| 1938-40 | James J. Carpenter | Bankers Trust Co. |
| 1940-41 | Cushman McGee | R.W. Pressprich & Co. |
| 1941-42 | Graig S. Bartlett | Bankers Trust Co. |
| 1942-43 | Charles F. Aufderhar | Savings Bank Trust Co. |
| 1943-44 | John J. Rust | Equitable Securities Corp. |
| 1944-45 | Phillips T. Barbour | First Boston Corp. |
| 1945-46 | Elmo P. Brown | United States Trust Co. |
| 1946-47 | David M. Ellinwood | Moody's Investors Service |
| 1947-48 | Leander I. Shelley | Port of New York Authority |
| 1948-49 | Paris Scott Russell, Jr. | Glore Forgan |
| 1949-50 | Robert T. Veit | Shields & Co. |
| 1950-51 | Albert J. Milloy | First Boston Corp. |
| 1951-52 | Frederick L. Bird | Dun and Bradstreet |
| 1952-53 | John N. Mitchell | Caldwell, Trimble & Mitchell |
| 1953-54 | Fred D. Stone, Jr. | Marine Midland |
| 1954-55 | Marquette de Bary | F.S. Smithers and Co. |
| 1955-56 | Rollin C. Bush | First National City Bank |
| 1956-57 | Henry Grady Wells, Jr. | Wells and Christiansen |
| 1957-58 | Robert W. Fisher | Doremus and Co. |
| 1958-59 | William E. Bachert | The Bank of New York |
| 1959-60 | David H. Callaway | First Michigan Corp. |
| 1960-61 | Eugene A. Mintkeski | Port of New York Authority |
| 1961-62 | George R. Waldmann | Manufacturers & Traders Trust |
| 1962-63 | Jerome C.L. Tripp | Tripp & Co. Inc. |
| 1963-64 | Donald D. Miner | Chemical Bank |
| 1964-65 | Winthrop S. Curvin | Smith Barney & Co. |
| 1965-66 | John B. Dawson | Wood, King, Dawson Logan |
| 1966-67 | L. Eugene Crowley | Lehman Brothers |
| 1967-68 | Arthur R. Guastella | Wainwright & Ramsey Inc. |
| 1968-69 | Robert R. Maller | United States Trust Co. |
| 1969-70 | Frank E. Curley | Dillon, Read and Co. |
| 1970-71 | Roger S. Phelps, Jr. | The Bank of New York |
| 1971-72 | Alfred J. Bianchetti | Dean Witter and Co. |
| 1972-73 | Walter W. Niebling | Merrill Lynch |
| 1973-74 | John F. Thompson | W.H. Morton & Co. |
| 1974-75 | Henry Milner | Wertheim & Co. |
| 1975-76 | Robert E. Ferdon | Mudge, Rose, Guthrie & Alexander |
| 1976-77 | Edwin A. Bueltman | Bache, Halsey Stuart |
| 1977-78 | Ernest J. Childs, Jr. | The Securities Corporation of Puerto Rico |
| 1978-79 | Frank J. Guadagnini, Jr. | Marine Midland Municipal Co. |
| 1979-80 | Paul J. Finn | L.F. Rothschild Unterberg Towbin |
| 1980-81 | Thomas S. Kane | Kidder Peabody & Co., Inc. |
| 1981-82 | George G. Fleig | Continental Illinois National Bank |
| 1982-83 | John B. Feery | Prudential Bache Securities |
| 1983-84 | Robert W. Chamberlin | Dean Witter Reynolds Inc. |
| 1984-85 | Richard L. Tauber | Morgan Guaranty Trust Co. |
| 1985-86 | Freda S. Ackerman | Moody's Investors Service |
| 1986-87 | William J. Solari | Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc. |
| 1987-88 | John H. Allan | The Bond Buyer |
| 1988-89 | Robert Zipf | AMBAC Indemnity Corp. |
| 1989-90 | Leon J. Karvelis, Jr. | MBIA Insurance Corporation |
| 1990-91 | R. Fenn Putman | Dean Witter Reynolds Inc. |
| 1991-92 | Susan G. Peabody | Alliance Capital Management, L.P. |
| 1992-93 | Austin V. Koenen | Morgan Standley & Company, Inc. |
| 1993-94 | John E. Haupert | The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey |
| 1994-95 | Daniel N. Heimowitz | Moody's Investors Service |
| 1995-96 | Frank A. Trumbour | Prudential Mutual Funds Investment Management |
| 1996-97 | Cathy S. Callender | Standard & Poor's J.J. Kenny |
| 1997-98 | Peter E. Hoey | Financial Security Assurance Inc. |
| 1998-99 | Stephen V. Reitano | Metropolitan Transportation Authority |
| 1999-2000 | Arthur T. Murphy, Jr. | First Albany Corporation |
| 2000-01 | Samuel A. Ramirez | Ramirez & Company, Inc. |
| 2001-02 | Mark G. Muller | Loews Corporation |
| 2002-03 | Walter T. Kicinski | UBS Painewebber |
| 2003-04 | Dominick F. Antonelli | Roosevelt & Cross, Inc. |
| 2004-05 | Kimberley Paparello | Bank of America |
| 2005-06 | Stephen F. DeGroat | Financial Assurance Guaranty, Inc. |
| 2006-08 | Colleen Woodell | Standard and Poor's |
| 2008-09 | Joseph A. Branca | Bank of America Merrill Lynch |
| 2009-10 | Alan Anders | NYC OMB |
| 2010-12 | Rich Raphael | Fitch Ratings |
| 2012-13 | Ned Flynn | Jefferies & Company, Inc. |
| 2013-14 | Dan Tomson | Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. |
| 2014-15 | Sonia Toledo | Wells Fargo Securities |
| 2015-16 | Caroline Cruise | Loews Corporation |
| 2016-18 | Robin Prunty | S&P Global - Ratings |
| 2018-20 | Marian Zucker | S&P Global - Ratings |
| 2020-21 | Geoff Proulx | Morgan Stanley |
| 2021-22 | Mary Francoeur | PFM Financial Advisors LLC |
| 2022-24 | Michael Britchkow | Barclays |
