Founded in 1934, NASW has had a series of talented and dedicated board members and officers that lead the organization in a volunteer capacity. For information on the current board, click here.
- 2021-22 Jill U. Adams, freelance
- 2019-20 Siri Carpenter, The Open Notebook
- 2017-18 Laura Helmuth, Washington Post
- 2015-16 Robin Marantz Henig, freelance
- 2013-14 Ron Winslow, Wall Street Journal
- 2011-12 Nancy Shute, freelance
- 2009-10 Mariette DiChristina, Scientific American
- 2007-08 Robert Lee Hotz, Wall Street Journal
- 2005-06 Laura van Dam, freelance
- 2003-04 Deborah Blum, freelance
- 2001-02 Paul Raeburn, BusinessWeek
- 1999-2000 Joe Palca, National Public Radio
- 1997-98 Richard Harris, National Public Radio
- 1995-96 Laurie Garrett, Newsday
- 1993-94 Jon Van, Chicago Tribune
- 1991-92 Lewis Cope, Minneapolis Star Tribune
- 1989-90 Charles Petit. San Francisco Chronicle
- 1987-88 Cristine Russell, Washington Post
- 1984-86 Philip M. Boffey, New York Times
- 1983-84 Joann E. Rodgers, Hearst Newspapers
- 1981-82 Barbara J. Culliton, Science magazine
- 1979-80 Edward Edelson, New York News
- 1977-78 George Alexander, Los Angeles Times
- 1975-76 Donald C. Drake
- 1974-75 Judith E. Randal
- 1973-74 Arthur R. Hill
- 1972-73 Ronald Kotulak
- 1971-72 Donald Kirkman
- 1970-71 David Perlman
- 1969-70 Jean Pearson
- 1968-69 James C. Spaulding
- 1967-68 Robert Cowen
- 1966-67 Harry Nelson
- 1965-66 Mildred Spencer
- 1964-65 Martin Mann
- 1963-64 Donald J. Dunham
- 1962-63 Nate Haseltine
- 1961-62 Victor Cohn
- 1960-61 Earl Ubell
- 1959-60 Pierre C. Fraley
- 1958-59 John Troan
- 1957-58 Milton Silverman
- 1956-57 Roland Berg
- 1955-56 John E. Pfeiffer
- 1954-55 Alton L. Blakeslee
- 1953-54 Arthur J. Snider
- 1952-53 Volta Torrey
- 1951-52 Marguerite Clark
- 1950-51 Harland Manchester
- 1949-50 Ferry B. Colton
- 1948-49 Steven M. Spencer
- 1947-48 Herbert B. Nichols
- 1946-47 James C. Leary
- 1945-46 Jane Stafford
- 1943-44 Robert D. Potter
- 1942-43 Watson Davis
- 1941-42 John J. O’Neill
- 1940-41 Gobind Behari Lal
- 1939-40 William L. Laurence
- 1938-39 Thomas R. Henry
- 1937-38 Waldemar Kaempffert
- 1936-37 Howard W. Blakeslee
- 1934-36 David Dietz
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