Past chairs of the UNC Board of Visitors
| Year | Chair |
| 2024-2025 | Alge Crumpler |
| 2023-2024 | Jane Ellison |
| 2022-2023 | Jesse J. Cureton, Jr. |
| 2021-2022 | Brian T. Marley |
| 2019-2021 | Reyna Walters-Morgan |
| 2018-2019 | Sallie Glover |
| 2017-2018 | Douglas Rothwell |
| 2016-2017 | Jennifer Lloyd |
| 2015-2016 | N. Thompson Long |
| 2014-2015 | Rick Margerison |
| 2013-2014 | Michael Zollicoffer |
| 2012-2013 | William Hobbs |
| 2011-2012 | Linda Tarrson |
| 2009-2011 | Michael Kennedy |
| 2008-2009 | Jeff Allred |
| 2007-2008 | Edward Fritsch |
| 2006-2007 | Scott Maitland |
| 2005-2006 | Barb Lee |
| 2004-2005 | Kel Landis |
| 2003-2004 | H. Stewart Parker |
| 2001-2003 | John L. Turmer |
| 2000-2001 | Jefferson “Jeff” Rives |
| 1999-2000 | George B. Abercrombie |
| 1997-1999 | Mary Ann Johnson Dickson |
| 1996-1997 | Minor Nichols-Shaw |
| 1995-1996 | Richard T. “Stick” Williams |
| 1994-1995 | Joyce Fitzpatrick |
| 1992-1994 | Timothy B. Burnett |
| 1991-1992 | Susan Barbara Culp |
| 1990-1991 | John Ellison, Jr. |
| 1987-1990 | Lloyd Jard |
| 1985-1987 | David L. Ward |
| 1984-1985 | Hubert J. Philpott |
| 1983-1984 | William M. Cochrane |
| 1982-1983 | Zachary Smiith |
| 1981-1982 | Charles A. McLendon |
| 1980-1981 Order of the Tar Heel One Hundred |
John G. Medlin, Jr. |
| 1978-1980 Order of the Tar Heel One Hundred |
Sherwood H. Smith, Jr. |
| 1976-1978 Order of the Tar Heel One Hundred |
James K. Dorsett, Jr. |
| 1974-1976 Order of the Tar Heel One Hundred |
Archie K. Davis |
