At the May 3, 2019, meeting of the Board of Directors of the NAFUSA Foundation, Ed Dowd was elected to serve as the president. Ed served as the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri (1993-1999) and the Deputy Special Counsel for the Waco Investigation with Senator John C. Danforth (1999-2000). He is also a past president of NAFUSA. He is currently a partner at Dowd Bennett in St. Louis.

The following were elected as officers and directors for 2019-2020: Ed Dowd, President, Ken Wainstein, Vice President, William Lutz, Secretary, Rich Rossman, Treasurer.

The following were elected as Directors for the 2019-2020: Mike McKay, Ed Dowd, Ken Wainstein, Hal Hardin, Terry Flynn, Paul Coggins, Donna Bucella, and Catherine Hanaway.

The Board thanked and commended Mike McKay, who is stepping down after several years as the President of the NAFUSA Foundation and especially commended him for his leadership in establishing and growing the Wales Fund. Mike has raised $523,000 in pledges towards a reward fund in addition to the $1,000,000 offered by the Department of Justice for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the murder of AUSA Thomas Crane Wales.