Staff Leadership

The Washington office was established in 1930, after which the title “General Secretary” was used. Prior to that time the Association did not have a salaried officer—the “Secretary” conducted the Association’s affairs from his campus. In 2012, the title was changed from "General Secretary" to "Executive Director."

1930-1933
H. W. Tyler 

1933-1935
Walter W. Cook

1935-1936
H. W. Tyler (acting general secretary)

1936-1955
Ralph Himstead

1955-1955
George P. Shannon (acting general secretary)

1955-1957
Ralph F. Fuchs

1957-1958
Robert K. Carr

1958-1967
William P. Fidler

1967-1974
Bertram H. Davis

1974-1976
Joseph Duffey

1977-1977
Jordan E. Kurland (acting general secretary)

1977-1979
Morton S. Baratz

1979-1980
Martha Friedman (interim general secretary)

1980-1984
Irving J. Spitzberg, Jr.

1984-1994
Ernst Benjamin

1994-2004
Mary A. Burgan

2004-2007
Roger W. Bowen

2007-2008
Ernst Benjamin (interim general secretary)

2009-2011
Gary Rhoades

2011-2013
Martin Snyder (senior associate general secretary)

2013-2023
Julie Schmid