| President | Term |
| Paula Dwyer | 2020-2022 |
| Pancho Bernasconi | 2018-2020 |
| Deidre Depke | 2016-2018 |
| Marcus Mabry | 2014-2016 |
| Michael Serrill | 2012-2014 |
| David A. Andelman | 2010-2012 |
| Allan Dodds Frank | 2008-2010 |
| Marshall Loeb | 2006-2008 |
| Richard B. Stolley | 2004-2006 |
| Alexis Gelber | 2002-2004 |
| Larry Martz | 2000-2002 |
| Roy Rowan | 1998-2000 |
| John Corporon | 1996-1998 |
| William J. Holstein | 1994-1996 |
| Larry Smith | 1992-1994 |
| H.L. Stevenson | 1990-1992 |
| Leonard Saffir | 1988-1990 |
| Herbert Kupferberg | 1986-1988 |
| Anita Diamant | 1982-1984 and 1984-1986 |
| Henry Gellermann | 1978-1980 and 1980-1982 |
| Mathew A.R. Bassity | 1976-1978 |
| Jack Raymond | 1972-1974 and 1974-1976 |
| Will Oursler | 1970-1972 |
| Hal Lehrman | 1962-1964 and 1968-1970 |
| Victor Riesel | 1966-1968 |
| Merril Mueller | 1966-1967 |
| Barrett McGurn | 1964-1966 |
| Will Yolen | 1963-1964 |
| Richard J.H. Johnston | 1962-1963 |
| John Luter | 1960-1962 |
| John Wilhelm | 1959-1960 |
| Thomas P. Whitney | 1958-1959 |
| Cecil Brown | 1957-1958 |
| Wayne Richardson | 1956-1957 |
| J. Clifford Stark | 1953-1954 |
| William P. Gray | 1952-1953 |
| John Daly | 1951-1952 |
| Louis P. Lochner | 1950-1951 and 1955-1956 |
| Frank Kelley | 1949-1950 |
| Joseph B. Phillips | 1948-1949 |
| Bob Considine | 1947-1948 and 1954-1955 |
| Egbert White | |
| W.W. Chaplin | |
| Lucian Kirkland | |
| Lowell Thomas | |
| Burnet Hersey | |
| Eugene Lyons | |
| Wythe Williams |
April 18, 2026