The CoEER has a board and the Deputy Vice Chancellor is the chairman and the Director is the Executive Officer. The composition of the board is made up of members of senior staff from the faculty of Natural Resources, Built Environment, Engineering, Humanities and the Sciences. 

The board’s main function, among its duties, is to provide strategic direction and oversight on strategy implementation in the best interest of the University. 

The key responsibilities are to consider and approve annual strategic and implementation plans, identify initiatives and resources to implement the strategy, resource the strategy and monitor implementation, develop standing committees to address specific duties, and account for the work of its standing committees, and assign, oversee, and monitor the work of the Research Working Group (RWG).  

The current composition of the board:
Deputy Vice Chancellor and Chairman – Prof. Garry Sali
Director of CoEER & EO – Associate Professor Patrick Michael
School of Humanities – Dr. Rachael Orake, Head of School of Communication for Development Studies 
Faculty of Sciences – Dr. Lydia Yalambing, Head of School of Applied Sciences
Faculty of Built Environment – Dr. Andrew Pai, Head of School of Surveying and Land Studies
Faculty of Engineering – Dr. Steve Ales, School of Mechanical Engineering 
Faculty of Natural Resources – Dr. Jimmy Moses, School  of Forestry