The following is an incomplete list of those who were present at the foundational meetings of the NAAL:

Gerard Austin, OP

John F. Baldovin, SJ

Hans Boehringer

Allan Bouley, OSB

Eugene L. Brand

Richard J. Butler

Paul L. Cioffi, SJ

Andrew D. Cifemi, 0 Praem

Patrick W. Collins

Mary Collins, OSB

Daniel P. Coughlin

Joseph L. Cunningham

Everett A. Diederich,SJ

Godfrey Diekmann, OSB

Doris Donnelly

Arlo D. Duba

Regis Duffy

James L. Empereur, SJ

Richard Eslinger

Peter E. Fink, SJ

Virgil Funk

John Gallen, SJ

John Gurrieri

Charles W. Gusmer

Tad Guzie

Kenneth Hannon, OMI

Marion Hatchett

Lawrence Heiman

Hoyt L. Hickman

Jean Marie Hiesberger

Lawrence Hoffman

Paul W. Hoon

Gabe Huck

Kathleen Hughes, RSCJ

Frank Kacmarcik

Aidan Kavanagh, OSB

LeRoy Kennel

Ralph Keifer

Edward Kilmartin, SJ

Leo Klein, S.J.

Thomas A. Krosnicki, SVD

Jovian P. Lang, OFM

Richard Ling

James Lopresti, SJ

Lawrence J. Madden, SJ

Laurence A. Mayer, OPraem

John H. McKenna, CM

Frederick R. McManus

Leonel Mitchell

Nathan Mitchell

James W. Moudry

Michael E. Moynahan, SJ

Hughes Oliphant Old

Boone Porter

Frank C. Quinn, O.P.

Robert E. Rambush

Patrick Regan, O.S.B.

Clarence Rivers

John Rotelle, OSA

Jeffrey Rowthom

Richard Rutherford, CSC

John Barry Ryan

Don E. Saliers

Kevin Seasoltz, OSB

Gerard S. Sloyan

Daniel Stevick

Nancy Swift, RCE

Robert F. Taft, SJ

Thomas J Talley

Richard S. Vosko

Louis Weil

David F. Wright, O.P.