| Term Served | Name | Location |
| 2023-2024 | Sarah Kay | Tampa |
| 2022-2023 | Philip Wartenberg | Tampa |
| 2021-2022 | Heather Apicella | Boca Raton |
| 2020-2021 | Douglas Greenbaum | Fort Lauderdale |
| 2019-2020 | Amy Hamlin | Altamonte Springs |
| 2018-2019 | Abigail Beebe | West Palm Beach |
| 2017-2018 | Nicole L. Goetz | Naples |
| 2016-2017 | Laura Davis Smith | Coral Gables |
| 2015-2016 | Maria Gonzalez | Fort Lauderdale |
| 2014-2015 | Norberto S. Katz | Orlando |
| 2013-2014 | Elisha D. Roy | West Palm Beach |
| 2012-2013 | Carin M. Porras | Fort Lauderdale |
| 2011-2012 | David L. Manz | Marathon |
| 2010-2011 | Diane M. Kirigin | Palm Beach Gardens |
| 2009-2010 | Peter Gladstone | Boca Raton |
| 2008-2009 | Scott L. Rubin | Miami |
| 2007-2008 | Allyson Hughes | New Port Richey |
| 2006-2007 | Thomas Sasser | West Palm Beach |
| 2005-2006 | Jorge Cestero | West Palm Beach |
| 2004-2005 | Evan Marks | Miami |
| 2003-2004 | Richard West | Orlando |
| 2002-2003 | Caroline Black Sikorske | Tampa |
| 2001-2002 | Norman D. Levin | Deceased |
| 2000-2001 | Jeffrey Wasserman | Boca Raton |
| 1999-2000 | Ky M. Koch | Clearwater |
| 1998-1999 | Jane Estreicher | Deceased |
| 1997-1998 | Deborah Marks | Miami |
| 1996-1997 | Martin “Guy” Haines | Lake Park |
| 1995-1996 | Hon. Renee Goldenberg | Fort Lauderdale |
| 1994-1995 | Hon. Mark E. Polen | Deceased |
| 1993-1994 | Nancy S. Palmer | Daytona Beach |
| 1992-1993 | A. Matthew Miller | Deceased |
| 1991-1992 | N. David Korones | Clearwater |
| 1990-1991 | Ira Abrams | Delray Beach |
| 1989-1990 | Cynthia Greene | Miami |
| 1988-1989 | Donald J. Sasser | West Palm Beach |
| 1987-1988 | Maurice Jay Kutner | Deceased |
| 1986-1987 | Miriam E. Mason | Tampa |
| 1985-1986 | Lewis Kapner | West Palm Beach |
| 1984-1985 | Brenda M. Abrams | Boca Raton |
| 1983-1984 | Marsha B. Elser | Miami |
| 1982-1983 | Stephen W. Sessums | Tampa |
| 1981-1982 | Stephen W. Sessums | Tampa |
| 1980-1981 | Melvyn B. Frumkes | Deceased |
| 1979-1980 | Leon Whitehurst | Deceased |
| 1978-1979 | – | – |
| 1977-1978 | Michael J. DeMarko | Pensacola |
| 1976-1977 | Arthur D. Ginsberg | Deceased |
| 1975-1976 | James P. O’Flarity | Deceased |
| 1974-1975 | James P. O’Flarity | Deceased |
| 1973-1974 | George Onoprienko | Deceased |
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