NGA Chairs

NGA’s commitment to bipartisanship runs through every element of the organization, including its leadership structure. NGA’s leadership alternates between parties — led by a Democratic Governor one year and a Republican Governor the next. Regardless of party, NGA Chairs leave a legacy of service – to their states, their nation and their fellow Governors.

YearsChairStateParty
2024–2025Governor Jared PolisColoradoDemocratic
2023–2024Governor Spencer CoxUtahRepublican
2022–2023Governor Phil MurphyNew JerseyDemocratic
2021–2022Governor Asa HutchinsonArkansasRepublican
2020–2021Governor Andrew CuomoNew YorkDemocratic
2019–2020Governor Larry HoganMarylandRepublican
2018–2019Governor Steve BullockMontanaDemocratic
2017–2018Governor Brian SandovalNevadaRepublican
2016–2017Governor Terry McAuliffeVirginiaDemocratic
2015–2016Governor Gary HerbertUtahRepublican
2014–2015Governor John HickenlooperColoradoDemocratic
2013–2014Governor Mary FallinOklahomaRepublican
2012–2013Governor Jack MarkellDelawareDemocratic
2011–2012Governor Dave HeinemanNebraskaRepublican
2010–2011Governor Christine GregoireWashingtonDemocratic
2010Governor Joe ManchinWest VirginiaDemocratic
2009–2010Governor Jim DouglasVermontRepublican
2008–2009Governor Ed RendellPennsylvaniaDemocratic
2007–2008Governor Tim PawlentyMinnesotaRepublican
2006–2007Governor Janet NapolitanoArizonaDemocratic
2005–2006Governor Mike HuckabeeArkansasRepublican
2004–2005Governor Mark WarnerVirginiaDemocratic
2003–2004Governor Dirk KempthorneIdahoRepublican
2002–2003Governor Paul PattonKentuckyDemocratic
2001–2002Governor John EnglerMichiganRepublican
2000–2001Governor Parris GlendeningMarylandDemocratic
1999–2000Governor Mike LeavittUtahRepublican
1998–1999Governor Tom CarperDelawareDemocratic
1997–1998Governor George VoinovichOhioRepublican
1996–1997Governor Bob MillerNevadaDemocratic
1995–1996Governor Tommy ThompsonWisconsinRepublican
1994–1995Governor Howard DeanVermontDemocratic
1993–1994Governor Carroll CampbellSouth CarolinaRepublican
1992–1993Governor Roy RomerColoradoDemocratic
1991–1992Governor John AshcroftMissouriRepublican
1990–1991Governor Booth GardnerWashingtonDemocratic
1989–1990Governor Terry BranstadIowaRepublican
1988–1989Governor Gerald BalilesVirginiaDemocratic
1987–1988Governor John SununuNew HampshireRepublican
1986–1987Governor Bill ClintonArkansasDemocratic
1985–1986Governor Lamar AlexanderTennesseeRepublican
1984–1985Governor John CarlinKansasDemocratic
1983–1984Governor Jim ThompsonIllinoisRepublican
1982–1983Governor Scott MathesonUtahDemocratic
1981–1982Governor Richard SnellingVermontRepublican
1980–1981Governor George BusbeeGeorgiaDemocratic
1979–1980Governor Otis BowenIndianaRepublican
1978–1979Governor Julian CarrollKentuckyDemocratic
1977–1978Governor William MillikenMichiganRepublican
1977Governor Reubin AskewFloridaDemocratic
1976–1977Governor Cecil AndrusIdahoDemocratic
1975–1976Governor Robert RayIowaRepublican
1974–1975Governor Cal RamptonUtahDemocratic
1973–1974Governor Daniel EvansWashingtonRepublican
1972–1973Governor Marvin MandelMarylandDemocratic
1971–1972Governor Arch MooreWest VirginiaRepublican
1970–1971Governor Warren HearnesMissouriDemocratic
1969–1970Governor John LoveColoradoRepublican
1968–1969Governor Buford EllingtonTennesseeDemocratic
1967–1968Governor John VolpeMassachusettsRepublican
1966–1967Governor William GuyNorth DakotaDemocratic
1965–1966Governor John ReedMaineRepublican
1964–1965Governor Grant SawyerNevadaDemocratic
1963–1964Governor John AndersonKansasRepublican
1962–1963Governor Albert RoselliniWashingtonDemocratic
1961–1962Governor Wesley PowellNew HampshireRepublican
1960–1961Governor Stephen McNicholsColoradoDemocratic
1959–1960Governor Cale BoggsDelawareRepublican
1958–1959Governor LeRoy CollinsFloridaDemocratic
1957–1958Governor William StrattonIllinoisRepublican
1956–1957Governor Thomas StanleyVirginiaDemocratic
1955–1956Governor Arthur LanglieWashingtonRepublican
1954–1955Governor Bob KennonLouisianaDemocratic
1953–1954Governor Daniel ThorntonColoradoRepublican
1952–1953Governor Allan ShiversTexasDemocratic
1951–1952Governor Val PetersonNebraskaRepublican
1950–1951Governor Frank LauscheOhioDemocratic
1949–1950Governor Frank CarlsonKansasRepublican
1949Governor William LaneMarylandDemocratic
1948–1949Governor Lester HuntWyomingDemocratic
1947–1948Governor Horace HildrethMaineRepublican
1946–1947Governor Millard CaldwellFloridaDemocratic
1945–1946Governor Edward MartinPennsylvaniaRepublican
1944–1945Governor Herbert MawUtahDemocratic
1943–1944Governor Leverett SaltonstallMassachusettsRepublican
1942–1943Governor Herbert O'ConorMarylandDemocratic
1941–1942Governor Harold StassenMinnesotaRepublican
1940–1941Governor William VanderbiltRhode IslandRepublican
1939–1940Governor Lloyd StarkMissouriDemocratic
1937–1939Governor Robert CochranNebraskaDemocratic
1936–1937Governor George PeeryVirginiaDemocratic
1934–1936Governor Paul McNuttIndianaDemocratic
1933–1934Governor James RolphCaliforniaRepublican
1932–1933Governor John PollardVirginiaDemocratic
1930–1932Governor Norman CaseRhode IslandRepublican
1928–1930Governor George DernUtahDemocratic
1927–1928Governor Adam McMullenNebraskaRepublican
1925–1927Governor Owen BrewsterMaineRepublican
1924–1925Governor Lee TrinkleVirginiaDemocratic
1922–1924Governor Channing CoxMassachusettsRepublican
1919–1922Governor William SproulPennsylvaniaRepublican
1919Governor Henry AllenKansasRepublican
1918–1919Governor Emerson HarringtonMarylandDemocratic
1916–1918Governor Arthur CapperKansasRepublican
1915–1916Governor William SpryUtahRepublican
1914–1915Governor David WalshMassachusettsDemocratic
1911–1914Governor Francis McGovernWisconsinRepublican
1908–1911Governor Augustus WillsonKentuckyRepublican