Meagan Hagerty, Emerging Leaders Program Advisory Board Chair 2020-2022 Jared Burton, Incoming Emerging Leaders Program Advisory Board Chair 2022-2024 Leigh Cunningham, Emerging Leaders Program Coordinator
NACADA: The Global Community for Academic Advising is committed to providing opportunities for professional development, networking, and leadership for our diverse membership (Vision and Mission). Association strategic goals include developing and sustaining effective leadership, as well as fostering inclusive practices within the association that respect the principle of equity and the diversity of advising professionals across the vast array of intersections of identity (Strategic Goals). To support these goals, the NACADA Emerging Leaders Program (ELP) was developed in 2006, as an initiative from the (then) Diversity Committee (now the Inclusion & Engagement Committee), to encourage members from diverse backgrounds to explore and get involved in leadership opportunities within the organization.
Each year, beginning with the 2007-2009 Class, 10 Emerging Leaders and 10 Mentors are selected for the two-year program. Emerging Leaders are matched with Mentors who have a wide range of experience within NACADA, from research and publication to serving on the Board of Directors. Emerging Leaders and Mentors work closely to connect the Leaders to the areas of the association they are interested in and develop a plan for continued involvement and growth within the association. Emerging Leaders receive a $2,000 stipend to assist them with travel to NACADA conferences, institutes, and seminars, helping to promote their engagement and involvement.
This year we are celebrating the 15th anniversary of this important program! With fifteen years of successful leadership development now behind us, we are excited to recognize the many members of the Emerging Leaders classes who have served in elected and appointed positions—as chairs of NACADA regions, advising communities, committees, advisory boards, and task forces—as well as those who have stepped up to leadership in other services, scholarship, and research areas. ELPers have already made a lasting contribution to NACADA and have a long list of accomplishments.
The 2020-2022 Emerging Leaders and Mentors, who began their virtually work during the coronavirus pandemic, have been diligently pursuing their goals over the past two years and look forward to coming together onsite to receive their Certificates of Completion this October at the Annual Conference in Portland, OR.
Current Emerging Leaders Program Advisory Board Chair Meagan Hagerty is pleased to announce the 2022-2024 NACADA Emerging Leaders and Mentors.
Emerging Leaders
Erica Brown-Meredith, Longwood University Bethany Jordan, University of Missouri-Kansas City Amanda Lager Gleason, Colorado State University Isabelle Langham, Tennessee State University Benjamin Norris, Frostburg State University Kalani Palmer, Indiana University of Pennsylvania Khadijah Peak-Brown, Tidewater Community College Ali Ressing, Northeastern University Erica Stubblefield, Bon Secours Memorial College of Nursing My'Chael Willis, Norfolk State University
Mentors
Michael ‘Brody’ Broshears, University of Southern Indiana Jeff Elliott, Purdue University Matt Eng, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Michael Geroux, University at Albany, SUNY Rebecca Hapes, Texas A&M University Andrea Harris, Pepperdine University Patricia MacMillan, Ontario Tech University John Sauter, Niagara University Isaiah Vance, Texas A&M University Lisa Yamin, Virginia Commonwealth University
The new Class of Emerging Leaders and Mentors have been meeting over the summer and will continue working virtually and on-site to create partnerships and begin development, conversation, and group-building. Partners will develop goals pertaining to leadership in NACADA over the next six months and continue their work together over the two-year program.
We toast this amazing program and look forward to seeing many more Classes arise in the years ahead!
Meagan Hagerty ELP Advisory Board Chair, 2020-2022 University of Minnesota
Jared Burton Incoming ELP Advisory Board Chair, 2022-2024 Pima Community College
Leigh Cunningham ELP Coordinator NACADA Executive Office Kansas State University
