Year, Chair, Theme
1982, Ann Barnett Hutton, A to Zebra
1983, Elizabeth Huntoon, Reading Rainbow
1984, Maxine Payne, Be a Star! Read!
1985, Ruth E. Faklis & Robin Currie, Open Books, Open Doors
1986, Rachel Miller, Readers On The Move
1987, A. Denise Farrugia, Quest—Journey into Reading
1988, A. Denise Farrugia, Devour A Book
1989, Arlene Kaspik, The Great Book Hunt
1990, Jan Eakins Jones, Station Read, 1990 On Your Dial
1991, Barbara J. Lintner, This is Reading Country
1992, Jean Jaderborg, Discover Read!
1993, Paula Moore & James Steenbergen, Amazing Book Capers
1994, Ruth Shasteen & Nancy Scott, Celebrate Reading
1995, Nancy Buikema, Reading is Tremendous!
1996, Judith McMahon & Kathleen McSwain, Travel the Reading Highway
1997, Anita K. Elgin & Carolyn Gray, Team IREAD
1998, A. Denise Farrugia, Dive Into Books
1999, Tina J. Hubert, Time Trek Readers
2000, Vince G. Sovanski, READ for the Fun of It
2001, Jean Jaderborg, Feed Your Need to Read
2002, Paula Lopatic, Reading Rocks!
2003, Lori Craft, Lights! Camera! READ!
2004, Judy Decker, Explore the Reading Trail
2005, Pat Roche, Superheroes—Powered by Books
2006, Victoria A. Blackburn, Voyage to Book Island
2007, Sharon Lawrence Hrycewicz, Mission Read: To the Library and Beyond!
2008, Lori Craft, Get in the Game—Read
2009, Vincent G. Sovanski, Read on the Wild Side
2010, Jason Stuhlmann, Scare Up A Good Book
2011, Kathi Kresol, A Midsummer Night's Read
2012, Amber Creger, Reading Is So Delicious!
2013, Michele Wyss, Have Book—Will Travel!
2014, Michele Wyss, Maggie Thomann, and Kate Kite, Paws to Read!
2015, Maggie Thomann, Read to the Rhythm
2016, Kate Kite, Read—For the Win!
2017, Joe Marcantonio, Reading by Design
2018, Nikeda Webb, Reading Takes You Everywhere
2019, Brandi Smits, It's Showtime at Your Library
2020, Portia Latalladi, Dig Deeper: Read, Investigate, Discover
2021 Alexandra Annen — Reading Colors Your World
2022 Becca Boland — Read Beyond the Beaten Path!