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The Douglas College Student Society (DCSS) was incorporated in 1972 under the Society Act with a mandate to represent and protect the rights and interests of students. The makeup of the Society's executive membership has changed over time, but typically included a President, Vice President(s), Secretary, Treasurer, and campus- or program-specific representatives. At different times in the history of the DCSS, the records of the Executive were collected by a staff person who was also responsible for the management of Society business/administration.

When the DCSS was formed it represented students from three campuses: New Westminster, Surrey, and Richmond. For this reason, the earliest governing body of the DCSS - the Student Council - was also sometimes called the Tri-Council. By 1979, five additional campuses were also being represented by the DCSS: Coquitlam, Langley, Maple Ridge, Agnes Street, and Newton Centre. Consequently, the DCSS's governing body became the Multi Campus Council. In the early 1980s, following the College's split into two separate institutions, the DCSS updated its Constitution and its governing body was reorganized as the Senate. Rather than a campus-specific focus like its predecessor, the Senate used a model of representation based on areas of study.

In 1992, DCSS membership voted to leave the Canadian Federation of Students, only to re-join the national organization six years later. In 1999, the DCSS underwent a restructuring in which it was renamed the Douglas Students' Union (Canadian Federation of Students, Local 18).

The Charter of Rights Committee was originally formed in response to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom's main equality provisions coming into effect in 1985. The Committee's purpose was the creation of a cross-divisional project to integrate teaching of the Charter into the College's curriculum. An announcement in a January 1987 edition of the Mad Hatter newsletter stated: "The Charter has the potential to bring about profound change in the community and as a teaching institution and a community college we must be actively involved in fostering understanding, initiating community discussion, and preparing our students to participate in the shaping of their society."

The Committee oversaw the creation of a course (IDST 100 Human Rights and Canadian Society: Multidisciplinary Perspectives), which was offered from 1989 until at least 2006.

Records of the Committee cease after April 1990.

Born in Vienna (ca. 1921), George Porges was a World War II veteran who came to Canada in 1951. He studied history in Montreal at Sir George William University, and later received his B.Ed and M.A. from the University of Alberta. He taught high school in Edmonton prior to joining the Department of Liberal Studies at the newly created Douglas College in 1970. Porges taught history as a regular faculty member until his retirement in 1988.

Porges died in 2004 at the age of 83.

Gerry Della Mattia joined Douglas College in May 1970 as Director of Admissions and began developing procedures and forms to admit and register students. In 1978 he was granted educational leave to pursue doctoral studies at the University of Oregon. When he returned in September 1980, he was appointed Acting Dean of Student Services pending the College split, and in 1981 became the Dean of Educational and Student Services for the new Douglas College. He continued in that capacity until 1988 when he took a leave of absence to work in the United Arab Emirates. As a senior member of a team of Canadian educators hired to establish a system of technical colleges for the country, he was responsible for the administration of central services for the college system. Upon his return to Douglas College in September of 1990, he assumed the newly created position of Dean of Human Resources and College Development. In 1993 he was appointed Executive Director of the Advanced Education Council of BC, where he remained until his retirement in 2000. From 2000 to 2005, following his retirement from active administration, he was an Adjunct Professor in the Centre for Policy Studies in Higher Education and Training at UBC. (Text from Douglas College: The First 40 Years.)

Peter Greenwood was hired as Bursar in 1988, a position that was changed to Vice President, Finance and Administration following a partial administrative reorganization at the college in 1995. He remained in this role until 2001. He was also a Douglas College Foundation board member from 1989-1999.

Dr. George C. Wootton served as principal of Douglas College from its inception in 1969 until 1979. Born in Saskatchewan and raised in British Columbia, Wootton graduated from North Vancouver High School and received his BSc, MASc, and PhD (in metallurgical engineering) from the University of British Columbia. Before his appointment to Douglas College, he worked for the Department of Mines in Ottawa, Atomic Energy Canada in Chalk River, and Seneca College in Toronto where served as Dean of Engineering.

During Wootton's tenure at Douglas College, satellite campuses were added in Delta, Langley, Maple Ridge, Port Moody, Coquitlam, Pitt meadows, and White Rock. His principalship saw the development of career programs in the area of psychiatric nursing, clinical health, child care, and community service work. Other programs initiated during this time were in the fields of criminal justice, women's studies, graphic arts, theatre, and environmental studies.

Wootton left Douglas College in 1979 to become director of the Vancouver Public Library.

Carole Compton-Smith held the position of Director, Learning Resources from 2000 to 2011. She received a Master of Library and Information Science (MLS) from the University of Toronto in 1976.