On April 5, 2016, UTFA members elected Cynthia Messenger to be UTFA's 17th President. On May 19, 2016, UTFA Council voted to accept the slate of Executive members proposed by the Nominating Committee and conducted an election for the role of Vice-President, Grievances. One Member-at-Large seat was left vacant. Subsequently, on June 21, 2016, UTFA Council acknowledged the acclamation of a Member-at-Large to Executive.
The UTFA Executive for 2016–2017 is as follows. Contact information will be posted to the UTFA Executive page on July 1, 2016.
| Michael Attridge | Chair, Appointments Committee |
| Kass Banning | Chair, Teaching Stream Committee |
| Ettore Damiano | Treasurer |
| Claude Evans | Member-at-Large |
| Roy Gillis | Chair, Equity Committee |
| Jennifer Jenkins | Chair, Membership Committee |
| Linda Kohn | Vice-President, University and External Affairs |
| Ken MacDonald | Vice-President, Salary, Benefits, Pensions & Workload |
| Cynthia Messenger | President |
| Andreas Motsch | Member-at-Large |
| Kathleen Scheaffer | Chair, Librarians Committee |
| Harriet Sonne de Torrens | Member-at-Large |
| Kent Weaver | Chair, Retired Members Committee |
| Terezia Zoric | Vice-President, Grievances |