- Kate S. O'Scannlain, 2017-2021
- Nicholas C. Geale (acting), 2017
- M. Patricia Smith, 2010-2017
- Gregory F. Jacob, 2007-2009
- Howard M. Radzely, 2003-2007
- Eugene Scalia, 2002
- Howard M. Radzely (acting), 2001-2002
- Judith E. Kramer (acting), 2001
- Henry L. Solano, 1998-2001
- Marvin Krislov (acting), 1997-1998
- J. Davitt McAteer (acting), 1996-1997
- Thomas S. Williamson Jr., 1993-1996
- Marshall Breger, 1992-1993
- Robert P. Davis, 1989-1991
- George R. Salem, 1986-1989
- Francis X. Lilly, 1984-1985
- T. Timothy Ryan Jr., 1981-1983
- Carin A. Clauss, 1977-1981
- William J. Kilberg, 1973-1977
- Richard Schubert, 1971-1973
- Peter Nash, 1970-1971
- Laurence H. Silberman, 1969-1970
- Charles Donahue, 1961-1968
- Irving Nystrom (acting), 1959-1961
- Stuart Rothman, 1953-1959
- Harry N. Routzohn, 1953
- William S. Tyson, 1945-1953
- Douglas B. Maggs, 1943-1945
- Irving J. Levy (acting), 1942-1943
- Warner D. Gardner, 1941-1942
- Gerard D. Reilly, 1937-1941
- Charles O. Gregory, 1936-1937
- Charles E. Wyzanski, 1933-1935
- Theodore G. Risly, 1921-1932
- John W. Abercrombie, 1918-1921
- John B. Densmore, 1913-1918