| Karen Plaut | North Central Regional Association | 2024 |
| Jewel Bronaugh | Association of 1890 Research Directors | 2024 |
| Mark McGuire | Western Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors | 2024 |
| Matt Wilson | Northeast Regional Association | 2024 |
| Steve Lommel | Southern Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors | 2024 |
| Jeff Jacobsen | North Central Regional Association | 2023 |
| Chandra Reddy | Association of 1890 Research Directors | 2023 |
| Glenda Humiston | Western Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors | 2023 |
| Jan Nyrop | Northeast Regional Association | 2023 |
| Henry Fadamiro | Southern Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors | 2023 |
| David Benfield | North Central Regional Association | 2022 |
| Moses Kairo | Association of 1890 Research Directors | 2022 |
| Milan Shipka | Western Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors | 2022 |
| Jean-Francois Meullenet | Southern Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors | 2022 |
| Jody Jellison | Northeast Regional Association | 2022 |
| Deb Hamernik | North Central Regional Association | 2021 |
| Conrad Bonsi | Association of 1890 Research Directors | 2021 |
| John A. Tanaka | Western Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors | 2021 |
| Keith Owens | Southern Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors | 2021 |
| Fred Servello | Northeast Regional Association | 2021 |
| Marc Linit | North Central Regional Association | 2020 |
| Alfred Parks | Association of 1890 Research Directors | 2020 |
| Steven Loring | Western Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors | 2020 |
| Robert Godfrey | Southern Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors | 2020 |
| Adel Shirmohammadi | Northeast Regional Association | 2020 |
| Joe Colletti | North Central Regional Association | 2019 |
| Mortimer H. Neufville | Association of 1890 Research Directors | 2019 |
| Bret Hess | Western Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors | 2019 |
| Saied Mostaghimi | Southern Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors | 2019 |
| Cameron Faustman | Northeast Regional Association | 2019 |
| Doug Buhler | North Central Regional Association | 2018 |
| H. Michael Harrington | Western Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors | 2018 |
| Shirley Hymon-Parker | Association of 1890 Research Directors | 2018 |
| Ian Maw | Northeast Regional Association | 2018 |
| John Russin | Southern Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors | 2018 |
| George M. Hopper | Southern Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors | 2017 |
| Orlando F. McMeans | Association of 1890 Research Directors | 2017 |
| J. Ernest Minton | North Central Regional Association | 2017 |
| Lee Sommers | Western Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors | 2017 |
| Gary A. Thompson | Northeast Regional Association | 2017 |
| Barbara Allen-Diaz | Western Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors | 2016 |
| William (Bill) Brown | Southern Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors | 2016 |
| Walter A. Hill | Association of 1890 Research Directors | 2016 |
| Daniel Rossi | Northeast Regional Association | 2016 |
| Steve Slack | North Central Regional Association | 2016 |
| Fred Cholick | North Central Regional Association | 2015 |
| Mike Hoffmann | Northeast Regional Association | 2015 |
| Ron Pardini | Western Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors | 2015 |
| Alton Thompson | Association of 1890 Research Directors | 2015 |
| Eric Young | Southern Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors | 2015 |
| Carolyn Brooks | Association of 1890 Research Directors | 2014 |
| Colin Kaltenbach | Western Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors | 2014 |
| Arlen Leholm | North Central Regional Association | 2014 |
| Bruce McPheron | Northeast Regional Association | 2014 |
| Craig Nessler | Southern Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors | 2014 |