• 1907 Frances E. Clark*
  • 1907–09 Philip C. Hayden
  • 1909–10 E. L. Coburn
  • 1910–11 Edward Bailey Birge
  • 1911–12 Charles A. Fullerton
  • 1912–13 Henrietta G. Baker Low
  • 1913–14 Elizabeth Casterton
  • 1914–15 Arthur W. Mason
  • 1915–16 Will Earhart
  • 1916–17 Peter W. Dykema
  • 1917–18 C. H. Miller
  • 1918–19 Osbourne G. McConathy
  • 1919–20 Hollis E. Dann
  • 1920–21 John W. Beattie
  • 1921–22 Frank A. Beach
  • 1922–23 Karl W. Gehrkens
  • 1923–24 W. Otto Miessner
  • 1924–25 William Breach
  • 1925–26 Edgar B. Gordon
  • 1926–28 George Oscar Bowen
  • 1928–30 Mabelle Glenn
  • 1930–32 Russell V. Morgan
  • 1932–34 Walter H. Butterfield
  • 1934–36 Herman F. Smith
  • 1936–38 Joseph E. Maddy
  • 1938–40 Louis Woodson Curtis
  • 1940–42 Fowler Smith
  • 1942–44 Lilla Belle Pitts
  • 1944–46 John C. Kendel
  • 1946–48 Luther A. Richman
  • 1948–50 Charles M. Dennis
  • 1950–52 Marguerite V. Hood
  • 1952–54 Ralph E. Rush
  • 1954–56 Robert A. Choate
  • 1956–58 William B. McBride
  • 1958–60 Karl E. Ernst
  • 1960–62 Allen P. Britton
  • 1962–64 Alex H. Zimmerman
  • 1964–66 Paul Van Bodegraven
  • 1966–68 Louis C. Wersen
  • 1968–70 Wiley L. Housewright
  • 1970–72 Frances M. Andrews
  • 1972–74 Jack E. Schaeffer
  • 1974–76 Charles H. Benner
  • 1976–78 Robert H. Klotman
  • 1978–80 James A. Mason
  • 1980–82 Mary E. Hoffman
  • 1982–84 Russell P. Getz
  • 1984–86 Paul R. Lehman
  • 1986–88 Donald L. Corbett
  • 1988–90 Charles R. Hoffer
  • 1990–92 Karl J. Glenn
  • 1992–94 Dorothy A. Straub
  • 1994–96 Will Schmid
  • 1996–98 Carolynn A. Lindeman
  • 1998–00 June Hinckley
  • 2000–02 Mel Clayton
  • 2002–04 Willie L. Hill, Jr.
  • 2004–06 David Circle
  • 2006–08 Lynn Brinckmeyer
  • 2008–10 Barbara L. Geer
  • 2010–12 Scott C. Shuler
  • 2012–14 Nancy Ditmer
  • 2014–16 Glenn E. Nierman
  • 2016–18 Denese Odegaard
  • 2018–20 Kathleen Sanz
  • 2020–22 Mackie Spradley
  • 2022–24 Scott Sheehan
  • 2024–25 Deb Confredo

*Frances E. Clark earned the nickname of “Mother of MENC” both for her tireless service and for having presided at the 1907 meeting in Keokuk, Iowa at which members of the National Education Association Department of Music Education voted to form a permanent, independent music education organization, which eventually became Music Educators National Conference (MENC) and later, National Association for Music Education.