List of presidents of the United States Chess Federation

This article lists the presidents of the United States Chess Federation from its foundation in 1939 to present. The presidents were elected by voting members to three-year terms. Now the executive board elects its own officers annually.

• 1939–1942   George Sturgis
• 1943–1948   Elbert Wagner, Jr.
• 1948–1951   Paul Geirs
• 1951–1954   Harold M. Phillips
• 1954–1957   Frank Graves
• 1957–1960   Jerry Spann
• 1960–1963   Fred Cramer
• 1963–1966   Ed Edmondson
• 1966–1969   Marshall Rohland
• 1969–1972   Leroy Dubeck
• 1972–1975   Frank Skoff
• 1975–1978   George Koltanowski
• 1978–1981   Gary Sperling
• 1981–1984   Tim Redman
• 1984–1987   Steven Doyle
• 1987–1990   Harold Winston
• 1990–1993   Maxim Dlugy
• 1993–1996   Denis Barry
• 1996–1999   Don Schultz
• 1999–2000   Bob Smith
• 2000–2001   Tim Redman
• 2001–2003   John McCrary
• 2003–2005   Beatriz Marinello
• 2005–2008   Bill Goichberg
• 2009–2011   Jim Berry
• 2011–2015   Ruth Inez Haring
• 2015–2017   Gary Walters
• 2017–2018   Mike Hoffpauir
• 2018–2020   W. Allen Priest
• 2020–2022   Mike Hoffpauir
• 2022–2024   Randy Bauer
• 2024–present Kevin Pryor

• United States Chess Federation
• Executive Directors of the United States Chess Federation
• Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE)
• International Correspondence Chess Federation (ICCF)

• USCF (2016), 2016 Yearbook (Retrieved 2017-12-09)

• Official USCF website
• USCF info on the FIDE website