Click the + sign to see the past leaders of the DHI, National Builders Hardware Association, the American Society of Architectural Hardware Consultants, and DHI Canada.
DHI
- 2024 - 2025 Lewis Smith, CFDAI
- 2023 - 2024 Cortney Anderson Wascher
- 2022 - 2023 David R. Beckham, AHC, FDAI
- 2021 - 2022 Ron Couch, AHC, CFDAI
- 2020 - 2021 David M. Sylvester, PSP
- 2019 - 2020 Bill S. Trimble III, AHC
- 2018 - 2019 Mark J. Berger, FDHI
- 2017 - 18 Michael L. Gibson, CPL
- 2015 - 17 Robert D. Maas, FDHI, CSI
- 2014 - 15 Barry Shovlin, FDHI
- 2013 - 14 Mark Lineberger, AHC/EHC/FDAI, FDHI
- 2012 - 13 Tim Petersen, LEED AP
- 2011 - 12 David L. Neuner
- 2010 - 11 Ken J. Metzler, AHC
- 2009 - 10 James R. Tartre, CDC
- 2008 - 09 Scott A. Sabatini, DAOC, FDHI, FDAI, CSI, CCPR
- 2007 - 08 Douglas E. Gerbing, AHC, FDHI, CSI
- 2006 - 07 Terry B. Hamlet, AHC
- 2005 - 06 Dale P. Garrett, DAHC, FDAI, FDHI
- 2004 - 05 Mark S. Hallgren, AHC, FDHI
- 2003 - 04 John W. Manes, DAHC/EHC, FDHI
- 2002 - 03 William H. Elliott, Jr., DAHC, FDHI
- 2001 - 02 Neal Frazier, AHC/CDC, FDHI
- 2000 - 01 Thomas R. Orihel, FDHI
- 1999 - 00 Stephen R. Hildebrand, FDHI
- 1998 - 99 Susan P. Flowers, DAHC/CDC, FDHI
- 1997 - 98 Daniel J. Heinz, DHT, DAOC, DHC, FDHI
- 1996 - 97 Robert J. Jutzi, DAHC
- 1995 - 96 Richard J. Barnhard, DAHC/CDC, FDHI
- 1994 - 95 *Richard A. Suminski, DAHC/CDC
- 1993 - 94 Michael J. Wendland, DAHC/CDC, FDHI
- 1992 - 93 Charles F. Smith, Jr., FDHI
- 1991 - 92 *James W. Ageton, DAHC
- 1990 - 91 *C. E. (Tom) Warren, FDHI
- 1989 - 90 Ben W. Matney, DAHC
- 1988 - 89 *Frank S. Strong, Jr., DAHC
- 1987 - 88 James A. Russenberger, DAHC, FDHI
- 1986 - 87 *Dominick J. Gargano, DAHC
- 1985 - 86 *James A. Stevens, FDHI
- 1984 - 85 Walter C. Watson, III, DAHC
- 1983 - 84 John E. Bachand, DAHC/CDC
- 1982 - 83 *David E. Culver, AHC
- 1981 - 82 Charles W. Mullins, DAHC
- 1980 - 81 *Frank J. Verge, DAHC/CDC
- 1979 - 80 Donald L. Poe, DAHC
- 1978 - 79 *Andrew J. Turner, Jr., DAHC
- 1977 - 78 *Joseph G. Lesniak, DAHC
- 1976 - 77 *Robert C. Arthur, AHC
- 1975 - 76 Ray S. Robinson, DAHC/CDC
DHI Canada
- 2017 - 19 Rob Dippell
- 2015 - 17 Stephen Peterman, DHT
- 2013 - 15 Lawrence Beatty, AHC, FDHI, DHT/DHC
- 2011 - 13 Dan Molineaux, AHC
- 2009 - 11 Milton G. Allred, AHC, FDHI
- 2007 - 09 Paul W. Jackson, AHC, DAHC
- 2005 - 07 Kevin Orde, FDHI
- 2003 - 05 Susan Gosney, FDHI
- 2001 - 03 Malcolm B. Eyre, FDHI, CSC
- 1999 - 01 William A. Morris, DAHC
- 1997 - 99 John W. Manes, DAHC/EHC, FDHI
- 1995 - 97 Bryan R. Miles, FDHI
- 1993 - 95 Guy Aird
- 1991 - 93 Geoffrey D. Holmes, DAHC, FDHI
- 1977 - 91 *Ian R. Devine, FDHI
American Society of Architectural Hardware Consultants
- 1974 - 75 David E. Thompson, DAHC
- 1973 - 74 Thomas B. O'Neill, DAHC
- 1972 - 73 William B. McAuliffe, DAHC/CDC
- 1971 - 72 Clarence H. King, Jr., DAHC
- 1970 - 71 Robert E. Clayton, AHC
- 1969 - 70 *Robert J. McCabe, AHC
- 1968 - 69 *Thomas A. Morris, DAHC
- 1967 - 68 *Les G. Groves, DAHC
- 1966 - 67 *C. H. Johnson, AHC
- 1965 - 66 *Dan H. Dickinson, DAHC
- 1963 - 65 Edward H. McCulloch, DAHC
- 1961 - 63 *John M. Wilson, DAHC
- 1959 - 61 Edward B. Veihmeyer, DAHC
- 1957 - 59 *Robert A. Wesche, DAHC
- 1955 - 57 *Arthur H. Uhler, AHC
- 1954 - 55 *L. Curtis Booth, AHC
- 1953 - 54 *Ralph J. Compton, AHC
- 1952 - 53 *William Davies, AHC
- 1951 - 52 *Jno. Worner, Sr.
- 1950 - 51 *William E. Peterson, AHC
- 1949 - 50 *Daniel C. Hay, DAHC
- 1948 - 49 *George P. Merrill, DAHC
- 1947 - 48 *Orville L. Meister, AHC
- 1946 - 47 *Lawrence B. Stuart, AHC
- 1945 - 46 *J. R. Raymer, AHC
- 1944 - 45 *Carl D. Himes, DAHC
- 1943 - 44 *John H. Freeman, AHC
- 1942 - 43 *Paul Easby-Smith, Sr., DAHC
- 1941 - 42 *I. Stauffer Eshleman, HAHC
- 1940 - 41 *Howard MacCarthy, Jr., DAHC
National Builders Hardware Association
- 1974 - 75 *Ray K. Forgay, DAHC
- 1973 - 74 *W. D. Morrison, AHC
- 1972 - 73 *Robert D. Himes, DAHC
- 1971 - 72 *Raymond C. Tartre, DAHC/CDC
- 1970 - 71 *Edwin J. Kelley
- 1969 - 70 *Daniel C. Hay, DAHC
- 1968 - 69 *Frank D. Chown, AHC
- 1967 - 68 *Henry W. Schilling
- 1966 - 67 *Ray S. Robinson, DAHC/CDC
- 1965 - 66 *David H. Eskin
- 1964 - 65 William J. Hanley
- 1963 - 64 *J. Harold Heston, Jr., DAHC
- 1962 - 63 *Norman F. Barber, DAHC
- 1961 - 62 *W. H. McAninch, DAHC
- 1960 - 61 *J. E. O'Keefe, AHC
- 1959 - 60 *Francis E. Traver, DAHC
- 1958 - 59 *James C. Carroll
- 1957 - 58 *Joe R. Murphy
- 1956 - 57 *William Davies, AHC
- 1955 - 56 *Carl D. Himes, DAHC
- 1954 - 55 *William Weston, Sr., AHC
- 1953 - 54 *Jno. Worner, Jr.
- 1952 - 53 *Frank E. Eiler, AHC
- 1951 - 52 *Preston Delph, AHC
- 1950 - 51 *Franklin C. Schlitt, AHC
- 1949 - 50 *Howard MacCarthy, Jr., DAHC
1948 - 49 *Arthur J. Schelly, AHC
1947 - 48 *John J. Soeffing, Sr., AHC
1946 - 47 *Robert L. Dohrmann
1945 - 46 *W. H. Haase
1944 - 45 *William E. Peterson, AHC
1943 - 44 *Ralph F. Barber, AHC
1942 - 43 *Jno. Worner, Sr.
1941 - 42 *R. E. Foskett, AHC
1940 - 41 *Paul Easby-Smith, Sr., DAHC
1939 - 40 *J. R. Raymer, AHC
1938 - 39 *I. Stauffer Eshleman, HAHC
1934 - 38 *J. H. Dumbell
*Deceased