Presidents of the Southern Management Association
| Year | President | Institutional Affiliation (when President) | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 2023-2024 | Rachel Frieder | University of North Florida |
 | 2022-2023 | T. Russell Crook | University of Tennessee Knoxville |
 | 2021-2022 | Lisa Schurer Lambert | Oklahoma State University |
 | 2020-2021 | Janaki Gooty | University of North Carolina - Charlotte |
 | 2019-2020 | Hettie Richardson | Texas Christian University |
 | 2018-2019 | Garry Adams | Auburn University |
 | 2017-2018 | Kevin Lowe | University of Sydney |
 | 2016-2017 | K. Michele (Micki) Kacmar | Texas State University |
 | 2015-2016 | James Combs* | University of Central Florida |
| 2014-2015 | James Combs | University of Alabama |
 | 2013-2014 | Chris Shook | Auburn University |
 | 2012-2013 | Tim Barnett | Mississippi State University |
 | 2011-2012 | Bennett Tepper | Georgia State University |
 | 2010-2011 | Mark B. Gavin | West Virginia University |
 | 2009-2010 | Margaret L. Williams | Wright State University |
 | 2008-2009 | Allen C. Amason | University of Georgia |
 | 2007-2008 | Charlotte D. Sutton | Auburn University |
 | 2006-2007 | William L. Gardner | Texas Tech University |
 | 2005-2006 | Anson K. Seers | Virginia Commonwealth University |
 | 2004-2005 | Christine M. Riordan | Texas Christian University |
 | 2003-2004 | Terri A. Scandura | University of Miami |
 | 2002-2003 | Kevin W. Mossholder | Louisiana State University |
 | 2001-2002 | Donna E. Ledgerwood | University of North Texas |
 | 2000-2001 | Tammy G. Hunt | University of North Carolina-Wilmington |
 | 1999-2000 | Pamela L. Perrewé | Florida State University |
 | 1998-1999 | Vida G. Scarpello | Georgia State University |
 | 1997-1998 | Chester A. Schriesheim | University of Miami |
 | 1996-1997 | Mark J. Martinko | Florida State University |
 | 1995-1996 | Rose L. Knotts | University of North Texas |
 | 1994-1995 | David D. Van Fleet | Arizona State University |
 | 1993-1994 | Robert C. Ford | University of Central Florida |
 | 1992-1993 | J. Bernard Keys | Georgia Southern University |
 | 1991-1992 | Charles R. Greer | Texas Christian University |
 | 1990-1991 | Daniel S. Cochran | Mississippi State University |
 | 1989-1990 | John A. Pearce II | George Mason University |
 | 1988-1989 | James G. Hunt | Texas Tech University |
 | 1987-1988 | W. Alan Randolph | University of South Carolina |
 | 1986-1987 | B. Wayne Kemp | University of Tennessee-Martin |
 | 1985-1986 | Achilles A. Armenakis | Auburn University |
 | 1984-1985 | W. Jack Duncan | University of Alabama at Birmingham |
 | 1983-1984 | William H. Holley, Jr. | Auburn University |
 | 1982-1983 | Arthur G. Bedeian | Auburn University |
 | 1981-1982 | Dorothy N. Harlow | University of South Florida |
 | 1980-1981 | Dennis F. Ray | Mississippi State University |
 | 1979-1980 | Vince P. Luchsinger, Jr. | Texas Tech University |
 | 1978-1979 | John E. Logan | University of South Carolina |
 | 1977-1978 | Ogden H. Hall | University of New Orleans |
 | 1976-1977 | Jay T. Knippen | University of South Florida |
 | 1975-1976 | James M. Todd | University of Memphis |
 | 1974-1975 | John T. DeVogt | Washington & Lee University |
 | 1973-1974 | Daniel A. Wren | University of Oklahoma |
 | 1972-1973 | Leon C. Megginson | Louisiana State University |
 | 1971-1972 | Richard I. Levin | University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill |
 | 1970-1971 | Max B. Jones | Old Dominion University |
 | 1969-1970 | Robert M. Fulmer | Georgia State University |
 | 1968-1969 | Bernard J. Bienvenu | University of Southwestern Louisiana |
 | 1967-1968 | Burnard H. Sord | University of Texas-Austin |
 | 1966-1967 | Claude S. George, Jr. | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
 | 1965-1966 | Herbert G. Hicks | Louisiana State University |
 | 1964-1965 | Charles R. Scott, Jr. | University of Alabama |
 | 1963-1964 | William M. Fox | University of Florida |
 | 1962-1963 | Joseph L. Massie | University of Kentucky |
| 1962-1963 | *William M. Fox | University of Florida |
| 1961-1962 | *Leon C. Megginson | Louisiana State University |
| 1960-1961 | *Claude S. George, Jr. | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
 | 1957-58 | **Howard R. Smith | University of Georgia |
 | 1955-56 | **Edward H. Anderson | University of Alabama |
 | 1947-48 | **Gustav T. Schwenning | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
*James Combs re-sat as President due to changes in the leadership rotation.