Past Presidents
| 2011 | Ellen P. Bildsten AIA |
| 2010 | Peter Walker Hunt AIA |
| 2009 | Jorge Machin AIA |
| 2008 | Rosa E. Alvarado AIA |
| 2007 | Gregory C. Rech AIA |
| 2006 | Joe Andrulaitis AIA |
| 2005 | Paul Zink AIA |
| 2004 | Kristin Story AIA |
| 2003 | Kristin Story AIA |
| 2002 | Paul Poirier AIA |
| 2001 | Mark Weinke AIA |
| 2000 | Jim Satzinger AIA |
| 1999 | Stephanie D. Poole AIA |
| 1998 | Robin Donaldson AIA |
| 1997 | Marc A. Phillips AIA |
| 1996 | Richard McKenzie AIA |
| 1995 | J. Michael Holliday AIA |
| 1994 | James E. Moore IV AIA |
| 1993 | Detlev Peikert AIA |
| 1992 | John D. Kelley AIA |
| 1991 | Joe Wilcox AIA |
| 1990 | John Watson AIA |
| 1989 | Ed Lenvik AIA |
| 1988 | John Pitman FAIA |
| 1987 | John Pitman AIA (FAIA 1988) |
| 1986 | Brian Cearnal AIA |
| 1985 | Henry Lenny AIA |
| 1984 | Fred Sweeney AIA |
| 1983 | Bruce Bartlett AIA |
| 1982 | James Morris AIA |
| 1981 | Irwin Sorkin AIA |
| 1980 | Steve Metsch AIA |
| 1979 | Bill Mahan AIA |
| 1978 | Peter Edwards AIA |
| 1977 | Brian Hall AIA |
| 1976 | Jerry Zimmer AIA |
| 1975 | Ed Lenvik AIA |
| 1974 | Leo Pedersen AIA |
| 1973 | John Pitman AIA (FAIA 1988) |
| 1972 | *Jim Purcell AIA |
| 1971 | *Don Bensen AIA |
| 1970 | *Bob Cleveland AIA |
| 1969 | *Ken Kruger AIA (FAIA 1989) |
| 1968 | *Glen Mosher AIA |
| 1967 | R. B. Nelson AIA |
| 1966 | ? |
| 1965 | Frank Greer AIA |
| 1964 | Ken Kruger AIA (FAIA 1989) |
| 1963 | Fred Noel AIA |
| 1962 | Reg Crowell AIA (Oxnard) |
| 1961 | Bob Henderson AIA |
| 1960 | Fred Hummel AIA (Ventura) |
| 1959 | Robert Ingle Hoyt AIA |
| 1958 | *Roy Wilde AIA |
| 1957 | ? |
| 1956 | Roy C. Wilson |
| 1955 | ? |
| 1954 | ? |
| 1953 | Lutah Maria Riggs AIA |
| 1952 | ? |
| 1951 | ? |
| 1950 | ? |
| 1949 | ? |
| 1948 | ? |
| 1947 | ? |
| 1946 | ? |
| 1945 | Roy C. Wilson AIA |
| 1944 | DORMANCY - WW II |
| 1943 | DORMANCY - WW II |
| 1942 | Roy C. Wilson AIA |
| 1941 | Lutah Maria Riggs AIA |
| 1940 | John Frederic Murphy AIA |
| 1939 | Ralph Armitage AIA |
| 1938 | Ralph Armitage AIA |
| 1937 | Henry W. Howell AIA |
| 1936 | William A. Edwards AIA |
| 1935 | E. Keith Lockard AIA |
| 1934 | Louis N. Crawford AIA |
| 1933 | Winsor Soule AIA |
| 1932 | Harold E. Burket AIA |
| 1931 | John Frederic Murphy AIA |
| 1930 | Russell Ray AIA |
| 1929 | ** ? |
* Indicates an educated guess
** The Santa Barbara Chapter AIA charter certificate reads:
April 27, 1929
This is to certify
That whereas
Winsor Soule, John Frederic Murphy, T. Mitchell Hastings, George W. Smith, Russel Ray have petitioned for a charter as the Santa Barbara Chapter of the American Institute of Architects with the counties of San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura in the state of California as their territory thereof and a constitution in conformaty with the constitution and bylaws of the American Institute of Architects
They are hereby declared to constitute the Santa Barbara Chapter, the American Institute of Architects.
C. Herrick Hammond, President
Franklen Baldwin, Secretary