Board Chairs
- Robert Winters (December 1959 - December 1965)
- William Pearson Scott (January 1966 - June 1971)
- Robert M. MacIntosh (July 1971 - June 1975)
- James L. Lewtas (July 1975 - October 1975)
- Bertrand Gerstein (November 1975 - June 1979)
- John S. Proctor (June 1979 - April 1982)
- R. Bruce Bryden (May 1982 - January 1992)
- William Dimma (February 1992 - August 1997)
- Charles Hantho (September 1997 - June 2000)
- Marshall A. Cohen (July 2000 - June 2009)
- Paul Cantor(July 2009 - June 2012)
- Julia Foster(July 2012 - June 2015)
- Rick Waugh(July 2015 - June 2018)
- Paul Tsaparis(July 2018 - Present)
Chancellors
- Wilfrid A. Curtis (December 1959 - June 1968)
- Floyd S. Chalmers (July 1968 - September 1973)
- Walter L. Gordon (October 1973 - November 1977)
- John P. Robarts (December 1977 - May 1982)
- John S. Proctor (May 1982 - September 1983)
- J. Tuzo Wilson (September 1983 - June 1986)
- Larry Clarke (July 1986 - June 1991)
- Oscar Peterson (September 1991 - February 1994)
- Arden Haynes (February 1994 - April 1998)
- Avie J. Bennett (May 1998 - June 2004)
- Peter deCarteret Cory (June 2004 - May 2008)
- Roy McMurtry (May 2008 - June 2014)
- Gregory Sorbara (June 2014 - Present)
Presidents
- Murray G. Ross (December 1959 - June 1970)
- David W. Slater (July 1970 - January 22, 1973)
- Richard J. Storr (Acting) (January 22, 1973 - January 24, 1973)
- John W. Yolton (Acting) (January 24, 1973 -June 1974)
- H. Ian Macdonald (July 1974 - August 1984)
- William C. Found (Acting) (September 1984 - December 1984)
- Harry W. Arthurs (January 1985 - June 1992)
- Susan Mann (July 1992 - June 1997)
- Lorna R. Marsden (July 1997 - June 2007)
- Mamdouh Shoukri (July 2007 - June 2017)
- Rhonda Lenton (July 2017 - Present)
Board Secretaries
- William W. Small (1959 - 1966)
- James L. Flynn (1967 - 1969)
- William D. Farr (1970 - 1972)
- Malcolm W. Ransom (1973 - 1998)
- Harriet I. Lewis (1998 - 2014)
- Maureen Armstrong (2014 - 2019)
- Cheryl Underhill (Interim) (July 1 2019)