Past Presidents
Standing L to R: John Sroka, James Comstock, Julius Leone, and Norman Knapp. Seated L to R: Daniel Schwertfeger, Anthony LaFerrera, and Scott Ewing.
2020s
2025-2026
Chief Richard L. Lyman
White Plains
2024-2025 (Emeritus)
Chief James E. Hare*
Hilton
2024-2025
Chief Anthony V. LaFerrera
North Babylon
2023-2024
Chief R. Scott Ewing
Plattsburgh #3
2022-2023
Chief James R. Comstock
Henrietta
2021-2022
Chief Robert R. Kloepfer Jr.
Floral Park
2020-2021
Chief Lee Shurtleff
Groton
2010s
2019-2020
Chief Robert P. Parese
Little Falls
2018-2019
Chief Julius J. Leone Jr.
Fredonia
2017-2018
Chief John P. Sroka
Defreestville
2016-2017
Chief Joseph M. Fahd Jr.
Cohoes
2015-2016
Chief Daniel J. Schwertfeger
Floyd
2014-2015
Chief Donald J. Corkery
Sayville
2013-2014
Chief John M. Tighe
Corning
2012-2013
Chief Richard A. Messina
Bellmore
2011-2012
Chief Frank J. Sylvester
Ossining
2010-2011
Chief Alfonso J. Varlaro
Herkimer
2000s
2009-2010
Chief Norman J. Knapp
Brockport
2008-2009
Chief William K. Owen*
Stittville
2007-2008
Chief Charles F. Hajduk*
Jamestown
2006-2007
Chief Robert E. Holley*
East Quogue
2005-2006
Comm. Paul F. Schonewolf*
Niskayuna #1
2004-2005
Chief George R. Maney*
Johnson City
2003-2004
Chief James A. King
Keeseville
2002-2003
Chief Kenneth M. Pienkowski
Taunton
2001-2002
Chief Walter J. Schoonmaker
Hartsdale
2000-2001
Chief Arthur W. Lewis*
Freeport
1990s
1999-2000
Chief Clinton L. Soemann*
Evans Center
1998-1999
Chief John H. Cullen
White Plains
1997-1998
Chief Donald G. Magin*
Spencerport
1996-1997
Chief Robert G. Burke
Brunswick #1
1995-1996
Chief Edward W. Heberer
Johnstown
1994-1995
Chief Carl J. Amato Jr.*
Deer Park
1993-1994
Chief Fred W. Singer*
Vestal
1992-1993
Chief Joseph J. Belczak*
North Tonawanda
1991-1992
Chief Neil McNeight*
Fredonia
1990-1991
Chief Anthony J. Messina*
Bellmore
1980s
1989-1990
Chief William J. McMahon*
White Plains
1988-1989
Chief James J. Kavanaugh*
East Seneca
1987-1988
Chief Barry L. Sens*
Pittsford
1986-1987
Chief Frank P. Stefanelli*
Jamestown
1985-1986
Coordinator Edward J. Kehn*
Rensselaer Co.
1984-1985
Chief James J. Buckley*
Westmere
1983-1984
Chief Kenneth E. Green*
Gloversville
1982-1983
Chief Michael Hewitt*
Dix Hills
1981-1982
Chief Raymond J. White*
Scarsdale
1980-1981
Chief Dominick N. Froio*
Mattydale
1970s
1979-1980
Chief Charles F. Houper*
Corning
1978-1979
Chief George E. MacPeek*
Bowmansville
1977-1978
Chief Francis J. Quinlan*
Cortland
1976-1977
Coord. Robert G. Butterfield*
Tioga County
1975-1976
Chief Leo J. Hosler*
Malone
1974-1975
Chief George V. Blackstone*
Lakewood
1973-1974
Chief Walter R. Bell*
New Rochelle
1972-1973
Chief John J. Leary*
Brunswick #1
1971-1972
Chief John D. Murray*
Oswego
1970-1971
Chief Frank J. Smith*
Freeport
1960s
1969-1970
Chief William J. Grace*
Johnson City
1968-1969
Chief George E. Briggs*
Norfolk
1967-1968
Chief Raymond J. Brady*
White Plains
1966-1967
Chief Wilfrid L. Parsons*
McGraw
1965-1966
Chief Charles M. Weaver*
Ithaca
1964-1965
Chief Fred G. Knopfke*
New Hyde Park
1963-1964
Chief Ralph W. Whiting*
Medina
1962-1963
Chief Joseph W. Blackburn*
Eggertsville
1961-1962
Chief Charles R. Dorman*
Jamestown
1960-1961
Chief Otto E. Friske*
Red Hook
1950s
1959-1960
Chief Peter E. Lynch*
Mineola
1958-1959
Chief George H. Fornoff Jr.*
Kenmore
1957-1958
Chief Edward J. MacDonald*
White Plains
1956-1957
Chief Howard B. Harrington*
Baldwinsville
1955-1956
Chief Leo R. Barry*
Utica
1954-1955
Chief Lee I. Hunt*
Middletown
1953-1954
Chief Louis J. Mosher*
Elmira
1952-1953
Chief Frank F. Love*
Painted Post
1951-1952
Chief Irving D. Merrick*
Poughkeepsie
1950-1951
Chief Walter J. Buckert*
Brighton
1940s
1949-1950
Chief William H. Wayand*
Scotia
1948-1949
Chief Albert W. Yanke*
Eggertsville
1947-1948
Chief Ralph F. Rivers*
Hudson Falls
1946-1947
Chief William T. Champ*
Sherburne
1945-1946
Chief Rudolph H. Swanson*
Jamestown
1944-1945
Chief Francis E. O’Boyle*
Middletown
1943-1944
Chief James J. Corbett*
Watervliet
1942-1943
Chief Fred F. Knight*
North Tonawanda
1941-1942
Chief Osbourne G. Smith*
Larchmont
1940-1941
Chief George W.M. Brown*
Newburgh
1930s
1939-1940
Chief William W. Shoemaker*
Canandaigua
1938-1939
Chief Raymond J. Kirsch*
Kenmore
1937-1938
Chief Arthur E. Chambers*
Yonkers
1936-1937
Chief Edward W. Gieselman*
Syracuse
1935-1936
Chief Michael J. Fleming*
Albany
1934-1935
Chief Joseph L. Murphy*
Kingston
1933-1934
Chief William J. Gates*
Glens Falls
1932-1933
Chief John W. McCarthy*
Corning
1931-1932
Chief Chris W. Noll*
Poughkeepsie
1930-1931
Chief Chris W. Noll*
Poughkeepsie
1920s
1929-1930
Chief August G. Derra*
Schenectady
1928-1929
Chief Cornelius J. Casey*
Troy
1927-1928
Chief Frank A. Jaynes*
Rochester
1926-1927
Chief John Gibson*
Mount Vernon
1925-1926
Chief John Gibson*
Mount Vernon
1924-1925
Chief Edwin J. Coyle*
Lockport
1923-1924
Chief Elias J. Shadwick*
Saratoga
1922-1923
Chief George M. Bower*
Rome
1921-1922
Chief John Mack*
Glens Falls
1920-1921
Chief Alfred H. Lyon*
Binghamton
1910s
1919-1920
Chief Richard Purcell*
Richfield Springs & Kingston Shipyard
1918-1919
Chief Thomas C. Collin*
Cohoes
1917-1918
Unknown
1916-1917
Chief John H. Espey*
Elmira
1915-1916
Chief John H. Espey*
Elmira
1914-1915
Chief William W. Bridgeford*
Albany
1913-1914
Chief John Mack*
Glens Falls
1912-1913
Chief John Mack*
Glens Falls
1911-1912
Chief Daniel J. Sullivan*
Utica
1910-1911
Chief George W. Sherwood*
Lowville
1900s
1909-1910
Chief George W. Sherwood*
Lowville
1908-1909
Chief Reuben A. Maxson*
Gloversville
1907-1908
Chief Charles N. Hogg*
Binghamton
1906-1907
Chief Joseph M. Hedderman*
Hornell
1905-1906
Chief Michael E. Higgins*
Albany
1904-1905
Chief John P. Quigley*
Syracuse
*Deceased