The membership elects a board to represent its interests and direct ACEC Virginia to meet its mission and goals. The president serves as the chief elected officer.
| Year | Name | Firm |
| 2020-2021 | Janet Webster | Clark Nexsen |
| 2019-2020 | Donald Booth | DJG |
| 2018-2019 | Jeff Lighthiser | Draper, Aden & Associates |
| 2017-2018 | Robert Burkholder | Clark Nexsen |
| 2016-2017 | Paul Diggs | Schnabel Engineering |
| 2015-2016 | Benjamin Lilly | Mason & Hanger |
| 2014-2015 | Bruce Sadler | Austin, Brockenbrough & Associates |
| 2013-2014 | T.A. (Tim) Groover | Wiley Wilson |
| 2012-2013 | Mark D. McGuire | Campbell & Paris Engineers |
| 2011-2012 | Donald J. Sipher | Froehling & Robertson |
| 2010-2011 | Raymond A. DeStephen | Schnabel Engineering |
| 2009-2010 | Michael W. Matthews | Hankins & Anderson |
| 2008-2009 | Steven G. Roberts | Bowman Foster Associates |
| 2007-2008 | John M. Mann | Mann & Associates |
| 2006-2007 | Michael W. Matthews | Hankins & Anderson |
| 2005-2006 | Samuel H. Kirby, Jr. | Froehling & Robertson |
| 2004-2005 | Kevin F. Kokal | Alliance Engineering |
| 2003-2004 | Gerald W. Augst | Austin, Brockenbrough & Associates |
| 2002-2003 | Franklyn B. Wilson | McKinney & Company |
| 2001-2002 | L. Daniel Corso | CEK, Inc. |
| 2000-2001 | Glenn W. Rehberger | CH2M Hill |
| 1999-2000 | Herbert C. Braun | Stuart Royer & Associates |
| 1998-1999 | Cecil G. Doyle | Hayes, Seay, Mattern & Mattern |
| 1997-1998 | John H. Brewer* | Combinted Technologies, Inc. |
| 1996-1997 | George O. Sadler | Glen & Sadler |
| 1995-1996 | Arthur W. McKinney* | McKinney & Company |
| 1994-1995 | Otho E. Craft, Jr. | Thompson & Litton |
| 1993-1994 | Roger G. Stroud | Stroud Pence |
| 1992-1993 | Taylor F. Turner, Jr.* | R. Stuart Royer & Associates |
| 1991-1992 | Taylor F. Turner, Jr.* | R. Stuart Royer & Associates |
| 1990-1991 | H. Boyd Dickenson* | Hayes, Seay, Mattern & Mattern |
| 1989-1990 | Ronald D. Foster | Bowman Forster Associates |
| 1988-1989 | C.K. Whitescarver, Jr. | Sowers, Rodes & Whitescarver |
| 1987-1988 | C.K. Whitescarver, Jr. | Sowers, Rodes & Whitescarver |
| 1986-1987 | Albert E. Rollins | Rollins & Associates, PC |
| 1985-1986 | Edgar F. Massie, Jr.* | R. Stuart Royer & Associates |
| 1984-1985 | Alexander B. Sadler, Jr.* | Austin, Brockenbrough & Associates |
| 1983-1984 | Daniel J. DeYoung* | DJG |
| 1982-1983 | Gilbert L. Faison | Roache, Mercer & Faison |
| 1981-1982 | W. Douglas Ensor | Malcolm Pernie Engineers, Inc. |
| 1980-1981 | Robert D. Sayre* | Robert D. Sayre* |
| 1979-1980 | Richard L. Williams | Shumate, Williams, Norfleet & Eddy |
| 1978-1979 | James A. Limerick, Jr. | R. Stuart Royer & Associates |
| 1977-1978 | William L. Gibson | Chandlerr & Gibson |
| 1976-1977 | Joseph H. Norman, Jr. | Joseph H. Norman, Jr. |
| 1975-1976 | Earl R. Simpson, Jr. | Earl R. Simpson, Jr. |
| 1974-1975 | M.J. Thompson, III | Mathew J. Thompson, III |
| 1973-1974 | William G. Farthing | Torrence, Dreelin, Farthing & Bufford |
| 1972-1973 | William L. Meyers | Hayes, Seay, Mattern & Mattern |
| 1971-1972 | Denard L. Gusler | Vansant & Gusler |
| 1970-1971 | Richard P. Hankins | Hankins & Anderson & Moncreif |
| 1969-1970 | W.A. Thompson, Jr.* | Thompson & Litton |
| 1968-1969 | M.O. Roache, Jr.* | Roache, Mercer & Faison |
| 1967-1968 | Elmer O. Roades, Jr. | Sowers, Rodes & Whitescarver |
| 1966-1967 | R.M. Bartenstein* | R.M. Bartenstein & Associates |
| 1965-1966 | Thomas A. Hanson | Thomas A. Hanson & Associates |
| 1964-1965 | Andrew M. Dreelin, III | Torrence, Dreelin, Farthing & Bufford |
| 1963-1964 | J.E. Watlington, Jr.* | Austin, Brockenbrough & Associates |
| 1962-1963 | Carl M. Torrence | Torrence, Dreelin, Farthing & Bufford |