| 1951-1956 | Jean Armour MacKay, Almont |
| 1956-1957 | Cora Gibson Hestwood, Albion |
| 1957-1960 | Gladys H. Neis, Muskegon Heights (Muskegon) |
| 1960-1963 | Edwin L. Clark, Mt. Morris (Genesee) |
| 1963-1967 | Dan J. Heathcote, Kalamazoo (Kalamazoo) |
| 1967-1971 | Forrest G. Averill, PhD, East Lansing (Greater Lansing) |
| 1971-1973 | Holland Capper, Manistee (Manistee) |
| 1973-1975 | Walter R. Holdeman, Jackson (Jackson) |
| 1975-1979 | Clara Sinclair, Dearborn (Wayne) |
| 1979-1981 | Richard N. Percy, St. Joseph (Van Buren) |
| 1981-1983 | James McDowell, Tecumseh (Lenawee) |
| 1983-1985 | Irving W. Burtt, Saginaw (Saginaw) |
| 1985-1987 | Hazel DeMeyer Rupp, Kalamazoo (Kalamazoo) |
| 1987-1989 | Clinton C. Cook, Bloomfield Hills (Oakland SARSP) |
| 1989-1991 | Frank W. Martin, Detroit (Wayne DARSP) |
| 1991-1993 | Richard J. Smith, Battle Creek (Calhoun) |
| 1993-1995 | Keith V. Stout, Kalamazoo (Kalamazoo) |
| 1995-1997 | James A. Genger, Grand Rapids (Kent) |
| 1997-1999 | Clarence L. Miller, Bay City (Bay Area) |
| 1999-2001 | Ernest J. Mayoros, Southgate (Wayne Downriver) |
| 2001-2003 | John L. Caldwell, Kalamazoo (Kalamazoo) |
| 2003-2005 | R. Ernest Dear, PhD, Mercer, WI (Gogebic) |
| 2005-2007 | Donald E. Miller, Lapeer (Lapeer) |
| 2007-2011 | Marie L. Wilkerson, Evart (Osceola) |
| 2011-2013 | Leslie E. Nixon, Onaway, (Presque Isle) |
| 2013-2015 | Robert W. Wiles, Rudyard, (Chippewa-Mackinaw) |
| 2015-2017 | Catherine “Kit” Spring, Spring Hill, FL (Chippewa-Mackinaw, Tri-County FL) |
| 2017-2019 | Paul Lerg, Grayling (Crawford-Oscoda)) |
| 2019-2021 | Robert Kucera, Portage (Kalamazoo) |
| 2021-present | Steve Gordon, Sault Sainte Marie (Chippewa-Mackinaw) |