| Term | President | Institution |
| 2020-2022 | Kristen M. Turner | North Carolina State University |
| 2018-2020 | Helena Kopchick Spencer | UNC Wilmington |
| 2016-2018 | Brooks Kuykendall | Erskine College |
| 2014-2016 | Kunio Hara | University of South Carolina |
| 2012-2014 | Reeves Shulstad | Appalachian State University |
| 2010-2012 | Elizabeth L. Keathley | UNC Greensboro |
| 2008-2010 | David Levy | Wake Forest University |
| 2005-2008 | James A. Grymes | UNC Charlotte |
| 2003-2005 | Annegret Fauser | UNC Chapel Hill |
| 2001-2003 | Neil Lerner | Davidson College |
| 1999-2001 | Robin Wallace | Converse College |
| 1997-1999 | Victor Mansure | Appalachian State University |
| 1995-1997 | Stewart Carter | Wake Forest University |
| 1993-1995 | M. Elizabeth C. Bartlet | Duke University |
| 1991-1993 | Thomas Warburton | UNC Chapel Hill |
| 1989-1991 | Linda Whitesitt | |
| 1987-1989 | James R. Hines | Christopher Newport University |
| 1985-1987 | David B. Levy | Wake Forest University |
| 1983-1985 | Aubrey S. Garlington, Jr. | UNC Greensboro |
| 1981-1983 | Jon W. Finson | UNC Chapel Hill |
| 1979-1981 | Eleanor McCrickard | UNC Greensboro |
| 1977-1979 | Clyde W. Brockett | Christopher Newport University |
| 1975-1977 | Thomas Warburton | UNC Chapel Hill |
| 1972-1975 | Luise E. Peake | University of South Carolina |
| 1970-1972 | Howard Smither | UNC Chapel Hill |
| 1968-1970 | Ursula Kirkendale | |
| 1966-1968 | Louise Basbas | UNC Chapel Hill |
| 1957-1960 | Lilian Pruett | North Carolina Central University |
| Term | Secretary-Treasurer | Institution |
| 2021-2023 | Patricia Sasser | Furman University |
| 2020-2021 | Heather Buffington-Anderson | Claflin University |
| 2019-2020 | Jennifer Walker | North Carolina Central University |
| 2017-2019 | Molly Barnes | |
| 2015-2017 | Helena Kopchick Spencer | UNC Wilmington |
| 2011-2015 | Victor Mansure | Appalachian State University |
| 2007-2011 | Reeves Shulstad | Appalachian State University |
| 2005-2007 | Jocelyn Nelson | East Carolina University |
| 2003-2005 | Kevin Moll | East Carolina University |
| 2001-2003 | Susan Shimp | Davidson College |
| 1999-2001 | Candace Bailey | North Carolina Central University |
| 1998-1999 | Robin Wallace | Converse College |
| 1997-1998 | Daniel Beller-McKenna | University of South Carolina |
| 1995-1997 | Victor Mansure | Appalachian State University |
| 1993-1995 | Thomas Brothers | Duke University |
| 1991-1993 | Christopher Goertzen | UNC Chapel Hill |
| 1989-1991 | Carol Henry Bates | |
| 1987-1989 | Linda Whitesitt | |
| 1987-1987 | Stewart A. Carter | Wake Forest University |
| 1986-1987 | Carol G. Marsh | UNC Greensboro |
| 1984-1986 | Stewart A. Carter | Wake Forest University |
| 1983-1984 | M. Elizabeth C. Bartlet | Duke University |
| 1981-1983 | Nancy R. Ping-Robbins | Shaw University |
| 1979-1981 | Jeannine Ingram | Moravian Music Foundation |
| 1977-1979 | James R. Hines | Christopher Newport University |
| 1975-1977 | Lilian Pruett | North Carolina Central University |
| 1973-1975 | John Wagner | |
| 1971-1973 | Ronald Booth | UNC Charlotte |
| 1969-1971 | Susan Patrick | UNC Chapel Hill |
| 1967-1969 | Mary Vinquist | UNC Chapel Hill |
| 1955-1957 | Lilian Pruett | North Carolina Central University |