2018 Rich Lepping Glacier Lakes
2017 John Howard Niagara Frontier
2016 Jeff Funk Indiana
2015 Brian Gagnon Philadelphia
2014 Teresa Hoffman Adirondack
2013 Dunc Hawkins Toronto
2012 Jim Mersman Water Wonderland
2011 John Bergstrom Water Wonderland
2010 Gail Turner Blue Ridge
2009 Dick Werner Columbia Willamette
2008 Gene Porter Lake Champlain
2007 Robert C. Bush Northern CA/ Lake Tahoe
2006 Jeffrey A. Rogers Water Wonderland
2004-2005 Jeffrey Stebbins Bob Speltz/ Land O Lakes
2003 Dick Sherwood Finger Lakes
2001-2002 Jean Hoffman Adirondack
1999-2000 John Harvey Heartland Classics
1998 Thomas E. Flood Michigan
1997 Tab Miller Chesapeake Bay
1996 Steen Melby Long Island
1995 Paul Walker No. California/Lake Tahoe
1995 (Honorary) Mary Herwig Manotick
1994 Leslie W. Rue Blue Ridge
1993 Arthur D. Guy Sunnyland
1992 Ann B. Matheson Blue Ridge
1990-1991 Ronald W. Ballantyne Michigan
1988-1989 Joseph W. Fleming II Lake Hopatcong
1986-1987 John E. Barron Niagara Frontier
1984-1985 James H. Higgins III Adirondack
1981-1983 David J. Kidd Adirondack
1978-1980 William P. Willig Adirondack
1975-1977 Ray Nelson Adirondack