Michael Thelwell, Founding chair, 1970-1974
Bernard W. Bell, Interim Chair, 1970
John H. Bracey, Jr., 1974-1979, 2012-2016
Paul Puryear, 1979-1980
Ernest Allen, Jr., 1980 – 1984
Chester Davis, 1984 – 1988
Esther M. A. Terry, 1988 – 2007
Amilcar Shabazz, 2007– 2012, 2016-2018 (interim)
Stephanie Shonekan, 2018-2020
James Smethurst, 2020-Present (interim)