NCDA Leadership
The 2023-24 NCDA Board of Directors
View the list of NCDA Past-Presidents.
PRESIDENT 2023-2024Carolyn Jones, MEd, CMCS, CCSPCDJ Consulting, LLC, Florida Brief Biography > | PAST PRESIDENTLakeisha Mathews, Ed.D., MS, CCSPUniversity of Baltimore and Right Resumes & Career Coaching, LLC, Baltimore, MD Brief Biography > |
PRESIDENT ELECTMarty Apodaca, MA, LPCC, CCC, NCCUniversity of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM Brief Biography > | PRESIDENT ELECT-ELECTDirk Matthews, MS, CMCSColumbia College Chicago
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SECRETARY (2023-26)Julia Panke Makela, PhD, CCCUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Brief Biography > | TREASURER (2024-25)Melissa (Missy) Wheeler, PhD, NCC, ACSSacred Heart University Brief Biography > |
ACA GOVERNING COUNCILKathy M. Evans, Ph.D., LPC, CCCEBrief Biography > | EXECUTIVE DIRECTORDeneen Pennington, MSCreative Management Alliance, Broken Arrow, OK Brief Biography > |
TRUSTEE Constituency: Counselor Educators and Researchers (2021-24)David Julius Ford, Jr., PhD, LCMHC (NC), LPC (VA, NJ), NCC, ACSMonmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ Brief Biography > | TRUSTEE Constituency: School Career Counselors and Specialists (2023-26)Carla B. Cheatham, PhD, LCPC, NCC, GCDF, CSCDASeattle University, Chicago, IL Brief Biography > |
TRUSTEE Constituency: Private Practice, Business/Industry & Agencies (2022-25)Courtney Warnsman, PhDAustin Career Connections Austin, TX Brief Biography > | TRUSTEE Constituency: Higher Education Career Counselors and Specialists (2024-26)Deanna Knighton, M.Ed., MABNorth Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC Brief Biography > |
TRUSTEE-at-LARGE (2022-25)Jim Peacock, CCSPPeak Careers Vassalboro, ME Brief Biography > | TRUSTEE State Divisions (2021-24)Stacy Van Horn, PhDUniversity of Central Florida Brief Biography > |
