The statewide organization of CACCRAO began in April 1978. It was a merger of two separate groups: NORCAL AND SCACCRAO.
Our gratitude is extended to the following individuals for their leadership:
| YEAR | PRESIDENT | COLLEGE | CONFERENCE SITE |
| 2008-09 | Sherry Hancock | Skyline College | San Diego Town & Country |
| 2007-08 | Sue Vaughn | Bakersfield College | Harrah's Lake Tahoe |
| 2006-07 | Judy Young | Chabot College | Palm Springs Hilton |
| 2005-06 | Joy Chambers | Cuesta College | Harrah's Lake Tahoe |
| 2004-05 | Deborah Rio | College of the Canyons | Palm Springs Hilton |
| 2003-04 | Deborah Rio | College of the Canyons | Harrah's Lake Tahoe |
| 2002-03 | Kathy Kyne | DeAnza College | Palm Springs Hilton |
| 2001-02 | Margaret Ramey | Antelope Valley College | Harrah's Lake Tahoe |
| 2000-01 | Linda Harris | Evergreen Valley College | Palm Springs Hilton |
| 1999-00 | John Mullen | College of San Mateo | Harrah's Lake Tahoe |
| 1998-99 | John Mullen | College of San Mateo | Palm Springs Hilton |
| 1997-98 | Stuart Wilcox | Pasadena City College | Hyatt Regency-Sacramento |
| 1996-97 | Gerry Fisher | Solano College | Double Tree Mission Valley-San Diego |
| 1995-96 | Elida Gonzales | Mt. San Jacinto | Caesar’s-Lake Tahoe |
| 1994-95 | Delores McNair-Smith | Napa Valley College | Palm Springs Hilton |
| 1993-94 | Dan Angelo | San Bernardino Valley | Caesar’s-Lake Tahoe |
| 1992-93 | Pamela Mize | College of Marin | Palm Springs Hilton |
| 1991-92 | Jess Craig | Irvine Valley | Caesar’s-Lake Tahoe |
| 1990-91 | Lew Ham | DeAnza College | Wyndam-Palm Springs |
| 1989-90 | Lynn Hanks | Mt. San Antonio | Caesar’s-Lake Tahoe |
| 1988-89 | John Dravland | Diablo Valley | Radisson-Palm Springs |
| 1987-88 | Gary Stakan | Los Angeles City | Caesar’s-Lake Tahoe |
| 1986-87 | Sam Sandusky | Sacramento City | Radisson-San Diego |
| 1985-86 | Gordon Newman | Santa Monica | Caesar’s-Lake Tahoe |
| 1984-85 | Horace Henline | Modesto | Catamaran-San Diego |
| 1983-84 | James Klein | Southwestern | High Sierra-Lake Tahoe |
| 1982-83 | Marva Canada | Solano College | Bahia Hotel-San Diego |
| 1981-82 | Melanie Cox | Citrus College | Tahoe Vagabond Sands-Lake Tahoe |
| 1980-81 | Margaret Dominici | Shasta College | Shadow Mountain Resort-Palm Desert |
| 1979-80 | Harold Bateman | Rancho Santiago | Del Monte Hyatt-Monterey |
| 1978-79 | Thayer Johnson | Los Medanos | Bahia Hotel-San Diego |
