Since 1920, over 80 volunteers have served as NCARB’s president. Each president chairs the Board of Directors for a one-year term beginning on July 1.
- 1920-22 - Emil Lorch, FAIA, Michigan
- 1923-24 - Arthur Peabody, FAIA, Wisconsin
- 1925-26 - Miller I. Kast, FAIA, Pennsylvania
- 1927-28 - W. H. Lord, FAIA, North Carolina
- 1929 - George D. Mason, FAIA, Michigan
- 1930-31 - Clarence W. Brazer, AIA, Pennsylvania
- 1932-33 - James M. White, FAIA, Illinois
- 1933 - A. L. Brockway, FAIA, New York
- 1934 - A. M. Edelman, AIA, California
- 1935-36 - Joseph W. Holman, AIA, Tennessee
- 1937-38 - Charles Butler, FAIA, New York
- 1939-40 - William L. Perkins, AIA, Iowa
- 1941-42 - Mellen C. Greeley, FAIA, Florida
- 1943-44 - Louis J. Gill, FAIA, California
- 1945-47 - Solis Seiferth, FAIA, Louisiana
- 1948-49 - Warren D. Miller, FAIA, Indiana
- 1950 - Clinton H. Cowgill, FAIA, Virginia
- 1951-52 - Roger C. Kirchhoff, AIA, Wisconsin
- 1953-54 - Charles E. Firestone, FAIA, Ohio
- 1954-56 - Fred L. Markham, FAIA, Utah
- 1957-58 - Edgar H. Berners, FAIA, Wisconsin
- 1959-60 - Walter F. Martens, FAIA, West Virginia
- 1961-62 - A. Reinhold Melander, FAIA, Minnesota
- 1963 - Chandler C. Cohagen, FAIA, Montana
- 1964 - Paul W. Drake, FAIA, New Jersey
- 1965 - Ralph O. Mott, FAIA, Arkansas
- 1966 - C. J. “Pat” Paderewski, FAIA, California
- 1967 - Earl L. Mathes, AIA, Louisiana
- 1968 - George F. Schatz, FAIA, Ohio
- 1969 - Howard T. Blanchard, FAIA, Kansas
- 1970 - Dean L. Gustavson, FAIA, Utah
- 1971 - William J. Geddis, FAIA, Massachusetts
- 1972 - Daniel Boone, FAIA, Texas
- 1973 - Thomas J. Sedgewick, FAIA, Michigan
- 1974 - E. G. Hamilton, FAIA, Texas
- 1975 - John "Mel" O’Brien Jr., AIA, Tennessee
- 1976 - William C. Muchow, FAIA, Colorado
- 1977 - Charles A. Blondheim Jr., FAIA, Alabama
- 1978 - Paul H. Graven, FAIA, Wisconsin
- 1979 - Lorenzo D. Williams, FAIA, Minnesota
- 1980 - John R. Ross, FAIA, California
- 1981 - Dwight M. Bonham, FAIA, Kansas
- 1982 - Thomas H. Flesher Jr., AIA, Oklahoma
- 1983 - Sid Frier, FAIA, Arkansas
- 1984 - Ballard H. T. Kirk, FAIA, Ohio
- 1985 - Robert E. Oringdulph, FAIA, Oregon
- 1986 - Theodore L. Mularz, FAIA, Colorado
- 1987 - Robert L. Tessier, FAIA, Massachusetts
- 1988 - Walter T. Carry, FAIA, Georgia
- 1989 - George B. Terrien, NCARB, Maine
- 1990 - Herbert P. McKim, FAIA, North Carolina
- 1991 - Charles E. Garrison, FAIA, Illinois
- 1992 - Robert H. Burke Jr., AIA, Florida
- 1993 - Harry G. Robinson III, FAIA, District of Columbia
- 1994 - Robert A. Fielden, FAIA, Nevada
- 1995 - Homer L. Williams, FAIA, Missouri
- 1996 - Richard W. Quinn, FAIA, Connecticut
- 1997 - Darrell L. Smith, FAIA, Oregon
- 1998 - Ann R. Chaintreuil, FAIA, New York
- 1999 - Susan May Allen, FAIA, Indiana
- 2000 - Joseph P. Giattina Jr., FAIA, Alabama
- 2001 - Peter Steffian, FAIA, Massachusetts
- 2002 - C. William Bevins, FAIA, West Virginia
- 2003 - C. Robert Campbell, FAIA, New Mexico
- 2004 - Robert A. Boynton, FAIA, Virginia
- 2005 - Frank M. Guillot, FAIA, Vermont
- 2006 - H. Carleton Godsey, FAIA, Kentucky
- 2007 - Robert E. Luke, FAIA, Mississippi
- 2008 - Douglas K. Engebretson, FAIA, Massachusetts
- 2009 - Gordon E. Mills, FAIA, Iowa
- 2010 - Andrew W. Prescott, AIA, Maryland
- 2011 - Kenneth J. Naylor, FAIA, Utah
- 2012 - Scott C. Veazey, AIA, Indiana
- 2013 - Ronald B. Blitch, FAIA, Louisiana
- 2014 - Blakely C. Dunn, FAIA, Arkansas
- 2015 - Dale McKinney, FAIA, Iowa
- 2016 - Dennis S. Ward, FAIA, South Carolina
- 2017 - Kristine Annexstad Harding, FAIA, Alabama
- 2018 - Gregory L. Erny, FAIA, Nevada
- 2019 - David L. Hoffman, FAIA, Kansas
- 2020 - Terry L. Allers, FAIA, Iowa
- 2021 - Robert M. Calvani, FAIA, New Mexico
- 2022 - Alfred Vidaurri Jr., FAIA, Texas
- 2023 - Bayliss Ward, NCARB, AIA, Montana
- 2024 - Jon Alan Baker, FAIA, NCARB, LEED AP
- 2025 - Kenneth R. Van Tine, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP