2025-2027 Standing Committee
The current WOCAL Committee members are:
| name | affiliation | country | representing |
| Jane Akinyi Ngala Oduor (president) | University of Nairobi | Kenya | |
| Gratien Atindogbe (general secretary) | University of Buea & Bayreuth University | Cameroon | Cameroon |
| | | East Africa |
| Dorothy Agyeopong | University of Ghana | Ghana | West Africa |
| Gashaw Arutie Asaye | Bahir Dar University | Ethiopia | North East Africa |
| Adil Azhar | Mohahmed V University of Rabat | Morocco | North Africa |
| VACANCY | | | Southern Africa |
| VACANCY | | | Central Africa |
| Alexander Cobbinah | Universidade de São Paulo | | Brazil |
| Seunghun J. Lee | International Christian University Tokio | Japan | Australasia |
| Sharon Rose | University of California San Diego | United States | North America |
| Azeb Amha | Leiden University | Netherlands | BeNe |
| Malin Petzell | Gothenburg University | Sweden | Nordic countries |
Co-opted committee members
WOCAL elders
| Felix Ameka | |
| Akinbiyi Akinlabi | |
| Herman Batibo | |
| Ekkehard Wolff | |
| Karsten Legère | |
| Margarida Maria Taddoni Petter | |
| Bernd Heine | |
| Ayọ Bamgboṣe | |
| Rosali Finlayson | |
| Ian Maddieson | |
| Matthias Brenzinger | |
| Shigeki Kaji | |
| Yamina El-Kirat | |
| Maarten Mous | |
| Name | Country |
| Sam Lutalo-Kiingi (chair) | Uganda |
| Margaret Odhiambo (vice-chair) | Germany |
| Marta Morgado (co-secretary) | Portugal |
| Hope E. Morgan (co-secretary) | Germany |
| Eric Khamadi (technical liaison) | Kenya |
| Leonida Kaula (interpreter representative) | Kenya |
