The Board of Directors supports the Margherita von Brentano Center and, in coordination with the scholarly leadership and the business management, decides which topics and concepts to focus on and how to distribute budgetary funds strategically.

The Board of Directors consists of officeholders in the institutions and committees of Freie Universität Berlin that are responsible for Gender Studies. As of November 2019, the current members are the following:

• Prof. Dr. Gülay Çağlar, Professor for the division of "Gender and Diversity", Otto Suhr Institute of Political Science, as well as head of the Master Course of Studies (so be set up)
• Prof. Dr. Barbara Fritz, in dual function: Representative of the State Conference of the Rectors and Presidents of Universities (LKRP) in the Selection Committee of the Berlin Equal Opportunity Program (BCP) and Chairwoman of the Commission for the Promotion of Young Women Scholars (KFN)
• Prof. Dr. Doris Kolesch, Speaker of the Women's Council
• Prof. Dr. Martin Lücke, Scientific Director of the Margherita von Brentano Center
• Prof. Dr. Anita Traninger, Co-Spokesperson of the Cluster of Excellence “Temporal Communities”, Spokesperson of the Dahlem Humanities Center

The advisory members are:

• Dr. Corinna Tomberger, Central Gender Equality and Equal Opportunities Officer of Freie Universität Berlin (advisory function)
• Dr. Heike Pantelmann, Managing Director of the Margherita von Brentano Center (advisory function)
• Prof. Dr. Verena Blechinger-Talcott, Vice President of Freie Universität Berlin (advisory function)

The Board of Directors is assuming the duties of the former GenderNet Leadership Team. Speaker of the Board of Directors is Prof. Dr. Martin Lücke.