. That Area is within a particular Division.
Divisions handle the administration of competition programs including Road Racing, Time Trials, Solo, RoadRally and RallyCross, although each Region sanctions individual events. They are the Club’s nine largest geographic groupings. Many Divisions also host their own annual Divisional Conventions.
Northeast Division
Encompasses Areas 1, 2 and 10.
Southeast Division
Encompasses Areas 3 and 12.
Great Lakes Division
Encompasses Area 4 Regions.
Central Division
Encompasses Area 5 Regions.
Midwest Division
Encompasses Area 6 Regions.
Southwest Division
Encompasses Area 7 Regions.
Rocky Mountain Division
Encompasses Areas 8 Regions.
Northern Pacific Division
Encompasses Areas 9 and 13.
Southern Pacific Division
Encompasses Area 11 Regions.
FAQs
Where can I find the current Board members, officers, and contact information?
What do Board of Directors committees do?
The BoD selects an Executive Committee comprised of the officers: Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer and First Alternate empowered to act on the Board’s behalf between meetings. The Board also appoints other committees and program boards to regulate specific competition disciplines and advise on Club affairs; each committee’s jurisdiction, tenure and voting rules are set by the Board and included in the Operations Manual.
How do the Bylaws or Operations Manual get changed?
Bylaws amendments can be proposed by the Board or by petition of at least 3% of Regular Members, and require a two-thirds vote of members balloting to pass. The Operations Manual, the Club’s day-to-day operating guide, is reviewed and updated at least every three years and can only be changed by approval of the BoD. The most current Bylaws can be downloaded here.
Who runs SCCA® day-to-day, and how does that relate to the Board?
Mike Cobb serves as President and Chief Executive Officer, leading National Office staff across membership, program operations, marketing and communications, finance, and sanctioning. The BoD hires and oversees the CEO and sets the policies the CEO and staff carry out — the standard governance-and-management split used by most member-owned nonprofits.
What's the difference between a Region and an Area?
A Region is the local chapter where a member holds primary affiliation — the group running local events, meetings and programs. An Area is one of 13 voting districts made up of several Regions, used to elect BoD members. Members vote for their BoD representative through their Area affiliation based on their region of record.
