Past Presidents
OCPA Past Presidents
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| Year of Service | Name | Institution at time of Presidency |
| 1976-1977 | Fayetta Paulsen * | |
| 1977-1978 | Donald Schweingruber* | |
| 1978-1979 | Richard A. Bredemeier | |
| 1979-1980 | M. Douglas Reed, Ph.D. | |
| 1980-1981 | Mark G. Noffsinger* | |
| 1981-1982 | Kathryn O. Venema | |
| 1982-1983 | Eric V.A. Winston | |
| 1983-1984 | Dr. Stephen Markwood | |
| 1984-1985 | Susan J. Eklund-Leen | Sinclair Community College |
| 1985-1986 | ||
| 1986-1987 | Roxanne DuVivier | Hocking College |
| 1987-1988 | Robert Gatti | Otterbein University |
| 1988-1989 | Joanne Risacher | Wright State University |
| 1989-1990 | Meg Benke | |
| 1990-1991 | Walter Gilliard | |
| 1991-1992 | Becky Smith | Otterbein University |
| 1992-1993 | Karen Hagans | Ashland University |
| 1993-1994 | Carol Russell | |
| 1994-1995 | Leslie Haxby McNeil | Miami University |
| 1995-1996 | Sue Heimann | Ashland University |
| 1996-1997 | Luther Smith | Xavier University |
| 1997-1998 | Robin Gagnow | Ashland University |
| 1998-1999 | Sandra Emerick | Cleveland State University |
| 1999-2000 | Barbara Harrison (Wasserman) | Ohio University |
| 2000-2001 | Marty Manning | |
| 2001-2002 | Scott F. Smith | Ohio Northern University |
| 2002-2003 | Cynthia Mako-Robinson | University of Akron |
| 2003-2004 | John M. Berry | |
| 2004-2005 | Amy Lahmers | The Ohio State University |
| 2005-2006 | Dwayne Todd | Columbus College of Art and Design |
| 2006-2007 | Kathy Morris | Wright State University |
| 2007-2008 | Tracy Benner | Otterbein University |
| 2008-2009 | Michael Griest | Urbana University |
| 2009-2010 | Kimberly Ferguson | Kent State University |
| 2010-2011 | Vik Arunkumar | Wright State University |
| 2011-2012 | Chris Mundell | Columbus College of Art and Design |
| 2012-2013 | Jenny Hall-Jones | Ohio University |
| 2013-2014 | Jennifer Grube Vestal | Denison University |
| 2014-2015 | Karl Rishe | Notre Dame College |
| 2015-2016 | Erin Nunn | Case Western Reserve University |
| 2016-2017 | Bowen Marshall | The Ohio State University |
| 2017-2018 | Rachel Tuttle | The Ohio State University |
| 2018-2019 | Ardy Gonyer | The University of Toledo |
| 2019-2020 | Colette Masterson | Otterbein University |