Pinkie George	Des Moines	1948-07	~	1950
Has promoted as "National Wrestling Alliance" in Iowa before 1948 with Heywood Allen of Louisville, KY as the figurehead president; officially founds the NWA in 1948-07.
Sam Muchnick	St. Louis	1950	~	1960
Frank Tunney	Toronto	1960	~	1961
Fred Kohler	Chicago	1961	~	1962
Karl Sarpolis	Amarillo	1962	~	1963
Sam Muchnick	St. Louis	1963	~	1975
Jack Adkisson	Dallas/World Class	1975	~	1976
Eddie Graham	Florida	1976	~	1978
Bob Geigel	Kansas City/Central States	1978	~	1980
Jim Crockett Jr.	Charlotte/Mid-Atlantic	1980	~	1982
Bob Geigel	Kansas City/Central States	1982	~	1985
Jim Crockett Jr.	Charlotte/Mid-Atlantic	1985	~	1986
Bob Geigel	Kansas City/Central States	1986	~	1987
Jim Crockett Jr.	Dallas/JCP	1987	~	1991
Jim Herd	WCW	1991	~	1992
Seiji Sakaguchi	Tōkyō/NJPW	1992	~	1993
3-person committee: Steve Rickard & Dennis Coralluzzo & Jim Crocket Jr. (later replaced by Howard Brody)		1993	~	1995
Steve Rickard	New Zealand	1995	~	1996
Howard Brody	Florida	1996	~	2001
Jim Miller	Pittsburgh/PWX	2001	~	2002
Richard Arpin	West Virginia/Tri-State	2002	~	2003
Bill Behrens	Georgia/Wildside	2003	~	2004
Ernie Todd	Winnipeg/CWF	2004	~	2005-07
Bob Trobich		2005-07	~	2012-04
At the 2005 NWA annual meeting, the Board of Executives abandoned the position of the president, and Robert K. Trobich, who had been the legal counsel for NWA, was assigned as the Executive Director.
David Baucom	Mid-Atlantic	2012-04	~	2012-07
Bruce Tharpe	Brownsville, Texas	2012-08	~	2017-06
President of International Wrestling Corp, LLC.
Billy Corgan		2017-06	~
President of Lightning One, Inc.