Board Appointments

The Dauphin County Board of Commissioners is seeking service-focused and community-minded residents to serve on a multitude of boards and committees that the Commissioners make appointments to. 

Please review the list of boards below. You can click on any board listed to go to a page with more information about what that board does and when it meets. If you have an interest in serving on one of these boards, please click on and fill out the Application Form that is linked below. You will also need to submit a resume.

Next to each board name you can find the current number of vacancies along with qualifications for certain boards in parentheses. If a board does not have any vacancies listed currently, you may still apply as seats may open throughout the coming year. If you have any questions about the process or a specific board, feel free to email boardappointments@dauphincounty.gov. Applications received by December 5^th, 2025 will be given priority consideration.

*Note* The Board is requesting that those seeking reappointment also submit new applications. 

Application Form

• Affordable Housing Board (3)
• Agricultural Land Preservation Board (3; Farmers)
• Board of Assessment Appeals (0)
• AAA Council on Aging (6)
• Capital Resource Conservation & Development Area Council (3)
• Children & Youth Advisory Board (6)
• Conservation District Board (2; Non-Farmers)
• Cumberland-Dauphin-Harrisburg Transit Authority & Susquehanna Regional Transportation Authority (1)
• Drug and Alcohol Services (5; Categories include Education, Medicine, Labor, Psycho-Social Professional, Criminal Justice)
• Gaming Advisory Board (0)
• General Authority Board (1)
• Harrisburg Area Transportation Study (HATS) Technical Committee (1)
• Human Services Block Grant Planning & Advisory Committee (0)
• Industrial Development Authority/Economic Development Corporation Boards (0)
• Land Bank Authority (0)
• Library System Board of Trustees (2)
• MH/A/DP Advisory Board (3; 1 Physician, 1 Citizen Active in Mental Health Organizations, 1 Citizen Active in an Intellectual Disabilities Organization)
• Merit-Based Hiring System Alternative Dispute Resolution Panel (1)
• Opioid Remediation Advisory Board (0)
• Dauphin County Planning Commission (1)
• Redevelopment Authority Board (1)
• Tri-County Regional Planning Commission (5)
• Visit Hershey & Harrisburg (1)