1927-29 Charles L. Minor, Asheville
1929-42 Charles Hartwell Cocke, Asheville (Chair, 1935-42)
1942-50 Paul F. Whitaker, Kinston
1950-59 Elbert L. Persons, Durham
1959-65 Robert L. McMillan, Winston-Salem
1965-68 Monroe T. Gilmour, Charlotte
1968-74 Joseph B. Stevens, Greensboro
1974-78 John T. Sessions, Jr., Chapel Hill
1978-82 Norman H. Garret, Jr., Greensboro
1982-86 Joseph E. Johnson, III, Winston-Salem (Chair, 1986-87)
1986-89 William W. Fore, Greenville (Moved to Maryland)
1989-93 Eugene M. Bozymski, Chapel Hill
1993-97 T. Reginald Harris, Shelby
1997-01 James A. Bryan, II, Chapel Hill
1998-99 Janelle A. Rhyne, Wilmington (Transitional)
2001-05 Janelle A. Rhyne, Wilmington
2005-09 Timothy W. Lane, Greensboro
2009-10 Rex M. McCallum, Durham (Resigned 2010)
2010 Byron Jay Hoffman, Siler City (Interim)
2011-15 Byron Jay Hoffman, Siler City
2015-19 Peter R. Lichstein, Winston-Salem
2019 Peter R. Lichstein, Winston-Salem (Interim)
2019-23 Lacy C. Hobgood, Winterville