The following is a list of the presidents and executive secretaries of the Religious Education Association.

The Religious Education Association is a nonprofit member association, serving as a professional and learned society for scholars and researchers involved in the field of religious education. In 2003 it merged formally with the Association of Professors and Researchers in Religious Education. Up until that date, REA presidents could serve for more than a year at a time, while APRRE presidents served for only one year at a time. At the moment of merger, presidential terms were limited to one year and "practitioners" was added to the title of the organization, making it the "Religious Education Association: An Association of Professors, Practitioners and Researchers in Religious Education" (REA: APPRRE).

Presidents of the REA

1903-04 : Frank Knight Sanders 1904-05 : Charles Cuthbert Hall 1905-06 : William Fraser McDowell 1906-07 : William Hubert P. Faunce"To help students choose vocations," New York Times, 7 March 1914, p. 8 1907-08 : Henry Churchill King 1908-09 : Francis Greenwood Peabody 1909-10 : George Albert Coe 1910-11 : William Lawrence 1911-12 : James Hampton Kirkland 1912-13 : Harry Pratt Judson"Religious education body will gather at Cleveland," Chicago Daily Tribune, February 13, 1913, p. 16 1913-14 : Charles Franklin Thwing"Whitman summons rich to service," New York Times, 8 March 1914, p. 9 1914-15 : Charles David Williams 1915-16 : George Black Stewart"Dr. G. B. Stewart, Theologian, Dies," New York Times, 24 June 1932, p. 19 1916-17 : Francis J. McConnell 1917-18 : Washington Gladden 1918-19 : Samuel A. Elliott"Group of 16 backs 8 point program," New York Times, 20 August 1941, p. 9 1919-21 : Arthur C. McGiffert 1921-24 : Theodore G. Soares 1924-26 : Donald J. Cowling"Dr. Donald J. Cowling, 85, Dies," New York Times, 29 November 1965, p. 35 1926-28 : Robert A. Falconer 1928-31 : William Adams Brown 1931-33 : John H. Finley 1933-35 : Herbert N. Shenton"Herbert Shenton, sociologist, dies," New York Times, 8 January 1937, p. 19 1935-39 : Hugh Hartshorne 1940-42 : Harrison Elliott"Jewish education called vital need," New York Times, 12 May 1941, p. 12 1942-44 : Ernest Chave 1944-46 : F. Ernest Johnson"F. Ernest Johnson, Churchman, dies," New York Times, 5 July 1969, p. 19 1946-48 : Ernest W. Kuebler 1948-55 : Samuel P. Franklin"Religious education group elects general secretary," 9 February 1952, p. 14 1955-57 : George N. Shuster 1957-62 : Jerome Kerwin 1962-67 : Philip Scharper"Interfaith group elects editor," New York Times, 22 November 1962 1967-69 : David R. Hunter 1969-72 : Oswald P. Bronson, Sr. 1972-75 : Sr. Ann Ida Gannon, BVM 1975-77 : Rabbi David Wolf Silverman"Radio," New York Times, 28 November 1976, p. 136 1977-79 : Emily V. Gibbs 1979-81 : Henry C. Simmons, C.P. 1981-85 : Rabbi Walter Jacob 1985-89 : Joanne Chafe 1989-1993 : Mary Elizabeth Moore 1993-97 : Stephen B. Scharper 1997-99 : Noel B. Shuell 1999-2000 : Sherry Blumberg 2000-02 : Ronald H. Cram

Presidents of the APRRE

1970-71 : Allen J. Moore 1971-72 : Neely D. McCarter 1972-73 : C. Ellis Nelson 1973-74 : Iris V. Cully 1974-75 : Berard L. Marthaler 1975-76 : Gerald A. Slusser 1976-77 : Norma H. Thompson 1977-78 : Clarence H. Snelling, Jr. 1978-79 : Mary Charles Bryce, O.S.B. 1979-80 : David S. Stewart 1980-81 : Margaret Webster 1981-82 : Charles F. Melchert 1982-83 : Lucie W. Barber 1983-84 : Donald M. Joy 1984-85 : Taylor Mcconnell 1985-86 : Joanmarie Smith 1986-87 : Richard A. Olson 1987-88 : Maria Harris 1988-89 : Robert Browning 1989-90 : Gloria Durka 1990-91 : Gabriel Moran 1991-92 : William B. Kennedy 1992-93 : Susanne Johnson 1993-94 : Stephen Schmidt 1994-95 : Mary C. Boys 1995-96 : Charles Foster 1996-97 : Fayette Breaux Veverka 1997-98 : Mary Elizabeth Mullino Moore 1998-99 : Thomas Groome 1999-2000 : Sara S. Lee 2000-01 : Jack Seymour 2001-02 : Greer A. Wenh-In Ng

Presidents of the REA:APPRRE

2002-03 : Anne Streaty Wimberly 2003-04 : Lorna Bowman 2004-05 : Robert O’Gorman 2005-06 : Ronnie Prevost 2006-07 : Margaret Ann Crain 2007-08 : José Irizarry 2008-09 : Carol Lakey Hess 2009-10 : Maureen O’ Brien 2010-11 : Mary Hess 2011-12 : Dean Blevins 2012-13 : Yolanda Smith 2013-14 : Siebren Miedema 2014-15 : Mai-Anh Le Tran 2015-16 : Harold (Bud) Horell 2016-17: Bert Roebben 2017-2018: Mualla Selcuk 2018-2019: Kathy Winings 2019-2020: Hanan Alexander 2020-2021: Boyung Lee 2022-2023: Patrick B. Reyes 2023-2024: Anne Walker 2024-2026: Karen-Marie Yust

REA General Secretaries

1970-82 : Boardman (Barney) Kathan 1982-85 : Randolph Crump Miller 1985-87 : Dorothy Savage 1987-92 : Donald T. Russo 1992-97 : Barbara B. Ryan 1997-2002 : Ronald Cram

Executive Secretaries, APRRE

1970-90 : Donald F. Williams 1990-91 : Clarisse Croteau-Chonka and Burton Everist 1991-94 : Padraic O’Hare 1994-2001 : Charles F. Melchert 2001-03 : Randy Litchfield

Executive Secretaries, REA:APPRRE

2002-03 : Randy Litchfield 2004-06 : Lawanda Smith 2006-10 : W. Alan Smith 2010–2020 : Lucinda Huffaker 2020-2024 : Lakisha Lockhart 2024-Present : Jennifer Moe

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