Many of NFTY's past leaders - serving as members of the NFTY North American Board - have gone on to become prominent leaders in the Reform Movement. Many now serve as Rabbis, Cantors, Educators, Youth Workers, Temple Staff Members and lay leaders in Union for Reform Judaism affiliated Congregations.
| Year | Name | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1939-1941 | Richard N. Bluestein | President |
| 1941-1946 | Bernard Sang | President |
| 1946-1948 | Leonard Spring | President |
| 1948-1949 | Arnold Levine | President |
| 1949-1950 | Paul Friedberg | President |
| 1950-1952 | Jerome K. Davidson | President |
| 1952-1954 | Robert M. Seltzer | President |
| 1954-1956 | Joel Wittstein | President |
| 1956-1957 | Michael Meyer | President |
| 1957-1959 | Robert Miller | President |
| 1959-1960 | Roger Wolf | President |
| 1960-1961 | Maurice Hirsch, Jr | President |
| 1961-1963 | Don Mintz David Mersky | President Vice President |
| 1963-1964 | Kenneth Kudisch | President |
| 1964-1965 | Charles Tobias | President |
| 1965-1966 | Carl Lee | President |
| 1966-1967 | Bill (Zev) Chafets Eric Yoffie Macy B. Hart Norman Roman | President Vice President Vice President Vice President |
| 1967-1968 | Macy B. Hart Steven Blair David Altshuler Sanford Borins Marlyn Silver Kenneth Jaffe | President 1st Vice President 2nd Vice President 3rd Vice President Secretary Treasurer |
| 1968-1969 | David Altshuler William Ginsberg Susan Bolotin Robert Loewy Sandra Braman Howard Mezer | President 1st Vice President 2nd Vice President 3rd Vice President Secretary Treasurer |
| 1969-1970 | Doug Kahn Mark S. Anshan Bruce Benson David Barish Tobi Goldstein Steven Weinstein | President 1st Vice President 2nd Vice President 3rd Vice President Secretary Treasurer |
| 1970-1971 | Mark S. Anshan Eric Kline Lee Zlotoff Leon Barish Sue Ann Strauss Mike Novick | President 1st Vice President 2nd Vice President 3rd Vice President Secretary Treasurer |
| 1971-1972 | Steve White Jeff Marx Jon Levin Larry Grossman Larraine Posner Louis Dobin | President 1st Executive Vice President 2nd Vice President 3rd Executive Vice President Secretary Treasurer |
| 1972-1973 | Larry Rickel Nathan Beraha Bill Gren Jeff Kerne Leah Krevit Gary Siepser | President 1st Vice President 2nd Vice President 3rd Vice President Secretary Treasurer |
| 1973-1974 | Gary Blair | President |
| 1974-1975 | Josh Gottlieb Shari Berkowitz | President Special Projects Vice President |
| 1975-1976 | Phil Jordan | President |
| 1976-1977 | Brian Shore Andrew Gardener Hilary Kahan | President Special Projects Vice President Administrative Vice President |
| 1977-1978 | Abraham Morris Judy Kleinman | President Special Projects Vice President |
| 1978-1979 | Craig Wasserman Judy Kleinman | President Special Projects Vice President |
| 1979-1980 | Andy Hodes Peter Oppenheim Sam Lieberman | President Executive Vice President Special Projects Vice President |
| 1980-1981 | Jeff Strauss Michael Brent Jeff Cohen | President Executive Vice President Special Projects Vice President |
| 1981-1982 | Dena Morris Dee Rothman Adam Lipton | President Executive Vice President Special Projects Vice President |
| 1982-1983 | Adina Baseman James Rothman Adam Lipton | President Executive Vice President Special Projects Vice President |
| 1983-1984 | Melanie Dernis Charles Miller Todd Jaffee | President Executive Vice President Special Projects Vice President |
| 1984-1985 | Mitchell Warren Jimmy Hexter Karen Splansky | President Executive Vice President Special Projects Vice President |
| 1985-1986 | Jonathan Miller Sarah Bendiner Rachel Sabath | President Executive Vice President Special Projects Vice President |
| 1986-1987 | Leon Morris Sara Polansky Steven Derringer | President Executive Vice President Special Projects Vice President |
| 1987-1988 | Steven Derringer Susan Shankman Brad Lander | President Executive Vice President Special Projects Vice President |
| 1988-1989 | David Barrett Eve Rudin Michael Drexler | President Executive Vice President Social Action Vice President |
| 1989-1990 | Roxanne Schneider Richard Maxwell Michael Latz | President Executive Vice President SAVP |
| 1990-1991 | Deborah Sternberg David Widzer Aaron Gross | President Programming Vice President SAVP |
| 1991-1992 | Jonathan Crane Joui Hessel Aaron Gross Marc Stemberg | President PVP SAVP RCVP |
| 1992-1993 | Brigitte Swenson Mimi Cotzin Michael Friedman Ari Gauss | President PVP SAVP RCVP |
| 1993-1994 | Jeff Berger Karen Reiser David Kaley Anthony Scaglione | President PVP SAVP RCVP |
| 1994-1995 | Abby Holland Jenn Siegel Scott Lyons Lauren Grabelle | President PVP SAVP RCVP |
| 1995-1996 | Rinat Manhoff Tamar Anitai Eric Magnus Marla Swartz | President PVP SAVP RCVP |
| 1996-1997 | Jacob Zlotoff Betsy Walter Asher Knight Adam Hollander | President PVP SAVP RCVP |
| 1997-1998 | Matt Kunofsky Ilana Chernow Nicole Scaglione Stephanie Leifer | President PVP SAVP RCVP |
| 1998-1999 | Juliesue Thorner Jessica Olean Randi Levine Michael Simon | President PVP SAVP RCVP |
| 1999-2000 | Jeremy Rosenberg Melanie Ross Ryan Roman Helayne Hashmall | President PVP SAVP RCVP |
| 2000-2001 | Sean Thibault Becky Ellias Rachel Van Thyn Marc Zieger Guerra | President PVP SAVP RCVP |
| 2001-2002 | Ashley Habas Becky Gimbel Anna Avery Jesse Friedman | President PVP SAVP RCVP |
| 2002-2003 | Chad Rochkind Will Dempster Matt Berns David Ladon Debra Eichenbaum | President PVP SAVP RCVP MCVP |
| 2003-2004 | Allison Tatarsky Adam Roe Dana Tarley Matt Reber Adrienne Levy | President PVP SAVP RCVP MCVP |
| 2004-2005 | Daniel Zadoff David Silverstein Mira Lyon Jeremy Gimbel Justin Felder | President PVP SAVP RCVP MCVP |
| 2005-2006 | Andy Shoenig Sarah Ruben Jordyn Jacobs Nina Loftspring Elyse Greenberg | President PVP SAVP RCVP MCVP |
| 2006-2007 | Dean Carson Ben Levine Aaron Arbiter Mark Swick Seth Gordon-Lipkin | President PVP SAVP RCVP MCVP |
| 2007-2008 | Zachary Newburgh Benjamin Judah Phelps Mookie Kideckel Joshua Morris, Ivy Cohen Jeremy Carlson, Emily Harry | President PVP SAVP RCVP MCVP |
| 2008-2009 | Jessica Goodman Noah Wolf-Prusan Michelle Cravez Elaina Marshalek Zach Bronstein | President PVP SAVP RCVP MCVP |
| 2009-2010 | Aliza Gazek Tyler Benjamin Sophie Vener Josh Levin Alyssa Kress | President PVP SAVP RCVP MCVP |
| 2010-2011 | Daniel Landesberg Julia Carpey Molly Goldberg Rio Cheyenne Blue Aly Pavela | President PVP SAVP RCVP MCVP |
| 2011-2012 | Forrest Yesnes Liza Moskowitz Avra Bossov Austin Zoot Taylor Lyles | President PVP SAVP RCVP MCVP |
| 2012-2013 | Evan Traylor Jordan Rodnizki Joy Nemerson Jacob Georginow Marlee Ribnick | President PVP SAVP RCVP MCVP |
| 2013-2014 | Andrew Keene Morgan Weidner Gordon Kaye Micah Friedman Aaron Heft | President PVP SAVP RCVP MCVP |
| 2014-2015 | Debbie Rabinovich Scott Rubenstein Olivia Kessler Max Spivak Talia Capozzoli Jacob Maier | President PVP SAVP RCVP MVP CVP |
| 2015-2016 | Jeremy Cronig Lexi Chavin Taylor Gleeson Celia Tedde Joey Penn Aly Silverberg | President PVP SAVP RCVP MVP CVP |
| 2016-2017 | Kathryn Fleisher Jordan Iserson Shelby Shoup Matthew Sampson Andrew Oestreicher Deni Budman | President PVP SAVP RCVP MVP CVP |
From the very beginning, the work of NFTY's Youth Leadership has been supported by the adult Professional Staff of NFTY and the Union for Reform Judaism. Below are the NFTY Directors, Associates and Assistants who have all helped to shape NFTY into what it is today:
| Year | Name | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1939-41 | Rabbi Arthur Lelyveld | Director |
| 1941-45 | Rabbi Selwyn Ruslander | Director |
| 1945-67 | Rabbi Samuel Cook | Director |
| 1948-49 | Robert Herzog | Assistant Director |
| 1951-1959 | Eleanor R. Schwartz | Associate Director |
| 1957-1958 | Rabbi Erwin Herman | Assistant Director |
| 1959-1960 | Sandra Benkoil | Assistant to the Director |
| 1960-1971 | Carol Horn | Assistant to the Director |
| 1963-1971 | Rabbi Henry Skirball | Associate then Director |
| 1967-1970 | Rabbi David Davis | Associate Director |
| 1971-1985 | Rabbi Stephen Schaffer | Director then Director of UAHC Youth Division |
| 1971-2002 | Rabbi Allan Smith | Director Camp & Youth Programming then Director of UAHC Youth Division |
| 1971-1974 | Linda Umansky Saiger | Assistant Director |
| 1974-1977 | Susan Lippman Knobles | Assistant Director |
| 1975- | Paul J. Reichenbach | Co-Director URJ Kutz Camp then Director URJ College Department then Director of Israel Programs then Director of Camping and Israel Programs |
| 1977-1983 | Rabbi Leonard Troupp | AAssociate then Director |
| 1978-1987 | Terry Goldstein | Special Projects Coordinator then Assistant Director |
| 1978-1986 | Rabbi Daniel Freelander | Assistant then Associate Director |
| 1982-1989 | Rabbi Ramie Arian | Director |
| 1982-1984 | Carol Siegel | Assistant Director |
| 1986-1989 | Ruth Bloomfield Margolin | Assistant then Associate Director |
| 1989-1991 | Debbie Fliegelman | Assistant Director |
| 1989-1992 | Beth Shanus | Assistant Director |
| 1990-1995 | David Frank | Director |
| 1990-1991 | Rabbi Mark Glickman | Director, Camp & Youth Leadership |
| 1994-2008 | Rabbi Eve Rudin | Asst Director of NFTY, then Dir. of Jr. & Sr. H.S. Programs then Dir. of NFTY then Director of URJ Kutz Camp |
| 1995-1996 | Rabbi Michael Matuson | Assistant Director |
| 1995-1999 | Jonathan Cohen | Associate Director of Jr. & Sr. H.S. Programs |
| 1994-199 | Julie Fleisher | NFTY-GER Director then Associate Director of NFTY |
| 1998-1999 | Dennis Eisner | Director of Jr. & Sr. H.S. Programs |
| 1999-2007 | Hope Chernak | NFTY-SER Advisor then Southest Regional Director of Youth & Informal Ed. then Director of NFTY Regions then Managing Director, NFTY |
| 1999- | Melissa Anton Frey | NFTY-TOR Regional Advisor then NFTY-NEL Regional Advisor then Assistant Director of NFTY, then NFTY Director of Operations & Special Projects then Director, NFTY Leadership Experience at the Kutz Camp then Director, URJ Kutz Camp & Associate Director, NFTY then Director, URJ Kutz Camp |
| 1999-2003 | Rachel Mersky Woda | Assist. Director then Director of NFTY Education |
| 1999-2004 | Rabbi Andrew Davids | Associate Director, URJ Youth Division then Co-Director, URJ Youth Division |
| 1999-2009 | Shelley Schweitzer | Interim NFTY-NEL Regional Advisor then Regional Director of Youth and Informal Education, Northeast Lakes Council/Detroit Federation, then Consultant to the NFTY Leadership Team |
| 2001-2012 | Rabbi Laura Novak Winer | URJ PCWC Director of Youth & Informal Ed, then Director of URJ Youth Initiative, then Youth Programs Director of Curriculum & Congregational Support then District Director of Youth & Lifelong Learning and NFTY Leadership Team then Lead Congregational Consultant on Youth then Director of Teen Engagement |
| 2002- | Scott Hertz | Webmaster then Manager of Web and Technology then Director of Web and Technology |
| 2003-2005 | Matthew Soffer | NFTY Program Assistant and NFTY Board Advisor |
| 2004-2006 | Rabbi Michael Friedman | Director of Jr. & Sr. H.S. Programs |
| 2005-2006 | Sara Reichenbach Manor | NFTY Intern at 633 |
| 2005 | Jesse Paikin | NFTY Summer Intern at Kutz Camp |
| 2005-2006 | Julia Elmaleh-Sachs | NFTY High School Intern at 633 |
| 2005-2011 | Rabbi Michael Mellen | Director of URJ Youth Programs and Interim NFTY Director then NFTY Director |
| 2006-2011 | Daniel Steiner | NFTY Summer Intern at Kutz Camp then NFTY Program Associate then NFTY North American Coordinator |
| 2007 | Jordyn Jacobs | NFTY Summer Intern at Kutz Camp |
| 2006-2013 | Subie Banaszynski | Regional Director of Youth and Informal Education then NFTY Director of Program then NFTY Director of Operations then NFTY Director of Regions then Interim NFTY Director then NFTY Director |
| 2007-2010 | Miriam Fink | NFTY Program Associate & Mitzvah Corps Coordinator |
| 2007- | Michael Fuld | NFTY Program Associate & Kutz Camp Assistant Director then NFTY-NAR Youth Programs Manager & Kutz Camp Senior Asst. Director |
| 2008 | Benjamin Levine | NFTY Spring Intern at 633 |
| 2008 | Jessica Goodman | NFTY High School Intern at 633 |
| 2008 | Seth Adam Gordon Lipkin | NFTY Summer Intern at Kutz |
| 2008-2010 | Caryn Roman | NFTY & Kutz Manager of Development and Alumni |
| 2009 | David Fine Alpert | NFTY Summer Intern at Kutz |
| 2009- | Daniel Garwood | NFTY Senior Summer Intern at Kutz then NFTY in Israel Registrar |
| 2009-2015 | Kelly Biedinger | NFTY Senior Intern at 633 then Kutz Camp Assistant Director and NFTY Program Associate |
| 2010 | Andrew M. Morstein | NFTY Intern at Kutz Camp |
| 2011- | Beth Avner Rodin | NFTY Director of Education and Special Projects then NFTY Associate Director |
| 2012-2013 | Rebecca Wolchok | NFTY/Kutz Program Associate |
| 2012-2014 | Alex Rogers | NFTY Operations Manager |
| 2014-2015 | Micol Zimmerman Burkeman | NFTY Director |
| 2014-2015 | Austin Zoot | NFTY Communications Associate |