Past Chairpersons
| 2022 | Caroline Saccucci | Library of Congress |
| 2021 | Rebecca Case | Arlington Public Library |
| 2020 | Kim Edwards | George Mason University |
| 2019 | Vera Clyburn | Library of Congress |
| 2018 | Lynda Aldana | University of Maryland, Baltimore County |
| 2017 | Karl Debus-López | Library of Congress |
| 2016 | Tiffany Wilson | University of Maryland, Baltimore County |
| 2015 | Mark Winek | Georgetown University |
| 2014 | Linda Geisler | Library of Congress |
| 2013 | Mimi Games | American University, Washington College of Law |
| 2012 | Suzanne Picken | Washington Research Library Consortium |
| 2011 | Vera Clyburn | Library of Congress |
| 2010 | Jim Gwin | University of Richmond |
| 2009 | Polly Khater | Smithsonian Institution |
| 2008 | Marilyn Estes | American University |
| 2007 | Mykie Howard | Morehead State University |
| 2006 | Tom Ray | Library of Virginia |
| 2005 | Suzanne Picken | Washington Research Library Consortium |
| 2004 | Barbara Dean | Arlington County Department of Libraries |
| 2003 | Beth Weston | National Library of Medicine |
| 2002 | Polly Khater | George Mason University |
| 2001 | Beth Picknally Camden | University of Virginia |
| 2000 | Heidi Hanson | University of Maryland |
| 1999 | Marily Estes | Gallaudet University |
| 1998 | Marianne Rough | Prince George's Community College |
| 1997 | Elizabeth Sudduth | Randolph-Macon College |
| 1996 | Kathryn Scott | World Bank Sectoral Library |
| 1995 | Sally Jo Reynolds | American University |
| 1994 | Susanne Glass | University of Virginia |
| 1993 | Kathy Miraglia | Catholic University of America |
| 1992 | Margaret Warner | Prince George's Community College |
| 1991 | Sandra Beeson | Northern Virginia Community College |
| 1990 | Mark Kelly | Defense Intelligence Agency |
| 1989 | Marla Schwards | American University Law Library |
| 1988 | Marcia Talley | U.S. General Accounting Office |
| 1987 | Margaret Warner | Prince George's Community College |
| 1986 | Andrew Lisowski | Library of Congress |
| 1985 | Andrew Lisowski | Library of Congress |
| 1984 | Deborah Leather | Marymount University |
| 1983 | Marcia Monaco | Charles County Community College |
| 1982 | George Arnold | American University |
| 1981 | George Arnold | American University |
| 1980 | Richard Elder | Enoch Pratt Free Library |
| 1979 | Richard Elder | Enoch Pratt Free Library |
| 1978 | Donatus Hayes | Northern Virginia Community College |
| 1977 | Mary Louise B. Cobb | College of William and Mary |
| 1976 | Mary Louise B. Cobb | College of William and Mary |
| 1975 | Arthur J. Lieb | Library of Congress |
| 1974 | Martha T. Jett | Montgomery County Public Libraries |
| 1973 | Martha T. Jett | Montgomery County Public Libraries |
| 1972 | Roberta Miller | Henrico County Public Library |
| 1971 | Roberta Miller | Henrico County Public Library |
| 1970 | Alice F. Toomey | Library of Congress |
| 1969 | Alice F. Toomey | Library of Congress |
| 1968 | Peggy Marquart | Enoch Pratt Free Library |
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| 1966 | Peggy Marquart | Enoch Pratt Free Library |
| 1965 | Peggy Marquart | Enoch Pratt Free Library |
| 1964 | Robert R. Holmes | Library of Congress |
| 1963 | Robert R. Holmes | Library of Congress |
| 1962 | Paula Kieffer | Baltimore County Public Library |
| 1961 | Paula Kieffer | Baltimore County Public Library |
| 1960 | Roger P. Bristol | University of Virginia Library |
| 1959 | Roger P. Bristol | University of Virginia Library |
| 1958 | Jeanne Rose | Enoch Pratt Free Library |
| 1957 | Jeanne Rose | Enoch Pratt Free Library |
| 1956 | Paul Dunkin | Folger Shakespeare Library |
| 1955 | Paul Dunkin | Folger Shakespeare Library |
| 1954 | Opal Estes | Virginia Polytechnic Institute |
| 1953 | Opal Estes | Virginia Polytechnic Institute |
| 1952 | Marian Sanner | Enoch Pratt Free Library |
| 1951 | Marian Sanner | Enoch Pratt Free Library |
| 1950 | Anna Belle Winter | Bureau of the Budget Library |
| 1949 | Anna Belle Winter | Bureau of the Budget Library |
| 1948 | Werner B. Ellinger | Library of Congress |
| 1947 | Werner B. Ellinger | Library of Congress |
| 1946 | Louise Winn Getchell | University of Maryland Library |
| 1945 | Louise Winn Getchell | University of Maryland Library |
| 1944 | Margareth Ayrault | U.S. Department of Agriculture Library |
| 1943 | Richard R. Shoemaker | Washington & Lee University Library |
| 1942 | Victor Shaefer | Catholic University of America |
| 1941 | Victor Shaefer | Catholic University of America |
| 1940 | Alma Hook | University of Maryland Library |
| 1939 | Alma Hook | University of Maryland Library |
| 1938 | R. W. Church | Virginia State Library |
| 1937 | R. W. Church | Virginia State Library |
| 1936 | Theodore A. Mueller | Library of Congress |
| 1935 | Theodore A. Mueller | Library of Congress |
| 1934 | DC Library Association | |
| 1933 | Mary Lou Williams | Enoch Pratt Free Library |
| 1932 | Edmund A. Freeman | Bureau of Railway Economics Library |
| 1931 | Mary Louise Dinwiddle (spring) | University of Virginia Library |
| 1931 | Edmund A. Freeman (fall) | Bureau of Railway Economics Library |
| 1930 | Mary Louise Dinwiddle | University of Virginia Library |
| 1929 | Ellen A. Hedrick | U.S. Department of Agriculture Library |
| 1928 | Ellen A. Hedrick | U.S. Department of Agriculture Library |
| 1927 | Ellen A. Hedrick | U.S. Department of Agriculture Library |
| 1926 | Wilmer L. Hall | Virginia State Library |
| 1925 | Wilmer L. Hall | Virginia State Library |
| 1924 | Charles Martel | Library of Congress |
| 1923 | Ellen A. Hedrick | Chair, ALA Regional Committee |