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The District is governed by its Board of Trustees (the "Board"). The Board consists of seven members, each of whom serves a five-year term and who are appointed as follows:
- two by the Mayor of the City of Cleveland;
- two by a council of governments comprised of representatives of all the suburban communities served by the District system called the Suburban Council of Governments;
- one by the Board of County Commissioners of Cuyahoga County;
- one by the appointing authority of the subdistrict with the greatest sewage flow (currently the Mayor of the City of Cleveland); and
- one by the appointing authority of the subdistrict with the greatest population (which is currently the Suburban Council of Governments).
The Board meets twice each month in regular public meetings to discuss and determine policy and to act upon resolutions presented by the District's staff.
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 Darnell Brown
President
Darnell Brown was appointed to the Board by the City of Cleveland Mayor in September, 2001. Mr. Brown is the Chief Operating Officer for the City of Cleveland. He attended Ohio University and is also a member of numerous professional agencies, including the Cuyahoga River Remedial Action Plan Coordinating Committee and the Doan Brook Watershed Partnership.
 Thomas J. Longo
Vice President
Thomas J. Longo was appointed to the Board by the Suburban Council in 1988. He was elected Mayor of Garfield Heights in 1983 and re-elected six times thereafter. Mayor Longo is past President of the Cuyahoga County Mayors and Managers Association, is a founding member of the First Suburbs Consortium and Vice Chair of the Cuyahoga County Planning Commission. He is also a member of various civic and community organizations, and was named 2006 Distinguished Citizen of the Year by the Garfield Heights Chamber of Commerce. Mayor Longo is a graduate of Cleveland State University.
 Dean DePiero
Secretary
Dean E. DePiero was appointed to the Board in March, 2007 by the Board of County Commissioners. Prior to taking office as the Mayor of the City of Parma in 2004, he represented the 15th Ohio House District for five years. An attorney and graduate of Cleveland Marshall College of Law, Mayor DePiero is a member of the Ohio Bar Association and is second vice president of the Ohio Municipal League.
 Sheila J. Kelly
Member
Sheila J. Kelly was appointed to the Board by the Mayor of the City of Cleveland in May of 1994. She has been Vice President of Villa Realty since 1982.
 Anthony D. Liberatore, Jr.
Member
Anthony D. Liberatore, Jr. was appointed to the Board in January, 2006. Mr. Liberatore is the Laborer's Local Union 860 Business Manager and Secretary-Treasurer. He has been a delegate for Local 860 since 1982, Business Manager since 1993, and Secretary-Treasurer since 1995. He has been an Ohio Laborer's District Council Executive Board member since 1995, serving on the Apprenticeship Committee since May 2005. He has been Vice President of the District Council for over six years. Liberatore has also served as a Trustee on several Ohio Labor-associated funds, including LECET since June 1998, Pension and Trust Fund since February 1996, Self-Administration Committee since 1995, Delinquency Committee since 1995, Training and Upgrading Trust Fund since 1996 and Pension and Trust Investment Committee since 2007.
 Gary W. Starr
Member
Gary W. Starr was appointed to the Board in 1994 by the Suburban Council of Governments. He has served as Mayor of the City of Middleburg Heights since 1981 and previously served three terms as City Councilman. He is a member of the Cuyahoga County Mayors and City Managers Association, served on the Board of Trustees of Southwest General Hospital, The New Stadium Corporation (Gateway) and The Northcoast Harbor Development Corporation (Rock & Roll Hall of Fame). Mayor Starr was named by the Ohio Jaycees as one of the "Five Outstanding Young Men in the State of Ohio," and was named to the first class of the Midpark High School Hall of Fame. He is a graduate of Ashland University and holds a Juris Doctoral Degree from the Cleveland Marshall College of Law.
 Ronald D. Sulik
Member
A former District Trustee from 1985 to 1994, Ronald D. Sulik was reappointed to the Board for his second term by the Suburban Council of Governments in February, 2002. He served as Mayor of the Village of Newburgh Heights for 12 years and has more than 30 years experience in public and private accounting, budgeting, cost analysis and financial planning.
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