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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Danielle Morgan Acosta
Vice President
Florida State University
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Craig Elliott
Past President
Samuel Merritt University
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Tricia S. Smith
Director, External Relations
Redford University
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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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Laura Arroyo
Member-at-Large, Mid-Level
University of Colorado Boulder
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Vigor Lam
Member-at-Large Entry Level
Moira Ozias
Director, Research & Scholarship
University of Oklahoma
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Rachel Beech
Director, Membership Development
CSU-San Bernardino
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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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Chris Moody
ACPA Executive Director
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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