[3][4][5] The objects of the association are to promote, develop and regulate amateur athletics in Jamaica.

It organises competitions and events in Jamaica whilst laying down rules and regulations and providing rewards to winners.

Following the election in December 2020, the members of the executive are: Garth Gayle, JP (president), Ian Forbes (1st vice president), Lincoln Eatmon (2nd vice president), Michael Frater (3rd vice president), Vilma Charlton (4th vice president), Marie Tavares (Honorary Secretary), Brian Smith (Assistant Secretary), Ludlow Watts (Honorary Treasurer), Leroy Cooke (Director of the Bureau of Records), along with management committee members; Heleen Francis, Dr Carl Bruce, Fedrick Dacres, Judith Ewart, Keith Wellington, Gregory Hamilton, Ewan Scott and Julette Parkes-Livermore.

JAAA was reconstituted as Jamaica Amateur Athletic Association in 1932[7][8] and was affiliated to the IAAF in 1948.

[9] In February 2011, the name was changed to Jamaica Athletic Administrative Association, thereby retaining the acronym JAAA.