The Central Gardens board of directors honors past presidents whose leadership and commitment created and preserved Central Gardens as the premier historic neighborhood in the Mid-South.
1975 Kenny Wolfe, Claude Braganza
1976 Dan Wilkinson
1977 Mary Jane Webb
1978 Pat Wall
1979 Madge Clark
1980 Charles Shipp
1981 John McQuiston
1982 Sissie Canale
1983 Becky Barger
1984 Jon McCalla
1985 Jere Fones
1986 Dick Vandemark
1987 John Baker
1988 Susie Fisher
1989 Dan Hoffman
1990 Barbara Vandermark
1991 Mark Vorder-Bruegge
1992 Sandra Palazolo
1993 Eddie Peterson
1994 Mary Walker
1995 Ham Smythe, IV
1996 Nancy Willis
1997 Tom Corona
1998 Libby Pritchard
1999 Jerry Palazolo
2000 Mia Henley
2001 Mike Frick
2002 Lila Beth Burke
2003 Alan Catmur
2004 Sharon Burch
2005 Hutton Easley
2006 Susan Rush
2007 Patti Marsh
2008 Ted Morton
2009 Christina Hall
2010 Ken Cummins
2011 Steven King
2012 Nancy Willis
2013 Susie Jabbour
2014 Matthew Domas
2015 Barrie Simpson
2016 Barbara Sysak
2017 Kathy Ferguson
2018 Eddie Hutchison
2019 Mark Fleisher
2020 Sharon Shipley
2021 Shelly Rainwater
Source: Memphis Room archives, Memphis Public Library file box entitled "Central Gardens Historic District Collection"; newsletters