The faces of leadership: those who have served as president of the City Club and/or the City Club Forum Foundation gathered for a photograph in 2001. Top row (left to right): Frederick Taft, Stanley Adelstein, Paul Unger, Brian Tucker, Njeri Nuru-Holm, William Woestendiek, Annette Butler, Thomas Campbell, Dennis Dooley, Chester Gray, Sheldon Braverman, Morton Epstein, Arthur V.N. Brooks, Bertram Gardner. Foreground (left to right): Henry Doll, Scott Finerman, Anthony Peeples, Nancy Cronin, Robert Cavano, Leonard Calabrese.
Provided is a list of the people who have served as City Club president (as of 2024).
Adams, Kristen Baird 2021-2024
Smyers, Robyn Minter 2018-2021
Littman, Bob 2016-2018
Harris, Paul N. 2013-2016
Shaw, Hewitt 2012-2013
McKay, Hugh E. 2011-2012
Harris, Paul N. 2010-2011
Roller, Jan L. 2009-2010
Della Ratta, Jr., Ralph 2008 - 2009
Friedman, Lee 2007-2008
DeOreo, Courtney 2006-2007
Kapur, Sanjiv K. 2005-2006
Donahue, Kevin J. 2004-2005
Bullock, Steve D. 2003-2004
Rosacco, Claire 2002-2003
Calabrese, Leonard M. 2001-2002
Peebles, Anthony C. 2000-2001
Tucker, Brian D. 1999-2000
Pogue, Richard 1998-1999
Nuru-Holm, Njeri 1997-1998
Brooks, Arthur V.N. 1996-1997
Braverman, Sheldon L. 1995-1996
Smith, Steven R. 1994-1995
Landau, Howard C. 1993-1994
Finerman, Scott C. 1992-1993
Taft, Fredrick l. 1991-1992
Dreyfuss, Elisabeth T. 1989-1990
Dooley, Dennis J. 1988-1989
Sindell, David l. 1987-1988
Lustig, Robert M. 1986-1987
Woestendiek, William J. 1985-1986
Huston, James l. 1984-1985
Cronin, Nancy C. 1983-1984
Weiss, Nelson E. 1982-1983
Kamm, Herb 1981-1982
Lipscomb, James 1980-1981
Butler, Annette 1979-1980
Bry, Robert 1978-1979
Hoehnen, David L. 1977
Cavano, Robert R. 1976
Cronin, Kiely 1975
Josephs, Sidney 1974
Gardner, Bertram 1973
Robinson, Larry 1972
Spangenberg, Craig 1971
Campbell, Thomas F. 1970
Widder, Milton 1969
Kane, Russell M. 1968
Campbell, Richard 1967
Andorn, Sidney 1966
DiLeone, Peter 1965
Carmichael, Donald S. 1964
Clausen, Barton R. 1963
Freedlander, Samuel O. 1962
Rawson, Robert H. 1961
Klein, Howard B. 1960
Burton, William S. 1959
Derthick, Everest P. 1958
Boardman, Thomas L. 1957
Crow, Ralph E. 1956
Barnett, Stanley P. 1955
Hopwood, Henry W. 1954
Griffin, Julian 1953
Mullaney, John B. 1952
Lawrence, Charles L. 1951
Glickman, Harold J. 1950
Kane, Hugh 1949
Schinnerer, Mark C. 1948
Irwin, Spencer D. 1947
Falsgraf, Wendell A. 1946
White, Wilbur A. 1945
Blythin, Edward 1944
Harding, Richard T. F. 1943
Cornsweet, Albert l. 1942
Howard, Nathaniel R. 1941
Porter, Phillip W. 1940
Grossman, Marc J. 1939
Harris, George B. 1938
Busch, Henry M. 1937
Bellamy, Paul 1936
Barkley, John W. 1935
DeVaugh, Marcellas 1934
Weisman, Russell 1933
Robinson, Ted 1932
Sellers, Charles W. 1931
Thomas, John J. 1930
Doty, Edward W. 1929
Stinchcomb, William A. 1928
Lake, Charles H. 1927
Trockmorton, A.H. 1926
Hayden, Joel B. 1925
Bulkley, Robert J. 1924
Cain, Frank C. 1923
Leutner, Winfred G. 1922
Pattison, Wallace M. 1921
Fackler, John D. 1920
Smith, Allard 1919
Friebolin, Carl D. 1918
York, George W. 1917
Hatton, Augustus 1916
Hopwood, Erie 1915
Baker, Edward M. 1914
Morgan, Daniel E. 1912-1913
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