Board of Trustees include representatives from the Academy of Art, Cranbrook Schools, the Institute of Science and the Cranbrook Educational Community at-large. Board members are elected to three-year terms.
| Michael H. Acheson | James A. Kelly |
| Pamela Applebaum | Brock R. Landry |
| Michael E. Berger (Vice Chair) | Trevor F. Lauer |
| F. Kevin Browett | Leslie Li |
| Richard L. DeVore | Bruce D. Peterson |
| Jamison Williams Faliski | Stephen R. Polk (Vice Chair) |
| Virginia B. Fox | Mark L. Reuss (Chair) |
| Maxine Frankel | Warren E. Rose (Vice Chair) |
| Bharat C. Gandhi | Allan Rothfeder |
| Lee B. Ghesquiere | Geoffrey C. Schiciano |
| Jennifer Gilbert | Sidhdharth D. Sheth |
| Linda H. Gillum (First Vice Chair) | Lee M. Smith |
| William K. M. Goldsmith | Sandra A. Smith |
| Jeffrey A. Harris (Vice Chair) | Robert S. Taubman |
| Rejji P. Hayes | Deborah Wahl |
| Chris Ilitch | Robert T. Wilson |
SENIOR TRUSTEES
| Maggie Allesee | Edward Hagenlocker |
| Linda Wasserman Aviv | Ira J. Jaffe |
| Lynda Charfoos | Wayne B. Lyon |
| Jeffrey K. Clark | Eugene A. Miller |
| Julie Fisher Cummings | Lisa Payne |
| Denise Anton David | Lloyd E. Reuss |
| Erica Ward Gerson | Tod Williams |
