Presidents
| Name | Took Office | Left Office |
|---|---|---|
| Margaret Lynch | 1944 | 1945 |
| Very Reverend B.W. Harrigan | 1945 | 1947 |
| Raymond J. Bergin | 1947 | 1948 |
| Reverend Brother Thaddeus | 1948 | 1949 |
| Dorthea McDonell | 1949 | 1950 |
| Patrick Perdue | 1950 | 1951 |
| Mother Mary Lenore | 1951 | 1953 |
| Margaret Drago | 1953 | 1955 |
| Reverend C.L. Siegried | 1955 | 1956 |
| Mary W. Flynn | 1956 | 1958 |
| Sister M. Vincentia | 1958 | 1960 |
| Reverend J.H. Conway | 1960 | 1962 |
| Patrick O'Leary | 1962 | 1963 |
| Veronica Houlahan | 1963 | 1964 |
| Sister Frances McCann | 1964 | 1965 |
| Karl Bohren | 1965 | 1966 |
| Sister M. Aloysia | 1966 | 1967 |
| Ruth Willis | 1967 | 1968 |
| John Rodriguez | 1968 | 1969 |
| John Kuchinak | 1969 | 1970 |
| Marie Kennedy | 1970 | 1971 |
| Reverend J. Frank Kavanagh | 1971 | 1972 |
| James Carey | 1972 | 1973 |
| Robert Cooney | 1973 | 1974 |
| Leo Normandeau | 1974 | 1975 |
| Derry Byrne | 1975 | 1977 |
| Peter Gazzola | 1977 | 1978 |
| Doreen Brady | 1978 | 1980 |
| George Saranchuk | 1980 | 1982 |
| Kevin Kennedy | 1982 | 1984 |
| T. John Fauteux | 1984 | 1986 |
| Jim Cooney | 1986 | 1988 |
| Eileen Lennon | 1988 | 1990 |
| Michael Coté | 1990 | 1992 |
| Helen Biales | 1992 | 1993 |
| Clare Ross | 1993 | 1995 |
| Marilies Rettig | 1995 | 1997 |
| Marshall Jarvis | 1997 | 1999 |
| Jim Smith | 1999 | 2001 |
| Kathy McVean | 2001 | 2003 |
| Donna Marie Kennedy | 2003 | 2007 |
| Elaine MacNeil | 2007 | 2008 |
| James Ryan | 2009 | 2011 |
| Kevin O'Dwyer | 2011 | 2013 |
Source: OECTA Report to Members, March 2008
- Ruth Willis spent her entire teaching career with the Windsor Separate School Board, and was its first primary consultant. She held a Bachelor of Arts degree from Assumption University, and a Master’s Degree in Educational Psychology from Wayne State University in Detroit. She was secretary of OECTA’s Windsor District, before joining the provincial executive in 1965. She died on July 15, 2006, at age 91.
- John Kuchinak began teaching with the Metropolitan Separate School Board (later renamed the Toronto District Catholic School Board) in 1959, and was a principal from 1965 to 1989. In 1967, he chaired a convention entitled "The role of the Catholic school in a pluralistic society". He received an Ontario Teachers' Federation Fellowship in 1979, and an OECTA Life Membership in 1991. He was known for his work on teachers, and in particular for his work in winning equal pensions for teachers who were members of religious orders. He died on November 29, 2005, at age 72.
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