Click any heading to sort by that category. Trustees who served as Chair during all or part of their term are so labeled in the Term column.
| First Name | Last Name | Institution | Term |
| Carol Anne | Clayson | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | 2023-2026 |
| Tracey | Holloway | University of Wisconsin - Madison | 2023-2026 |
| Patty | Leslie | Attainment Network | 2023-2026 |
| Ana | Barros | University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign | 2022-2025 |
| Bob | Litterman | Kepos Capital | 2023-2026 |
| Marilyn | Raphael | University of California, Los Angeles | 2023-2026 |
| Makenzie | Lystrup | Lystrup Consulting | 2023-2023 |
| Heidi | Cullen | Monterey Bay Aquarium | 2022-2025 |
| Javier | Fochesatto | University of Alaska, Fairbanks | 2022-2024 |
| Yvette | Richardson | Pennsylvania State University | 2022-2024 |
| David | Randall | Colorado State University | 2018-2024 |
| Shuyi | Chen | University of Washington | 2021-2024 |
| Rita | Colwell | University of Maryland, University Park | 2021-2024 |
| Patty | Leslie | University of Colorado Foundation | 2021-2021 |
| Susan | Lozier | Georgia Institute of Technology | 2021-2024 |
| Sandra | Yuter | North Carolina State University | 2021-2021 |
| Vernon | Morris | Arizona State University | 2020-2023 |
| Lourdes | Aviles | Plymouth State University | 2019-2025 |
| James | Geringer | Environmental Systems Research Institute | 2019-2023 |
| Kathy | Jacobs | University of Arizona | 2020-2026 |
| Christine | Wiedenmyer | University of Colorado | 2019-2025 |
| Al | Diaz | Marymount University | 2018-2021 |
| Rana | Fine | University of Miami | 2018-2023 |
| Susan | Avery | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute | 2017-2023, Chair |
| Sherri | Goodman | Wilson Center | 2017-2023 |
| Harlan | Spence | University of New Hampshire | 2017-2020 |
| Raymond | Ban | Ban & Associates | 2017-2025 |
| Kristie | Boering | University of California, Berkeley | 2016-2022 |
| Michael | Morgan | University of Wisconsin, Madison | 2016-2022 |
| Kathleen | Ritzman | Scripps Institution of Oceanography | 2016-2022 |
| Christopher | Bretherton | University of Washington | 2015-2019 |
| Petra | Klein | University of Oklahoma | 2015-2021 |
| Gudrun | Magnusdottir | University of California, Irvine | 2015-2021 |
| Charlette | Geffen | Pacific Northwestern National Lab | 2015-2021 |
| Ken | Washington | Ford Motor Corporation | 2015-2016 |
| Eric | Barron | Pennsylvania State Univeristy | 2014-2020 |
| Romy | Olaisen | Harris Corporation | 2014-2018 |
| Donald | DeHayes | University of Rhode Island | 2014-2017 |
| Antonio | Busalacchi | University of Maryland | 2014-2016 |
| Janet | Kozyra | University of Michigan | 2014-2014 |
| Eric | Betterton | University of Arizona | 2013-2019, Chair |
| Rafael | Bras | Georgia Institute of Technology | 2013-2019 |
| Kelly | Fox | University of Colorado, Boulder | 2013-2019 |
| Everette | Joseph | Howard University, SUNY Albany | 2012-2018, Chair |
| Alan | Robock | Rutgers University | 2012-2015 |
| Vicki | Arroyo | Georgetown Climate Center | 2012-2015 |
| Scott | Sternberg | Vaisala Inc. | 2011-2017 |
| Ken | Bowman | Texas A&M University | 2011-2016 |
| Amy | Clement | University of Miami | 2011-2014 |
| Molly | Maccauley | Resources for the Future | 2011-2014 |
| Jerry | Melillo | Marine Biological Laboratory Woods Hole | 2010-2016 |
| Eugene S. | Takle | Iowa State University | 2010-2016 |
| Richard | Porreca | University of Colorado | 2010-2013 |
| Eric | Saltzman | University of California, Irvine | 2010-2013 |
| Roberta | Balstad | Columbia University | 2009-2015, Chair |
| Richard | Clark | Millersville University | 2009-2015 |
| Fred | Carr | University of Oklahoma | 2009-2015 |
| Mark | Abbott | Oregon State University | 2009-2012 |
| Don | Wuebbles | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 2009-2012 |
| Dennis | Hartmann | University of Washington | 2008-2014, Chair |
| Steve | Ackerman | University of Wisconsin – Madison | 2008-2014 |
| Kerry | Cook | University of Texas, Austin | 2008-2014 |
| Anne | Thompson | The Pennsylvania State University | 2007-2013 |
| Efi | Foufoula-Georgiou | University of Minnesota | 2007-2010 |
| Richard | Truly | NASA Administrator, Retired Admiral U.S. Navy | 2006-2012 |
| Robert | Palmer | Retired Staff Director, U.S. House of Representatives Science Committee | 2006-2011 |
| Robert | Dickinson | Georgia Institute of Technology | 2006-2009 |
| Hemant | Shah | Risk Management Solutions | 2006-2009 |
| Berrien | Moore III | University of New Hampshire | 2006-2008 |
| Rana | Fine | University of Miami | 2005-2011, Chair |
| Shirley | Malcom | American Assoc. for the Advancement of Science | 2005-2011 |
| Rosina | Bierbaum | University of Michigan | 2004-2010 |
| Frank | Nutter | Reinsurance Association of America | 2004-2010 |
| Steve | Rutledge | Colorado State University | 2004-2010 |
| Barbara | Feiner | Washington University in St. Louis | 2003-2010 |
| Leonard | Pietrafesa | North Carolina State University | 2003-2009 |
| Eric | Barron | Pennsylvania State University, University of Texas at Austin | 2003-2008, Chair |
| Lynne | Talley | Scripps Institute of Oceanography | 2003-2006 |
| Kelvin | Droegemeier | University of Oklahoma | 2002-2008, Chair |
| Neal | Lane | Rice University | 2002-2008 |
| Orlando | Taylor | Howard University | 2002-2008 |
| Eugenia | Kalnay | University of Maryland | 2001-2007 |
| Soroosh | Soroushian | University of Arizona, UC Irvine | 2001-2007 |
| Patricia | Woodworth | University of Chicago | 2001-2002*re |
| Ronald | McPherson | American Meteorological Society | 2000-2006 |
| Mary Jo | Richardson | Texas A&M University | 2000-2006 |
| Charles | Kennel | Scripps Institute of Oceanography | 2000-2002 |
| Paola | Malanotte-Rizzoli | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 1999-2005 |
| David | Skaggs | Aspen Institute | 1999-2005 |
| David | Houghton | University of Wisconsin- Madison | 1999-2001 |
| Dennis | Thomson | The Pennsylvania State University | 1999-2001 |
| Leo | Donner | Princeton | 1998-2004, Chair |
| Gabor | Vali | University of Wyoming | 1998-2003 |
| Margaret | Tolbert | University of Colorado | 1998-2000 |
| Otis | Brown | University of Miami | 1997-2003, Chair |
| Ronald | Smith | Yale University | 1997-2002 |
| Julia | Nogues-Paegle | University of Utah | 1996-2001 |
| Glenn | Shaw | University of Alaska | 1996-1998 |
| Lyn | Hutton | Dartmouth College | 1995-2000 |
| Conway | Leovy | University of Washington | 1995-2000 |
| Lennard | Fisk | University of Michigan | 1994-1999, Chair |
| Roger | Wakimoto | University of California - Los Angeles | 1994-1996 |
| Richard | Hallgren | American Meteorological Society | 1993-1999 |
| John | Snow | Purdue University | 1993-1998, Chair |
| William | Peltier | University of Toronto | 1993-1998 |
| William | Moomaw | Tufts University | 1993-1998 |
| William | Chameides | Georgia Institute of Technology | 1993-1996 |
| Martin | Jischke | Iowa State University | 1993-1995 |
| Richard | Johnson | Colorado State University | 1992-1997 |
| Susan | Avery | University of Colorado | 1991-1997, Chair |
| William | Bishop | Desert Research Institute- University of Nevada | 1991-1997 |
| Donald | Johnson | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1991-1997 |
| Gerald | North | Texas A&M University | 1991-1994 |
| S. George | Philander | Princeton | 1991-1993 |
| Sir. Crispin | Tickell | Green College at the Radcliff Observatory | 1991-1993 |
| Richard | Somerville | Scripps Institute of Oceanography, University of California- San Diego | 1990-1995, Chair |
| Darius | Gaskins | Burlington Northern Railroad, Harvard University, High Street Associates | 1988-1994 |
| Kerry | Emanuel | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 1988-1993 |
| John | Steele | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | 1988-1991 |
| Laurel | Wilkening | University of Arizona, University of California - Irvine | 1988-1990, 1998-1999 |
| George | Benton | University of Maryland | 1988-1990 |
| Eugene | Parker | University of Chicago | 1988-1990 |
| James | Kimpel | University of Oklahoma | 1987-1992, Chair |
| Robert | Duce | University of Rhode Island, The Johns Hopkins University | 1987-1992 |
| John | McLucas | QuesTech Inc | 1987-1992 |
| Richard | Reed | University of Washington | 1987-1992 |
| W. Lawrence | Gates | Oregon State University | 1987-1989 |
| Thomas | Watson | IBM Corporation | 1987-1988 |
| William E. | Gordon | Rice University | 1986-1991 |
| Thomas | Vonder Haar | Colorado State University | 1986-1991 |
| Ferdinand | Baer | University of Maryland | 1986-1991 |
| Robert | Sievers | University of Colorado | 1986-1986 |
| Richard | Orville | State University of New York at Albany | 1985-1991 |
| Jesse | Stephens | Florida State University | 1985-1987 |
| Walter | Munk | Scripps Institute of Oceanography | 1985-1985 |
| James | Anderson | Harvard University | 1984-1987 |
| John | Slaughter | University of Maryland | 1984-1987 |
| John | Geisler | University of Utah | 1984-1986 |
| Walter | Hitschfeld | McGill University | 1984-1986 |
| Steven | Orszag | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 1984-1984 |
| Robert | Street | Stanford University | 1983-1993, Chair |
| James | Fletcher | Burroughs System Development Corporation | 1983-1988 |
| Verner | Suomi | University of Wisconsin | 1983-1988 |
| Louis | Battan | University of Arizona | 1983-1985 |
| John | Evans | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, COMSAT Laboratories | 1982-1987, Chair |
| Harlan | Cleveland | University of Minnesota | 1982-1987 |
| Robert | Reid | Texas A&M College | 1982-1984 |
| Donald | Veal | University of Wyoming, Particle Measuring Systems | 1981-1990, Chair |
| Charles | Hosler Jr. | The Pennsylvania State University | 1981-1986, Chair |
| John | Byrne | Oregon State University | 1981-1986 |
| Werner | Baum | Florida State University | 1981-1983 |
| H. Guyford | Stever | National Academy of Sciences | 1981-1983 |
| Noel | Hinners | National Air and Space Museum | 1981-1982 |
| Eberhard | Wahl | University of Wisconsin -Madison, Federal Republic of Germany | 1981-1981 |
| J. Michael | Wallace | University of Washington | 1980-1984 |
| Thomas | Donahue | University of Michigan, Carnegie Institute of Washington | 1980-1983 |
| Thomas | Seliga | Ohio State University | 1980-1982 |
| Ernest | Agee | Purdue University | 1979-1982 |
| William E. | Gordon | Rice University | 1979-1981, Chair |
| J.L.J. | Hart | Holland and Hart | 1977-1986 |
| Robert | White | National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council | 1977-1983 |
| John | Dutton | Risco National Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University | 1977-1980 |
| Morton | Wurtele | University of California - Los Angeles | 1976-1982 |
| Eberhard | Wahl | University of Wisconsin | 1975-1978, 1981 |
| Frederick | Seitz | Rockefeller University | 1975-1978, 1980-1981 |
| Robert | Noyes | Harvard University | 1975-1978 |
| Frederick | Seitz | Rockefeller University | 1975-1978 |
| Paul | Fye | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | 1974-1980 |
| Kenneth | Boulding | University of Colorado | 1974-1977 |
| Roland | List | University of Toronto | 1974-1977 |
| Thomas | Donahue | University of Michigan | 1973-1983 |
| Emilio | Daddario | Office of Technology Assessment | 1973-1979 |
| Eric | Kraus | University of Miami | 1973-1979 |
| Richard | Craig | Florida State University | 1972-1987 |
| Clifford | Murino | Saint Louis University, University of Nevada System | 1972-1975, 1982-1984 |
| A. Ray | Chamberlain | Colorado State University | 1971-1980, Chair |
| John | Dutton | Riso National Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University | 1971-1977 |
| Robert | Chasson | University of Denver | 1971-1975 |
| Grant | Darkow | University of Missouri | 1971-1974 |
| Edward | Epstein | University of Michigan | 1971-1974 |
| Shih-Kung | Kao | University of Utah | 1971-1974 |
| Julius | London | University of Colorado | 1971-1974 |
| Robert | Fleagle | University of Washington | 1970-1976, Chair |
| Robert | Long | The Johns Hopkins University | 1970-1976 |
| Kenneth | Rae | University of Alaska | 1970-1973 |
| Robert | Chasson | University of Denver | 1969-1979 |
| Wytze | Gorter | University of Hawaii | 1969-1975 |
| Thomas F. | Malone | Butler University | 1969-1974, Chair |
| Homer | Mantis | University of Minnesota | 1969-1972 |
| Droessler | Earl | North Carolina State University | 1968-1973, Chair |
| Helmut | Landsberg | University of Maryland | 1968-1971 |
| Rosoe | Braham Jr. | University of Chicago | 1966-1976, 1980-1985 |
| Thomas | Rogers | Cornell University | 1966-1972 |
| Robert | Clodius | University of Wisconsin | 1966-1969 |
| Orvin | Campbell | University of California - Berkley | 1966-1969 |
| Karl | Dittmer | Florida State University | 1966-1969 |
| William T. | Gordon | 1965-1968, 1971-1974 | |
| Alan | Waterman | 1965-1968 | |
| Earl | Mosley | 1965-1967 | |
| Fred | Whipple | 1964-1967 | |
| Paul | Klopsteg | Northwestern University | 1963-1966 |
| Judge William | Jackson | 1962-1980 Emeritus | |
| Thomas | Malone | The Johns Hopkins University Travelers Insurance Co., University of Connecticut | 1962-1972 |
| Morris | Neiburger | University of California - Los Angeles | 1962-1969 |
| Alfred | Blackadar | The Pennsylvania State University | 1962-1966 |
| Rev. Victor | Blum | Saint Louis University | 1962-1966 |
| Ross | Heinrich | Saint Louis University | 1962-1966 |
| E.F. | Osborn | The Pennsylvania State University | 1962-1966 |
| H. Ridgely | Warfield | The Johns Hopkins University | 1962-1966 |
| Quigg | Newton | University of Colorado | 1962-1965 |
| Detlev | Bronk | Rockefeller Institute | 1962-1964 |
| Ralph | Bolgiano | Cornell University | 1962-1963 |
| Neil | Cafferty | University of Wisconsin | 1962-1963 |
| George | Pettitt | University of California-Berkeley | 1962-1963 |
| Jerome | Spar | New York University | 1962-1963 |
| J. Churchill | Owen | 1962-1963 | |
| Rev. R.J. | Henle | Saint Louis University | 1960-63 |
| L.E. | Berkner | Associated Universities Inc. | 1960-62 |
| Gilbert | Lee Jr. | University of Michigan, University of Chicago | 1960-1974 |
| John | Calhoun | Texas A&M College | 1960-1973, Chair |
| Carl | Floe | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 1960-1973 |
| A. Richard | Kassander | University of Arizona | 1960-1971, Chair |
| Horace | Byers | University of Chicago, Texas A&M College | 1960-1966, Chair |
| W.B. | Harrell | University of Chicago | 1960-1966 |
| Werner | Baum | The Florida State University, New York University | 1960-1966 |
| George | Benton | The Johns Hopkins University | 1960-1966 |
| Reid | Bryson | University of Wisconsin | 1960-1966 |
| P.E. | Church | University of Washington | 1960-1966 |
| Seymour | Hess | The Florida State University | 1960-1966 |
| E. Wendell | Hewson | University of Michigan | 1960-1966 |
| Joseph | McCarthy | University of Washington | 1960-1966 |
| James | Miller | New York University | 1960-1966 |
| David | Patrick | University of Arizona | 1960-1966 |
| Hans | Neuberger | The Pennsylvania State University | 1960-1964 |
| Harold | Work | New York University | 1960-1963 |
| M.A. | Farrell | The Pennsylvania State University | 1960-1962 |
| John | Hastie | Cornell University | 1960-1962 |
| Dale | Leipper | Texas A&M College | 1960-1962 |
| Benjamin | Nichols | Cornell University | 1960-1962 |
| A.W. | Peterson | University of Wisconsin | 1960-1962 |
| J. Robert | Stinson | Saint Louis University | 1960-1962 |
| James | Corley | University of California - Berkeley | 1960-1961 |
| Yale | Mintz | University of California - Los Angeles | 1960-1961 |
| Henry | Houghton | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 1959-1966 |
