Mentors

 Leaders

Kathie Sindt
Johns Hopkins University

Quentin Alexander
 James Madison University (formerly George Mason University, Longwood University)

Quentin successfully completed the program and was awarded a Certificate of Completion at the Annual Conference in Phoenix in October 2018. His accomplishments include presenting at NACADA conferences and (with his mentor) receiving a NACADA Research Grant. He has been a member of the Research Committee, the Region 2 Steering Committee, the Publications Advisory Board, and the NACADA Review Editorial Board. Quentin served as Chair of the First-Generation Advising Community and, with classmates Locksley Knibbs and Mark Nelson, published an article in AAT on Advising Black Male Students in 2020 and Beyond and served as a presenter in a webinar on that topic in October 2020. He has served as the Training Committee Assessment Subcommittee Chair for the Race, Equity, and Inclusion Working Group and the Assessment Chair for the Inclusion and Equity Committee, and he is serving as Guest Editor for an upcoming edition of the NACADA Review. Quention was elected to serve on NACADA's Board of Directors for the 2021-2024 term.

Kathy Davis
(retired, Missouri State University)

Mehvash Ali
University of Washington
(formerly American University of Sharjah)

Mehvash successfully completed the program and was awarded a Certificate of Completion at the Annual Conference in Phoenix in October 2018. Her accomplishments include presenting at annual and international conferences, writing for Academic Advising Today, and contributing to two Pocket Guides. She has been a member of the Inclusion and Engagement Committee and chaired the Global Initiatives Committee for the 2018-2020 term. She is a member of NACADA's AACSS and has served as a keynote speaker and trainer. Most recently, Mehvash is serving as a member of the NACADA Board of Directors for the 2020-2023 term.

Dawn Fettig 
University of Colorado-Boulder

Tania Alvarez
Old Dominion University

Tania successfully completed the program and was awarded a Certificate of Completion at the Annual Conference in Phoenix in October 2018. Her accomplishments include serving as the Region 2 Awards Chair for the 2017-2019 term and presenting at her Region Conference. She has been an active member of the Advising Transfer Student Advising Community and served on the Emerging Leaders Program Advisory Board.

Theresa Hitchcock
Hanover College

Amalauna (Amy) Brock
Auburn University

Amy successfully completed the program and was awarded a Certificate of Completion at the Annual Conference in Phoenix in October 2018. Her accomplishments include serving as Chair of the LGBTQA Advising and Advocacy Community for the 2018-2020 term. She currently serves as a member of the Emerging Leaders Program Advisory Board, Global Awards Committee, and Engagement and Inclusion Committee.  She has written for Academic Advising Today, the NACADA Blog, and a chapter in the forthcoming Academic Advising Administrator’s Handbook. She served as a conference proposal reader, an awards selection proposal reader, peer reviewer for the Advising Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer College Students book.

Craig McGill
Kansas State University 

Fabiola Mora
Colorado State University

Fabiola successfully completed the program and was awarded a Certificate of Completion at the Annual Conference in Phoenix in October 2018. Her accomplishments include presenting at annual conference and assisting with the translatation of the NACADA Core Competencies and Core Values into Spanish. She has worked on initiatives to develop resources for undocumented students, including co-facilitating the eTututorial on that topic. Fabiola is an active member of the LGBTQA Advising and Advocacy Community and has written a chapter for the NACADA book, Advising Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer College Students in the 21st Century. 

Kyle Ellis
University of Mississipi

Shantalea Johns
Wayne State University

Shantalea successfully completed the program and was awarded a Certificate of Completion at the Annual Conference in Phoenix in October 2018. Her accomplishments include presenting extensively at regional, annual, and international conferences; reviewing conference proposals; writing for Academic Advising Today; and serving a reviewer for two Pocket Guides. She has served as a member of the Publications Advisory Board and the Research Committee, and she co-chaired the 2019 Region 5 Conference. Shantalea chaired the PDR Advising Community for the 2019-2021 term, and she led a webinar on that topic in Spring 2020.

Rebecca Hapes
Texas A&M University

Locksley Knibbs
Florida Gulf Coast University

Locksley successfully completed the program and was awarded a Certificate of Completion at the Annual Conference in Phoenix in October 2018. His accomplishments include presenting at regional, annual, and international conferences, as well as multiple webinars. He has served as a conference proposal reader and Pocket Guide reviewer. Locksley chaired the Inclusion and Engagement Committee for the 2019-2021 term and co-chaired the President's Work Group on Race, Equity, and Inclusion. With classmates Quentin Alexander and Mark Nelson, Locksley published an article in AAT on Advising Black Male Students in 2020 and Beyond, and he served as a presenter in a webinar on that topic in October 2020. He is a contributing author to the third edition of Comprehensive Advisor Training and Development: Practices that Deliver. Locksley was elected to serve on NACADA's Board of Directors for the 2021-2024 term and association Vice President for 2022-2023.

Sally Garner
University of Oregon

Patricia MacMillan
University of Ontario Institute of Technology

Patricia successfully completed the program and was awarded a Certificate of Completion at the Annual Conference in Phoenix in October 2018. Her accomplishments include serving as Ontario Liaison for Region 5, Region 5 representative to the Membership Recruitment and Retention Committee, and steering committee member for the Canada Advising Community. She is an active contributor to the work of the ELP-AB and has presented at regional and annual conferences. Patricia served as Region 5 Chair 2019-2021 and presented in a Spring 2021 webinar. She was recently appointed to serve as Chair of the Web Events Advisory Board for 2021-2023.

John Paul Regalado (formerly University of Texas-Corpus Christi

Mark Nelson
Oklahoma State University

Mark successfully completed the program and was awarded a Certificate of Completion at the Annual Conference in Phoenix in October 2018. His accomplishments include presenting at conferences, serving on the Region 7 Steering Committee, and chairing a Region 7 Conference. He has written for Academic Advising Today and, with classmates Locksley Knibbs and Quentin Alexander, Mark published an article in AAT on Advising Black Male Students in 2020 and Beyond and served as a presenter in a webinar on that topic in October 2020. Most recently, Mark was elected to serve as Chair of the Inclusion and Engagement Committee for the 2021-2023 term.

Mandy Stephens
(formerly Carroll University)

Jennifer Plante
Clark University

Jen successfully completed the program and was awarded a Certificate of Completion at the Annual Conference in Phoenix in October 2018. Her accomplishments include presenting at her Region Conference and serving as a conference proposal and Academic Advising Today reviewer.