Commissioners (term: 4 years or pleasure of governor):
Leslie M. Gravlin, June 1939 -September 1942
Theodore G. Driscoll, September 1, 1943 - 1947
Earl L. Berg, June 28, 1947 - 1954
Arthur Naftalin, 1954-1961
William E. Stevenson, 1961-1965
Stephen T. Quigley, 1965-1967
Rolland F. Hatfield, 1967-1971
Richard L. Brubacher, 1971-1978
James J. Hiniker, 1979-198?
Sandra Hale, 1983-199?
Dana B. Badgerow, June 1991 - 1993
Debra Rae Anderson, August 1993 - December 16, 1994
Elaine Hansen, January 17, 1995-?
David E. Fisher, March 1999-?
Brian Lamb, January 6, 2003 - August, 2004
Kent Allin (Acting Director), September 16, 2004 - October 25, 2004
Dana B. Badgerow, October 25, 2004 - May 11, 2009
Sheila Reger, May 11, 2009 - 2011
Spencer Cronk, February 8, 2011 - August 2014
Matt Massman, August 2014 - 2018
Alice Roberts-Davis, January 7, 2019 - June 2023
Stacie Christensen (temporary commissioner), June 2023 - October 8, 2023
Tamar Gronvall, October 9, 2023 -