Below is a list of past SAIR Secretaries, the years they served as Secretary, and their institution at the time.
- 1976-77: Glynton Smith (Secretary/Treasurer)
- 1977-80: E. Michael Staman (Secretary/Treasurer)
- 1980-81: Denise Strenglein (Secretary/Treasurer)
- 1981-84: Charles H. Bryson
- 1984-87: Maryann Ruddock
- 1987-90: Carol Kayla, West Virginia University
- 1990-91: Marilyn Brown
- 1991-92: Verna Dewees
- 1992-94: Joe Marks, Southern Regional Education Board
- 1994-96: Harriet Calhoun, Jefferson State Community College
- 1996-98: Deborah Barshafsky
- 1998-00: Myrtes Green
- 2000-02: Christine Mee, Coastal Carolina University
- 2002-04: Teresa Hall, University of Alabama - Birmingham
- 2004-06: Julie Fulghum, Mississippi State University
- 2006-08: Cathy Tanner, Bishop State Community College
- 2008-10: Kathleen Morley, Baylor University
- 2010-12: Sara Gravitt, Wake Forest University
- 2012-14: Lisa Lord, University of Louisiana - Lafayette
- 2014-16: Nancy Floyd, North Carolina State University
- 2016-18: Jayne Perkins Brown, Georgia Southern University
- 2018-20: Susan Lounsbury, Southern Regional Education Board
- 2020-22: Jennifer Moore, Mississippi University for Women
- 2022-24: Eric Atchison, Arkansas State University System
