| Year | Name |
| 1921 – 1922 | Warner Brown |
| 1922 – 1924 | George M. Stratton |
| 1924 – 1925 | Warner Brown |
| 1925 – 1929 | George M. Stratton |
| 1929 – 1939 | Warner Brown |
| 1939 – 1941 | Edward C. Tolman |
| 1941 – 1942 | Robert C. Tryon |
| 1945 – 1947 | Edward C. Tolman |
| 1947 – 1949 | Robert C. Tryon |
| 1949 – 1955 | C. W. Brown |
| 1955 – 1957 | Edwin E. Ghiselli |
| 1957 – 1960 | Leo J. Postman |
| 1960 – 1963 | C.W. Brown |
| 1963 – 1964 | C.W. Brown (fall) |
| 1964 – 1965 | Richard S. Crutchfield (spring) |
| 1965 – 1967 | Edwin E. Ghiselli |
| 1967 – 1972 | Harrison G. Gough |
| 1972 – 1977 | Geoffrey Keppel |
| 1977 – 1982 | Stephen E. Glickman |
| 1982 – 1987 | Donald A. Riley |
| 1987 – 1992 | Ervin R. Hafter |
| 1992 – 1993 | Geoffrey Keppel |
| 1993 – 1998 | Sheldon Zedeck |
| 1998 – 2003 | Karen De Valois |
| 2003 – 2004 | Sheldon Zedeck |
| 2004 – 2011 | Stephen P. Hinshaw |
| 2011 – 2015 | Richard Ivry |
| 2015 – 2020 | Ann M. Kring |
| 2020 – 2023 | Serena Chen |
| 2023 – Present | Ozlem Ayduk |
