Executive Committee

• President: C. William McKee, Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs, Cumberland University
• Past President: Dr. L. Anthony Wise, Jr., President of Pellissippi State Community College
• Secretary / Treasurer: Rusty Richardson, Executive Director of Community Relations & External Affairs, Title IX Coordinator, Cumberland University
• Michele Atkins, Associate Provost, Title IX Coordinator, and Professor of Education, Union University
• Steven Gentile, Executive Director, Tennessee Higher Education Commission
• Kim Hall, Vice Chancellor, Institutional Advancement & Effectiveness, South College
• Cheryl Seay, Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs and Global Online, Tennessee State University
• Dr. Melody Edmonds, President, TCAT - McMinnville

Past Presidents

• 1919-1920 | President, Charles O. Gray, Tusculum
• 1920-1921 | President, Charles E. Diehl, Southwestern
• 1921-1922 | President, George Burnett, Tennessee College
• 1922-1923 | President, Samuel Tyndale Wilson, Maryville College
• 1923-1924 | Dean, Shelton Phelps, George Peabody College
• 1924-1925 | President, Oscar E. Sams, Carson-Newman College
• 1925-1926 | Dean, George M. Baker, University of the South
• 1926-1927 | President, John D. Blanton, Ward-Belmont School
• 1927-1928 | Dr. L. C. Glenn, Vanderbilt University
• 1928-1929 | President, H. E. Atwood, Tennessee College
• 1929-1930 | President, P. A. Lyon, Middle Tennessee State Teachers College
• 1930-1931 | President, E. L. Atwood, Tennessee College
• 1931-1933 | President, Alexander Guerry, University of Chattanooga
• 1933-1934 | President, James D. Hoskins, University of Tennessee
• 1934-1935 | Dean, Franklin C. Paschal, Vanderbilt University
• 1935-1936 | President, James L. Robb, Tennessee Wesleyan College
• 1936-1937 | President, Richard E. Womack, Lambuth College
• 1937-1938 | President, Q. M. Smith, Tennessee Polytechnic Institute
• 1938-1939 | President, Charles A. Anderson, Tusculum College
• 1939-1940 | President, Henry J. Derthick, Milligan College
• 1940-1941 | President, Ernest L. Stockton, Cumberland University
• 1941-1942 | President, Thomas J. Johnson, King College
• 1942-1944 | President, Ralph Waldo Lloyd, Maryville College
• 1944-1945 | No meeting of the Association, ,
• 1945-1946 | President, Everett Derryberry, Tennessee Polytechnic Institute
• 1946-1947 | Dean, Fred C. Smith, University of Tennessee
• 1947-1948 | Dean, M. E. Eagle, Lambuth College
• 1948-1949 | President, David A. Lockmiller, University of Chattanooga
• 1949-1950 | President Emeritus, C. C. Sherrod, East Tennessee State College
• 1950-1951 | President, Warren F. Jones, Union University
• 1951-1952 | President, Burgin E. Dossett, East Tennessee State College
• 1952-1953 | President, J. M. Smith, Memphis State College
• 1953-1954 | Dean, Paul Palmer, University of Chattanooga
• 1954-1955 | President, Halbert Harvill, Austin Peay State College
• 1955-1956 | President, Roy Baker, Bethel College
• 1956-1957 | Dean, J. A. Barksdale, Tennessee Polytechnic Institute
• 1957-1958 | President, Robert L. Kincaid, Lincoln Memorial University
• 1958-1959 | Vice Chancellor, Madison Sarratt, Vanderbilt University
• 1959-1960 | Dean, Paul Meek, Martin Branch, University of Tennessee
• 1960-1961 | President, D. Harley Fite, Carson-Newman College
• 1961-1962 | President, Quill E. Cope, Middle Tennessee State College
• 1962-1963 | President, Felix C. Robb, George Peabody College for Teachers
• 1963-1964 | President, C. C. Humphreys, Memphis State University
• 1964-1965 | President, Athens Clay Pullias, David Lipscomb College
• 1965-1966 | Vice President, Herman E. Spivey, The University of Tennessee
• 1966-1967 | President, James Wilder, Lambuth College
• 1967-1968 | Dean, James W. Livingood, University of Chattanooga
• 1968-1969 | President, Joe Morgan, Austin Peay State University
• 1969-1970 | Chancellor, Archie Dykes, University of Tennessee at Martin
• 1970-1971 | President, J. J. Copeland, Maryville College
• 1971-1972 | President, Herbert Gabhart, Belmont College
• 1972-1973 | President, Andrew P. Torrence, Tennessee State University
• 1973-1974 | President, Ernest L. Stockton, Cumberland College
• 1974-1975 | President, Harold S. Pryor, Columbia State Community College
• 1975-1976 | President, John A. Fincher, Carson-Newman College
• 1976-1977 | President, Billy M. Jones, Memphis State University
• 1977-1978 | President, Lloyd C. Elam, Meharry Medical College
• 1978-1979 | President, Arliss Roaden, Tennessee Technological University
• 1979-1980 | Special Assistant to the President, Dr. Larry T. McGehee, University of Tennessee
• 1980-1981 | President, Harry D. Wagner, Motlow State Community College
• 1981-1982 | President, Theordore C. Mercer, Bryan College
• 1982-1983 | Chancellor, Charles E. Smith, University of Tennessee, Martin
• 1983-1984 | President, Harry W. Gilmer, Lambuth College
• 1984-1985 | Associate Vice President, Nebraska Mays, University of Tennessee System
• 1985-1986 | President, Hal R. Ramer, Volunteer State Community College
• 1986-1987 | President, E. Claude Gardiner, Freed-Hardeman College
• 1987-1988 | Chancellor, Margaret N. Perry, University of Tennessee at Martin
• 1988-1989 | President, William E. Troutt, Belmont College
• 1989-1990 | President, James Ford, Cleveland State Community College
• 1990-1991 | President, Charles A. Thigpen, Free Will Baptist College
• 1991-1992 | President, Karen Bowyer, Dyersburg State Community College
• 1992-1993 | President, Henry Ponder, Fisk University
• 1993-1994 | President, Angelo Volpe, Tennessee Technological University
• 1994-1995 | Chancellor, Frederick Obear, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
• 1995-1996 | Vice President, Betty Kyger, Columbia State Community College
• 1996-1997 | President, Harold Hazelip, Lipscomb University
• 1997-1998 | President, James Hefner, Tennessee State University
• 1998-1999 | Chancellor, William Snyder, University of Tennessee at Knoxville
• 1999-2000 | Provost, Frederick Croom, University of the South
• 2000-2001 | President, Claire E. Martin & Sherry Hoppe, Cumberland University (Martin) & Austin Peay State University (Hoppe)
• 2001-2002 | President, Charlie Roberts, Jackson State Community College
• 2002-2003 | President, Ted Brown, Martin Methodist College
• 2003-2004 | President, Robert Bell, Tennessee Technological University
• 2004-2005 | President, Nathan Essex, Southwest Tennessee Community College
• 2005-2006 | Chancellor, Gordon Gee, Vanderbilt University
• 2006-2007 | President, Mary Lou Apple, Motlow State Community College
• 2007-2008 | President, James Noseworthy, Hiwassee College
• 2008-2009 | Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Bert Bach, East Tennessee State University
• 2009-2010 | President, Melvin Johnson, Tennessee State University
• 2010-2011 | President, Randy Lowry, Lipscomb University
• 2011-2012 | President, Janet Smith, Columbia State Community College
• 2012-2013 | President, Karen Bowyer, Dyersburg State Community College
• 2013-2014 | President, Bruce Blanding, Jackson State Community College
• 2014-2015 | President, Gary Weedman, Johnson University
• 2015-2016 | President, Janice Gilliam, Northeast State Community College
• 2016-2017 | President, Dub Oliver, Union University
• 2017-2018 | President, Alisa White, Austin Peay State University
• 2018-2019 | President, Jerry Faulkner, Volunteer State Community College
• 2019-2020 | President, Bill Greer, Milligan College
• 2020-2021 | Chancellor, Keith S. Carver, Jr., University of Tennessee Martin
• 2021-2022 | President, L. Anthony Wise, Pellissippi State Community College
• 2022-2023 | President, L. Anthony Wise, Pellissippi State Community College
• 2023-2024 | Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, C. William McKee, Cumberland University
• 2024-2025 | Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, C. William McKee, Cumberland University