Governing Board

The ACPA Governing Board is composed of 17 voting members. Fourteen of these members are elected and three positions are appointed (Director of Professional Development, Director of Research and Scholarship, and Assembly Coordinator for Coalitions & Networks). The ACPA Executive Director will serve as both the Treasurer and Secretary of the Board in an ex-officio, non-voting position on the Governing Board.

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Ethical Statements & Principles

Vernon Wall

President

LeaderShape & One Better World, LLC
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Twitter: @VernonAWall | Contact

Danielle Morgan Acosta

Vice President

Florida State University
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Twitter: @dMo924 | Contact

Craig Elliott

Past President

Samuel Merritt University
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Twitter: @drcraigelliott | Contact

Tricia S. Smith

Director, External Relations

Redford University
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Twitter: @talktotricia | Contact

Brian Arao

Coordinator, Commissions

University of California - Santa Cruz
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Marc Johnston Guerrero

Member-at-Large, Faculty

The Ohio State University
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Becki Elkins

Coordinator, Communities of Practice

University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
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Beverley Ellis

Coordinator, International Members & Divisions

University of the Southern Caribbean
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Shawna Patterson-Stephens

Member-at-Large Senior Level

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Dean Kennedy

Director of Professional Development

Sonoma State University
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Twitter: @deanfkennedy | Contact

Laura Arroyo

Member-at-Large, Mid-Level

University of Colorado Boulder
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Vigor Lam

Member-at-Large Entry Level

Kitchell CEM
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Twitter: @veegorous | Contact

Moira Ozias

Director, Research & Scholarship

University of Oklahoma
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Twitter: @moiraozias | Contact

Rachel Beech

Director, Membership Development

CSU-San Bernardino
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Twitter: @rabeech | Contact

Windi Sasaki

Director of Equity & Inclusion

University of California, San Diego
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Jordan S. West

Coordinator, Coalitions & Networks

The George Washington University
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Nicole Whitner

Assembly Coordinator for State & Regional Chapters

Holy Names University
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Twitter: @whit_nikki | Contact

Chris Moody

ACPA Executive Director

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Twitter: @chrismoody8 | Contact

Governing Board Elects

  • Director-Elect, Equity & Inclusion: Jonathan A. McElderry
  • Director-Elect, Professional Development: Jim Breslin
  • Member-at-Large Elect, Entry-Level: Latecia Yarbrough, UC Santa Cruz
  • Coordinator-Elect, International Divisions & Members: Joy Andrea Cox
  • Coordinator-Elect, Communities of Practice: Nick Tapia-Fuseiler
  • Coordinator-Elect, Coalitions & Networks: Victoria Malaney Brown