Stavenger served as non-voting chairman of the governing council, a largely honorary position.

Non-voting chairman of the Jury:

The SRSG served as the non-voting chairman.

This gathering restructured the organization, which was subsequently to be governed by a National Executive Committee of 15, headed by a non-voting Chairman.

The 2008 All-Australian selection panel was Adrian Anderson, Robert Walls, Gerard Healy, Mark Bickley, Glen Jakovich, Rod Austin, Kevin Bartlett and Andrew Demetriou (Non-voting chairman).

Former Commissioner of Baseball Fay Vincent served as the non-voting chairman of both committees and Hall of Famer Frank Robinson served as an advisor and assistant to Vincent and the committees.