| Senator L. Heisler Ball | May 1924 |
| Maj. Gen. Harry Taylor | June 1924 – 1926 |
| Maj. Gen. Edgar Jadwin | 1926 – 1929 |
| Mr. Frederic A. Delano | 1929 – 1942 |
| Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, III | 1942 – 1949 |
| Mr. William W. Wurster | 1949 – 1950 |
| Vacant | 1951 |
| Mr. John A. Remon | 1952 |
| Mr. Joseph D. Lohman | 1953 |
| Mr. Harland Bartholomew | 1953 – 1960 |
| Dr. Archibald M. Woodruff, Jr. | 1960 – 1961 |
| Mrs. Elizabeth U. Rowe | 1961 – 1968 |
| Mr. Phillip G. Hammer | July 1968 – October 1969 |
| Vacant | 1970 |
| Dr. G. Franklin Edwards (Acting) | 1971 |
| Mr. Ben Reifel | 1972 |
| Mr. William H. Press | 1973 – 1974 |
| Mr. Ray I. Nixon (Acting) | 1974 – 1975 |
| Mr. David M. Childs | June 1975 – February 1981 |
| Mrs. Helen M. Scharf | February 1981 – March 1983 |
| Mr. Glen T. Urquhart | March 1983 – January 1995 |
| Mr. John G. Parsons (Acting) | January 1995 – April 1995 |
| Mr. Harvey B. Gantt | April 1995 – December 2000 |
| Mr. Richard Friedman | December 2000 – June 2001 |
| Mr. John V. Cogbill, III | June 2001 – August 2009 |
| Mr. L. Preston Bryant Jr. | September 2009 – January 2019 |
| Mr. Thomas M. Gallas (Acting)* | January 2019 – December 2020 |
| Mr. Paul E. Dans | January 2021 – February 2021 |
| Ms. Elizabeth A. “Beth” White (Acting)* | February 2021 – January 2023 |
| Ms. Elizabeth A. “Beth” White | November 2021 – January 2023 |
| Teri Hawks Goodmann | February 2023 - June 2025 |