| 2025 |
Lis Krimbill, Texas A&M University, San Antonio, TX |
| 2024 |
Kevin Brady, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR |
| 2023 |
Jennifer Sughrue, Florida Gulf Coast University, Ft. Myers, FL |
| 2022 |
Julie F. Mead, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI |
| 2021 |
John Borkowski, Husch Blackwell, LLP, South Bend, IN |
| 2020 |
Susan C. Bon, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC |
| 2019 |
Wayne Haglund, Haglund Law Firm. P.C., Lufkin, TX |
| 2018 |
Suzanne E. Eckes, Indiana University-Bloomington, IN |
| 2017 |
Lynn Rossi Scott, Brackett & Ellis, TX |
| 2016 |
R. Craig Wood, University of Florida, FL |
| 2015 |
Patrick D. Pauken, Bowling Green State University, OH |
| 2014 |
Kenneth E. Lane, Southeastern Louisiana University, LA |
| 2013 |
William E. Thro, University of Kentucky, KY |
| 2012 |
Susan G. Clark, University of Akron, OH |
| 2011 |
Edwin C. Darden, Appleseed, VA |
| 2010 |
Brad Colwell, Bowling Green State University, OH |
| 2009 |
Kathleen Crume, Academy School District 20, CO |
| 2008 |
Christopher P. Borreca, Bracewell & Patterson, LLP, TX |
| 2007 |
M. David Alexander, Virginia Tech, VA |
| 2006 |
Lois F. Berlin, Falls Church City Public Schools, VA |
| 2005 |
P. Tyson Bennett, Reese & Carney, LLP, MD |
| 2004 |
Philip T.K. Daniel, The Ohio State University, OH |
| 2003 |
Allan G. Osborne, Jr., Snug Harbor Community School, MA |
| 2002 |
R. Craig Wood, McGuire Woods LLP, VA |
| 2001 |
Ralph D. Mawdsley, Cleveland State University, OH |
| 2000 |
Terrence Leas, Yakima Valley College, WA |
| 1999 |
Charles J. Russo, University of Dayton, OH |
| 1998 |
Jeffrey J. Horner, Bracewell & Patterson, LLP, TX |
| 1997 |
Richard Dickinson, Ohio School Boards Association, OH |
| 1996 |
Perry A. Zirkel, Lehigh University, PA |
| 1995 |
Ivan Gluckman, National Association of Secondary Schools, VA |
| 1994 |
Nelda Cambron-McCabe, Miami University of Ohio-Oxford, OH |
| 1993 |
Steve W. Batson, West Virginia State College, WV |
| 1992 |
James C. Ullman, Jennings, Strouss & Salmon, AZ |
| 1991 |
Joseph C. Beckham, Florida State University-Tallahassee, FL |
| 1990 |
Stephen B. Thomas, Kent State University, OH |
| 1989 |
Marvyn D. Jaffe, Staples High School, CT |
| 1988 |
William C. Bednar, Jr., Eskew, Muir & Bednar, TX |
| 1987 |
D. Parker Young, University of Georgia-Athens, GA |
| 1986 |
John F. Lewis, Squire Sanders & Dempsey, OH |
| 1985 |
Martha M. McCarthy, Indiana University-Bloomington, IN |
| 1984 |
Dale Gaddy, National School Boards Association, VA |
| 1983 |
Ralph D. Stern, Whitmore & Kay, CA |
| 1982 |
William F. Paton, Oconomowoc Public Schools, WI |
| 1981 |
Floyd G. Delon, University of Missouri-Columbia, MO |
| 1980 |
Burton R. Shifman, Shifman & Goodman, PC, MI |
| 1979 |
Kelly Frels, Bracewell & Patterson, LLP, TX |
| 1978 |
Philip K. Piele, University of Oregon, OR |
| 1977 |
August W. Steinhilber, National School Boards Association, MD |
| 1976 |
Irving C. Evers, Attorney at Law, Hackensack, NJ |
| 1975 |
M. Chester Nolte, University of Denver, CO |
| 1974 |
Robert E. Phay, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, NC |
| 1973 |
Roger M. Shaw, Kent State University, OH |
