Executive Directors, 1884–present
- A. Marshall Elliott, 1884–92
- James W. Bright, 1893–1901
- Charles H. Grandgent, 1902–11
- William Guild Howard, 1912–19
- Carleton Brown, 1920–34
- Percy W. Long, 1935–47
- William R. Parker, 1947–56
- George W. Stone, Jr., 1956–63
- John H. Fisher, 1963–71
- William D. Schaefer, 1972–78
- Joel Conarroe, 1978–83
- English Showalter, 1983–85
- Phyllis Franklin, 1985–2002
- Rosemary G. Feal, 2002–17
- Paula M. Krebs, 2017–