ACEA awards the "lifetime membership" to its members to recognize their lifetime scholarly contributions to the association and the region.
Every effort has been made to ensure that the list provided below is complete. However, please contact us with any information that you may have about anyone who we may have overlooked in this list.
| Name | Affiliation |
| Bruce Benton | University of New Brunswick - Fredericton |
| Robin Neill | University of Prince Edward Island |
| Frank McKenna | Former Premier of New Brunswick |
| Larry Levine | University of New Brunswick - Fredericton |
| George de Benedetti | Mount Allison University |
| Robin Boadway | Queen's University |
| Jim Brox | University of Waterloo |
| Mike Bradfield | Dalhousie Univeristy |
| Peter Townley | Acadia University |
| Wade Locke | Memorial University of Newfoundland |
| Stuart Mestleman | McMaster University |
| Paul Hobson | Acadia University |
| Mel Cross | Dalhousie Univeristy |
| Jim Sentance | University of Prince Edward Island |
| Elizabeth Beale | Atlantic Provinces Economic Council |
| Ronald LeBlanc | Universite de Moncton |
| Frank Strain | Mount Allison University |
| Brian Ferguson | University of Guelph |
| Doug May | Memorial University of Newfoundland |
| David Chaundy | Atlantic Provinces Economic Council |
| Wendy Cornwall | Mount Saint Vincent University |
| Lars Osberg | Dalhousie University |