Conveners serve for one year, with one-year terms beginning July 1.
The convener rotates alphabetically through the campuses.
- The convener is responsible for organizing the group's meetings. We currently meet monthly on the second Friday at 10am via Zoom.

The past convener shall take the minutes, and distribute them in a timely manner.
The host is responsible for local arrangements.
- July 2024-2025 - UCR - Janet Reyes
- July 2023-2024 - UCM - Eric Scott
- July 2022-2023 - UCLA/UCM - Co-chairs Zhiyuan Yao/Erin Mutch
- July 2021-2022 - UCI - Co-chairs Julia Gelfand / Danielle Kane
- July 2020-2021 - UCD - Michele Tobias
- July 2019-2020 - UCB - Susan Powell
- July 2018-2019 - Stanford - Julie Sweetkind-Singer
- July 2016-2018 - UCSB - Jon Jablonski
- July 2015-2016 - UCLA - Maria Jankowska
- July 2014-2015 - UCI - Julia Gelfand
- July 2013-2014 - UCD - Carol La Russa
- July 2012-2013 - UCB - Brian Quigley
- July 2010-2012 - Stanford - Julie Sweetkind-Singer
- July 2009-2010 - UCSC - Cynthia Moriconi
- July 2008-2009 - UCSD - Michael Smith
- July 2007-2008 - UCR - Wendie Helms
- July 2006-2007 - UCI - Yvonne Wilson
- July 2005-2006 - UCD - Kathy Stroud
- July 2004-2005 - UCB - Fatemah Van Buren
- July 2003-2004 - Stanford - Julie Sweetkind-Singer
- July 2002-2003 - UCSC - Cynthia Jahns
- July 2001-2002 - UCSB - Mary Larsgaard
Chair of the UC Maps & Geography Bibliographers Group:
- 2007 - - Michael Smith, UCSD
- 2003-2007 - Cynthia Jahns, UCSC
- Until 2003 - Mary Larsgaard, UCSB