ATMCH began as a liaison committee of the Association of Directors of Maternal & Child Health and Children with Special Health Care Needs Programs, now known as the Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP). In this forum, MCH faculty met with MCH directors from the states to discuss curricula, important events, and the academic structure of MCH programs. In 1972, the members of this committee decided to form their own association, separate from AMCHP. ATMCH was consequently formed.
| 1988 | 501c3 status approved |
| 1989 | ATMCH Secretariat established & housed at the National Center for Education in Maternal & Child Health |
| 1989 | Identity Campaign developed new logo |
| 1989 | New by-laws approved & implemented |
| 1990 | Leadership Award established |
| 1993 | MCH Competencies developed by ATMCH Education Committee |
| 1995 | Leadership Award changed to Loretta P. Lacey Academic Leadership Award |
| 1999 | ATMCH Secretariat transferred to the Association of Schools of Public Health |
| 1999 | Survey of MCH graduates conducted |
| 2000 | Website launched |
| 2000 | MCH Competencies revised |
| 2001 | MCH Syllabi Project launched |
| 2001 | Survey of potential and current ATMCH members’ needs conducted |
| 2002 | Mentorship Project launched |
| 2004 | Outstanding Student Author Awards began (ATMCH/APHA MCH Section collaboration) |
| 2006 | Annual Student Faculty Networking Event launched (eventually named after Dr. Greg R. Alexander) |
| 2008 | Membership strategic planning survey conducted |
| 2009 | Doctoral futures survey conducted |
| 2012 | Innovative Teaching Awards launched |
| 2014 | ATMCH Secretariat transferred to the University of Alabama at Birmingham |
| 2014 | Website revised |
| 2014 | ATMCH membership became free of charge |
| 2015 | Survey of potential & current ATMCH members’ needs conducted |
| 2016 | Standing Committees formed: Education & Mentoring, Workforce Development, Membership & Engagement |
| 2017 | Constitution & By-Laws Revised |
| 2018 | Last Lacey Award bestowed |
| 2018 | Last Greg Alexander Networking Event held |
| 2019 | Mission, Target Audience, Leadership, Scope of Work, Constitution & By-Laws Revised |
| 2019 | Last ATMCH Outstanding Student Author Awards bestowed |
| 2021 | Operation of ATMCH activities incorporated into a partnership with the MCH Navigator at Georgetown University’s National Center for Education in Maternal & Child Health |
| 2018-2019 | Edmond Shenassa |
| 2016-2018 | Alice Richman |
| 2014-2016 | Martha Wingate |
| 2012-2014 | Ellen Daley |
| 2010-2012 | Doug Taren |
| 2008-2010 | Russell Kirby |
| 2006-2008 | Marti Coulter |
| 2004-2006 | Jose Gorrin-Peralta |
| 2002-2004 | Gene Declercq |
| 2000-2002 | Arden Handler |
| 1998-2000 | Pierre Buekens |
| 1997-1998 | Lorraine Klerman |
| 1995-1997 | Jonathan Kotch |
| 1993-1995 | Bernie Guyer |
| 1991-1993 | Al Chang |
| 1990-1991 | Rosemary Barber-Madden |