Year | President | Location | Theme | Attendance |
| 2024 | Melissa Hartz | Newport, RI | InspIRe/AspIRe: Building an IR Community for the Next 50 Years | 337 |
| 2023 | Alex Yin | Baltimore, MD | Evolving Organizational Intelligence | 354 |
| 2022 | Raldy Laguilles | Portland, ME | Our Main(e) IR Guide: Navigating A Changed Higher Ed Landscape Together | 272 |
| 2021 | Shama Akhtar | Virtual | Moving the Needle | |
| 2020 | Jennifer Dunseath | Virtual | 2020 Vision: Clear Hindsight and Insights for the Future | |
| 2019 | Shannon Tinney Lichtinger | Newport, RI | Riding the Waves of Change: IR as the Nexus for Strategy and Sustainability | 350 |
| 2018 | Annemarie Bartlett | Pittsburgh, PA | Creating the Bridge to Data-Informed Decision Making | 315 |
| 2017 | Ann Marie Senior | Jersey City, NJ | IR Leadership: Refining Our Roles, Maximizing Our Impact | 359 |
| 2016 | Mark Palladino | Baltimore, MD | Tell-Tale Data: IR at the Heart of Institutional Success | 386 |
| 2015 | Mark Palladino &
Bruce Szelest | Burlington, VT | Institutional Research When the Only Constant Is Change | 367 |
| 2014 | Bruce Szelest | Philadelphia, PA | Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of IR | 437 |
| 2013 | Catherine Alvord | Newport, RI | 40 Years of Excellence and Beyond | 406 |
| 2012 | Stephen Thorpe | Bethesda, MD | Time for Decisions: Visualizing for the Future | 309 |
| 2011 | Gayle Fink | Boston, MA | Leading the Charge for Institutional Research | 387 |
| 2010 | Heather Kelly | Saratoga Springs, NY | Fountain of Knowledge: IR Collaboration for Effective Change | 300 |
| 2009 | Mitchell Nesler | Baltimore, MD | Harbor in the Storm: Institutional Research in the Age of Accountability | 313 |
| 2008 | Denise Krallman | Providence, RI | A Culture of Evidence IR Support, Initiative & Leadership | 341 |
| 2007 | Martha Gray | New Brunswick, NJ | New Ideas, New Energy, New Brunswick | 293 |
| 2006 | Marjorie Wiseman | Philadelphia, PA | Soaring to Excellence | 310 |
| 2005 | Michelle Appel | Saratoga Springs, NY | The Race for Answers: Clarity versus Information Overload | 298 |
| 2004 | Mary Ann Coughlin | Portsmouth, NH | Guiding Light for the Future: IR Community of Practice | 269 |
| 2003 | Rebecca Brodigan | Newport, RI | Information Leadership, The Challenge & The Responsibility | 270 |
| 2002 | James Trainer | Annapolis, MD | Assessment in the 21st Century: Challenges for IR | 277 |
| 2001 | Ann Marie Delaney | Boston, MA | Institutional Research: Leadership through Excellence | 245 |
| 2000 | J. Frederick Volkwein | Pittsburgh, PA | Bridges to the Future: Building Linkages for Institutional Research | 200 |
| 1999 | Karen Webber Bauer | Newport, RI | Sailing Into the New Millennium: Charting the Course for Institutional Research | 235 |
| 1998 | Craig Claggett | Philadelphia, PA | The Future Is Now: The Role of Institutional Research in Campus Transformation
25th Anniversary of NEAIR - Historical Booklet | 253 |
| 1997 | Jennifer Brown | Hartford, CT | Accountability and Institutional Research: Measuring Results | 186 |
| 1996 | Ellen Kanarek | Princeton, NJ | Thoughts of One's Own: Innovative Leadership in Institutional Research | 179 |
| 1995 | Marian Pagano | Burlington, VT | Comparative and Longitudinal Studies of Higher Education: Harvesting the Findings | 162 |
| 1994 | Michael McGuire | Baltimore, MD | Informing Higher Education Policy | 187 |
| 1993 | Dawn Terkla | Lake George, NY | 20 Years: Putting it All Together | 140 |
| 1992 | Larry Metzger | Washington, DC | Defining a Quality Education | 176 |
| 1991 | Michael Middaugh &
Larry Metzger | Cambridge, MA | Institutional Research In a Changing Society | 181 |
| 1990 | Michael Middaugh | Albany, NY | Institutional Research: Its Place in the 1990's | 213 |
| 1989 | Ronald Doernbach | Pittsburgh, PA | Bringing Technology to the Issues | 199 |
| 1988 | Paige Ireland | Providence, RI | Strategic Choice: Making Better Decisions Through Better Understanding of Institutions
and Their Environments | 223 |
| 1987 | John Dunn, Jr. | Rochester, NY | Assessment: Fad or Fact of Life? | 260 |
| 1986 | Judith Hackman | Philadelphia, PA | Institutional Research: New Challenges to an Evolving Role | 237 |
| 1985 | Nancy Neville | Hartford, CT | Institutional Research: Getting to the Core | 223 |
| 1984 | Paul Wing | Albany, NY | Institutional Research: At the Core of Strategic Planning | 211 |
| 1983 | Robert Lay | Hershey, PA | Institutional Research and Planning in the next Decade | 179 |
| 1982 | Helen Wyant | Durham, NH | Doing Institutional Research: A Focus on Professional Development | 167 |
| 1981 | Patrick Terenzini | Princeton, NJ | Planning for Quality | 158 |
| 1980 | Robert Grose | Amherst, MA | Institutional Research in the Decade Ahead: Enhancing Performance | 137 |
| 1979 | Eric Brown | Cooperstown, NY | Institutional Research and Creative Change | 139 |
| 1978 | J. David Smith | University Park, PA | Institutional Research: New Responses to New Demand | 125 |
| 1977 | Molly Broad | Durham, NH | Does IR = Institutional Retrenchment? | 99 |
| 1976 | George Beatty, Jr. | Princeton, NJ | Rational Decision Making and Political Realities: The Role of Institutional Research | 125 |
| 1975 | George Beatty, Jr. | New Haven, CT | Coping in the 70's | 71 |