SDITE is governed by a Board of Directors. The Southern District Board consists of the District President, Vice President and Secretary-Treasurer, the International Director for the District (District Director), the immediate District Past President, the District Administrator and Representatives from each Section. Each Section is represented by one Section Representative for each 100 District members, or major fraction thereof. The District Administrator serves as an ex-officio member of the District Board and does not vote.
A sub-unit of the District Board is the Executive Board.
| Section | Representative |
| Alabama | Chris Sellers, P.E. |
| Deep South | Scott Boyle, P.E. |
| Georgia | Jim Tolston Carla Holmes, P.E. David Low, P.E. |
| Kentucky | Scott Walker P.E. |
| North Carolina | Stephanie Privette, P.E. Russell Dalton, P.E. Michael J. Kennon, P.E. |
| South Carolina | Lori Mahany, P.E. |
| Tennessee | Kevin Cole, P.E. Amanda Snowden, P.E. |
| Virginia | Jackie Kassal, P.E. Ashley C. Lickliter, P.E. |



