BOARD OF DIRECTORS    
 President:
 (1-year term, October 2021-2022)

Melinda Anderson
Melinda Anderson
Elizabeth City State University

   
 Vice President:
 (1-year term, October 2021-2022)

Michelle Smith Ware
Michelle Smith Ware
University of St. Thomas

   
 Board of Directors:
 (3-year term, October 2021-2024)

 

Quentin Alexander
Quentin Alexander
George Mason University

 

Locksley Knibbs
Locksley Knibbs
Florida Gulf Coast University

 

Kimberly Smith
Kimberly Smith
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

DIVISION REPRESENTATIVES (2-year term, October 2021-October 2023)
Administrative Division
Representative
(appointed)

Cynthia Pascal
     Cynthia Pascal
Northern Virginia Community College

   
Advising Communities Division
Representative 
(elected)

Gavin Farber
Temple University

   
Regional Division
Representative 
(appointed)

Leah Panganiban
University of Washington

 

   
REGION CHAIRS (2-year term, October 2021-October 2023)
Region 1 Chair

Jen KeeneCrouse
Jen Keene-Crouse

UMass Lowell

   
Region 3 Chair

Casey Shadix
Casey Shadix

University of Kentucky

   
Region 5 Chair


Jaimie Engle

DePaul University

   
Region 7 Chair

Kristal Junkens
Kristal Soderstrom Junkens
Okahoma State University

   
Region 9 Chair

Matt Markin
Matthew Markin
California State University- San Bernardino

   
ADVISING COMMUNITY CHAIRS (2-year term, October 2021-October 2023)    
Adult Learners 

Shannon Johnson
Shannon Johnson
University of Hawaii at Monoa

   
Advisor Training & Development 

Banks Blair
Banks Blair

Virginia Tech University

   
Appreciate Advising

Mykel Beorchia
Mykel Beorchia
Utah State University

   
Business Majors

Karen Boston
Karen Boston
University of Arkansas 

   
Career Advising

Dana Hebreard
Dana Hebreard
Aquinas College

   
Education Majors

Shawntae Mintline
Shawntae Mintline

Wayne State University

   
First-Year Students 

Kelci Kosin
Kelci Kosin
Ball State University

   
Global Engagement

Margaret Mbindyo
Margaret Mbindyo
Millersville Unversity

   
Graduate and Professional Students

Dawn Loyola
Dawn Loyola

University of California Riverside

   
Historically Black Colleges &
Universities

Galina Bennett
Galina Bennett
Jackson State University

   
Liberal Arts Advisors

Leslie Ross
Leslie Ross
Georgia Institute of Technology

   
Probation/Dismissal/
Reinstatement Issues

Sharon Hay
Sharon Hay
Indiana University Bloomington

   
 Student Athletes

Will Lewis
Will Lewis
University of Georgia

   
 Technology in Advising

Diana Thompson
Diana Thompson

University of Hawaii

   
Theory, Philosophy, and
History of Advising

 Ryan Scheckel
Ryan Scheckel
Texas Tech University
 

   
 Two-Year Colleges

Marlon Anderson
Marlon Anderson
College of Southern Nevada

   
       
COMMITTEE CHAIRS (2-year term, October 2021-October 2023)    
Global Awards Committee

Jesse Poole
Jesse Poole
Nevada State College

   
Inclusion and Engagement
Committee 

Mark Nelson
Mark Nelson
Oklahoma State Unversity

   
Sustainable NACADA Leadership
Committee

JP Villavicencio
JP Villavicencio
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

   

About NACADA

NACADA promotes and supports quality academic advising in institutions of higher education to enhance the educational development of students. NACADA provides a forum for discussion, debate, and the exchange of ideas pertaining to academic advising through numerous activities and publications. NACADA also serves as an advocate for effective academic advising by providing a Consulting and Speaker Service and funding for Research related to academic advising.

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