Board members serve three-year terms, but officers are elected annually.
Campus dean Brad Stewart also sits as an ex-officio voting member. A number of past members continue their affiliation as well, but in an advisory, non-voting capacity. Organized in 1986, the foundation solicits, accepts, and administers gifts for UW-Waukesha. As part of these efforts, the foundation conducts an annual fundraising campaign and works to increase the campus ' s endowment. Endowment monies are invested and only the earnings used currently.