| Year | President | Institution | Meeting Location |
| 2022 | John D. Varlaro | Johnson & Wales University | Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada |
| 2021 | Michael Goldman | University of San Francisco | Online (planned for Orlando, FL) |
| 2020 | Eric Dolansky (Co-President) | Brock University | Online (planned for San Antonio, TX) |
| 2020 | Javier J. O. Silva (Co-President) | IAE Business School | Online (planned for San Antonio, TX) |
| 2019 | Christopher M. Cassidy | Sam Houston State University | Tempe, AZ |
| 2018 | Kathy Savage (Co-President) | Northern Arizona University | Orlando, FL |
| 2018 | Jeff Shay (Co-President) | Washington and Lee University | Orlando, FL |
| 2017 | John Gamble | Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi | Chicago, IL |
| 2016 | Randall Harris | Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi | Las Vegas, NV |
| 2015 | Janis Gogan | Bentley University | Orlando, FL |
| 2014 | Kathryn Savage | Northern Arizona University | Austin, TX |
| 2013 | Vijaya Narapareddy | University of Denver | Victoria, BC |
| 2012 | Jeffrey Shay | Washington and Lee University | Boston, MA |
| 2011 | Armand Gilinsky | Sonoma State University | San Antonio, TX |
| 2010 | Marlene Reed | Baylor University | Chaminade |
| 2009 | James E. Fisher | Saint Louis University | New England Center, Durham, NH |
| 2008 | Michael F. Welsh | University of South Carolina | Keystone |
| 2007 | Deborah R. Ettington | Pennsylvania State University | San Diego |
| 2006 | Rebecca J. Morris | University of Nebraska, Omaha | Cape Cod |
| 2005 | Linda E. Swayne | University of North Carolina, Charlotte | Sedona |
| 2003 | *J. David Hunger | Iowa State University | Tampa |
| 2002 | Mary Anne Watson | University of Tampa | |
| 2001 | Lew G. Brown | University of North Carolina, Greensboro | |
| 2000 | Anne T. Lawrence | San Jose State University | |
| 1999 | John A. Seeger | Bentley University | |
| 1998 | Timothy Edlund | Morgan State University | |
| 1997 | Chi Anyansi-Archibong | North Carolina A & T State University | |
| 1996 | William Naumes | University of New Hampshire | |
| 1995 | H. Richard Eisenbeis | University of Southern Colorado | |
| 1994 | David W. Rosenthal | Miami University | |
| 1993 | *Robert P. Crowner | Eastern Michigan University | |
| 1992 | Robert McGlashan | University of Houston, Clear Lake | |
| 1991 | Marilyn L. Taylor | University of Missouri, Kansas City | |
| 1990 | *Timothy M. Singleton | North Georgia College | |
| 1989 | * Raymond G. Stephens | Ohio University | |
| 1988 | *Robert L. Anderson | College of Charleston | |
| 1987 | Melvin J. Stanford | Minnesota State University- Mankato | |
| 1986 | *William R. Boulton | Auburn University | |
| 1985 | *Max S. Wortman | Iowa State University | |
| 1984 | *Bobby G. Bizzell | University of Houston, Downtown | |
| 1983 | *Bill Rice | University of Houston, Clear Lake | |
| 1982 | *Thomas L. Wheelen | University of South Florida | |
| 1981 | *Curtis E. Tate, Jr. | University of Georgia | |
| 1980 | *Bernard Sord | University of Texas | |
| 1979 | *Leon Megginson | Mobile College | |
*Deceased
Living Past Presidents Constitute the NACRA Advisory Board