| Chairman | Company | Tenure |
| William V. McCrary, Jr. | William Barnet & Sons, LLC | 2014-2016 |
| Lowell Bivens | PHP Fibers Inc. | 2012-2014 |
| William Jasper | Unifi, Inc. | 2010-2012 |
| Marty Moran | RadiciSpandex | 2009 |
| Henry Poston | Palmetto Synthetics | 2008 |
| Zach Zacharias | Sans Technical Fibers, LLC | 2007 |
| William Ghitis | INVISTA | 2006 |
| Donald Clark | Pliana, Inc. | 2005 |
| Walter Hubbard | Honeywell Nylon Inc. | 2004 |
| Geoff Schofield | Drake Extrusion Inc. | 2003 |
| Bradley Hill | Solutia Inc. | 2002 |
| Art Roth | Universal Fibers | 2001 |
| Donald Johnson | DuPont | 2000 |
| Werner Burgert | BASF | 1999 |
| Theodore Kelly | Amoco Fabrics & Fibers | 1998 |
| James Casey | Wellman Inc. | 1997 |
| William Harris | Hoechst Celanese | 1996 |
| N.S. Jagannathan | Tolaram Fibers | 1995 |
| David Hill | Allied Signal | 1994 |
| R. J. Stripling | Phillips Fibers | 1993 |
| Thomas Shealy, Jr. | Eastman Chemical Company | 1992 |
| Charles Green | North American Rayon Corporation | 1991 |
| Earl Brasfield | Monsanto Company | 1990 |
| John Fennie | Hoechst Celanese | 1989 |
| James Kearns | DuPont | 1988 |
| Roger Zoccolillo | BASF | 1987 |
| John Gregg | Avtex Fibers | 1985 |
| Gerald Elden | Hoechst Celanese | 1981 |
| David Barnes | DuPont | 1980 |
| Allan Dragone | Celanese Corporation | 1979 |
| Maurice Winger | American Enka Corporation | 1977 |
| Amos Griffin | Eastman Chemical Company | 1975 |
| Louis Fernandez | Monsanto Company | 1973 |
| Howard Swank | FMC Corporation, American Viscose Div. | 1971 |
| Claude Ramsey, Jr | American Enka Corporation | 1970 |
| Louis Laun | Celanese Corporation | 1968 |
| Robert Churchill | DuPont | 1967 |
| Russell Weigel | DuPont | 1965 |
| Alden Loosli | American Cyanamid Company | 1963 |
| Edward O’Neal | Chemstrand Corporation | 1960 |
| Andrew Buchanan, Jr. | DuPont | 1959 |
| Andrew Buchanan, Jr. | DuPont | 1958 |
| Matthew O’Brien | The Viscose Company | 1949 |
| Matthew O’Brien | The Viscose Company | 1948 |
| S.R. Fuller | North American Rayon Corporation | 1948 |
| C McD. Carr | American Enka Corporation | 1947 |
| S.R. Fuller | North American Rayon Corporation | 1946 |
| Samuel A. Salvage | The Viscose Company | 1933 |
