From 1915 to 1980, the Association was named NUEA (National University Extension Association), and from 1980 to 1996 NUCEA (National University Continuing Education Association). In 1996, the name was shortened to UCEA (University Continuing Education Association) to recognize an increasing focus on international education as well as our affiliates from other countries. To reflect changes in the programs offered at our member institutions, the Association name was again changed in 2010 to UPCEA (University Professional & Continuing Education Association).
| 2009-2010 –– Patricia Book, University of Northern Colorado |
| 2008-2009 –– Robert Wiltenburg, Washington University |
| 2007-2008 –– Richard Novak, Rutgers University |
| 2006-2007 –– Barbara Scott, Southern Oregon University |
| 2005-2006 –– Roger Whitaker, George Washington University |
| 2004-2005 –– James Broomall, University of Delaware |
| 2003-2004 –– Muriel Oaks, Washington State University |
| 2002-2003 –– John Ebersole, Boston University |
| 2001-2002 –– Audrey S. Anderson, California State University-Fresno |
| 2000-2001 –– Wendell Smith, Univ of Missouri-St. Louis |
| 1999-2000 –– Thomas Kowalik, SUNY-Binghamton |
| 1998-1999 –– Sue C. Maes, Kansas State University |
| 1997-1998 –– Gordon H. (Nick) Mueller, University of New Orleans |
| 1996-1997 –– James P. Pappas, The University of Oklahoma |
| 1995-1996 –– Edward G. Simpson, Jr., The University of Georgia |
| 1994-1995 –– Miriam Williford, University of Massachusetts-Amherst |
| 1993-1994 –– Marcia Bankirer, Colorado State University |
| 1992-1993 –– Robert W. Comfort, Univ of Pittsburgh |
| 1991-1992 –– Calvin L. Stockman, Grand Valley State University |
| 1990-1991 –– Thomas M. Hatfield, The University of Texas at Austin |
| 1989-1990 –– Daniel W. Shannon, University of Chicago |
| 1988-1989 –– Mary L. Pankowski, Florida State University |
| 1987-1988 –– Harold A. Miller, University of Minnesota |
| 1986-1987 –– Hilton T. Bonniwell, University of Akron |
| 1985-1986 –– John C. Snider, University of Alabama |
| 1984-1985 –– Harvey J. Stedman, New York University |
| 1983-1984 –– Adelle F. Robertson, University of Virginia |
| 1982-1983 –– Quentin H. Gessner, University of Nebraska-Lincoln |
| 1981-1982 –– Joseph P. Goddard, University of Tennessee-Knoxville |
| 1980-1981 –– Jean C. Evans, University of Wisconsin |
| 1979-1980 –– Grace M. Donehower, University of Nevada-Reno |
| 1978-1979 –– William L. Turner, North Carolina State University |
| 1977-1978 –– Phillip E. Frandson, University of California-Los Angeles |
| 1976-1977 –– Paul E. Hadley, Univ of Southern California |
| 1975-1976 –– John B. Ervin, Washington Univ. of St. Louis |
| 1974-1975 –– Lowell R. Eklund, Oakland University |
| 1973-1974 –– Glenn A. Goerke, Florida Int’l University |
| 1972-1973 –– Armand L. Hunter, Michigan State University |
| 1971-1972 –– Floyd B. Fischer, The Pennsylvania State University |
| 1970-1971 –– Robert F. Ray, University of Iowa |
| 1969-1970 –– Nicholas P. Mitchell, University of South Carolina |
| 1968-1969 –– Stanley C. Robinson, University of Illinois |
| 1967-1968 –– T. Howard Walker, University of Kansas |
| 1966-1967 –– Charles F. Milner, Univ. of North Carolina |
| 1965-1966 –– Alexander N. Charters, Syracuse University |
| 1964-1965 –– Stanley J. Drazek, University of Maryland |
| 1963-1964 –– Howard R. Neville, Michigan State University |
| 1962-1963 –– Paul H. Sheats, Univ of California-Los Angeles |
| 1961-1962 –– D. Mack Easton, University of Colorado |
| 1960-1961 –– Thurman White, University of Oklahoma |
| 1959-1960 –– James R. D. Eddy, University of Texas |
| 1958-1959 –– John R. Morton, University of Alabama |
| 1957-1958 –– Ernest E. McMahon, Rutgers University |
| 1956-1957 –– Ernest A. Lowe, University of Georgia |
| 1955-1956 –– Roy R. Thomkins, Oklahoma State University |
| 1954-1955 –– Lloyd W. Schram, University of Washington |
| 1953-1954 –– Everett J. Soop, University of Michigan |
| 1952-1953 –– J. Walter Brouillette, Louisiana State University |
| 1951-1952 –– Lorenz H. Adolfson, University of Wisconsin |
| 1950-1951 –– Julius M. Nolte, University of Minnesota |
| 1949-1950 –– Edward L. Keller, The Pennsylvania State University |
| 1948-1949 –– Knute O. Broady, University of Nebraska |
| 1947-1948 –– Robert E. Tidwell, University of Alabama |
| 1946-1947 –– Maurice A. Chaffee, Rutgers University |
| 1945-1946 –– Fessenden C. Lowry, University of Tennessee |
| 1944-1945 –– Charles A. Fisher, University of Michigan |
| 1943-1944 –– Robert B. Browne, University of Illinois |
| 1942-1943 –– George B. Zehmer, University of Virginia |
| 1941-1942 –– Russell M. Grumman, University of North Carolina |
| 1940-1941 –– J. Orvis Keller, The Pennsylvania State University |
| 1939-1940 –– Bert C. Riley, University of Florida |
| 1938-1939 –– Bruce E. Mahan, University of Iowa |
| 1937-1938 –– D. Walter Morton, Syracuse University |
| 1936-1937 –– Frank M. Debatin, Washington University of St. Louis |
| 1935-1936 –– Albert A. Reed, University of Nebraska |
| 1934-1935 –– Frank W. Shockley, University of Pittsburgh |
| 1933-1934 –– Arthur M. Harding, University of Arkansas |
| 1932-1933 –– Theodore G. Grayson, University of Pennsylvania |
| 1931-1932 –– Robert E. Cavanaugh, Indiana University |
| 1930-1931 –– Elmore Petersen, University of Colorado |
| 1929-1930 –– Norman C. Miller, Rutgers University |
| 1928-1929 –– Thomas H. Shelby, University of Texas |
| 1927-1928 –– James A. Moyer, Massachusetts Department of Education |
| 1926-1927 –– William H. Lighty, University of Wisconsin |
| 1925-1926 –– Leon J. Richardson, University of California-Berkeley |
| 1924-1925 –– Harold G. Ingham, University of Kansas |
| 1923-1924 –– Richard R. Price, University of Minnesota |
| 1922-1923 –– Charles G. Maphis, University of Virginia |
| 1921-1922 –– Frederick W. Reynolds, University of Utah |
| 1920-1921 –– John J. Pettijohn, University of Minnesota |
| 1919-1920 –– William D. Henderson, University of Michigan |
| 1917-1919 –– Charles B. Robertson, University of Pittsburgh |
| 1916-1917 –– Hervey F. Mallory, University of Chicago |
| 1915-1916 –– Louis E. Reber, University of Wisconsin |
