APHA Executive Directors and Secretaries
| Year | Name | Title |
| December 2002-Present | Georges Benjamin, MD | CEO |
| January 1997-December 2002 | Mohammad Akhter, MD | Executive Director |
| November-December 1996 | Katherine S. McCarter, MHS | Acting Executive Director |
| October 1993-October 1996 | Fernando Trevino, PhD | Executive Director |
| July 1973-October 1993 | William McBeath, MD | Executive Director |
| February 1973-June 1973 | Marion Henry | Interim Executive Director |
| August 1970-January 1973 | James Kimmey, MD | Executive Director |
| February 1959-July 1970 | Berwin Mattison, MD | Executive Director |
| January 1958-February 1959 | Berwin Mattison, MD | Executive Secretary |
| June 1935-October 1957 | Reginald (Rex) Atwater, MD | Executive Secretary |
| April 1931-May 1935 | Kendall Emerson, MD | Executive Secretary |
| 1931-1931 | W.F. Walker, PhD | Acting Executive Secretary |
| July 1923-1931 | Homer Calver | Executive Secretary |
| 1918-June 1923 | Arthur W. Hedrich | Executive Secretary |
| Circa 1912-1917 | Selskar Gunn | Secretary of the Association |