NCDA Leadership
The NCDA 2022-23 Board of Directors
View the list of NCDA Past-Presidents.
PRESIDENT 2022-23Lakeisha Mathews, MS, CCSPUniversity of Baltimore and Right Resumes & Career Coaching, LLC, Baltimore, MD Brief Biography > | PAST PRESIDENTSharon Givens, PhD, CCC, CCSPVisions Counseling and Career Center Columbia, SC Brief Biography > |
PRESIDENT ELECTCarolyn Jones, MEd, CMCS, CCSPCDJ Consulting, LLC, Florida Brief Biography > | PRESIDENT ELECT-ELECTMarty Apodaca, MA, LPCC, CCC, NCCUniversity of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM Brief Biography > |
SECRETARY (2020-23)Julia Panke Makela, PhD, CCCUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Brief Biography > | TREASURER (2022-25)Deanna Knighton, M.Ed., MABDuke University, Durham, NC Brief Biography > |
ACA GOVERNING COUNCIL (2020-2023)Lisa Severy, PhD, CCCNCDA Certified Career Counselor, LPC Brief 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: Higher Education Career Counselors and Specialists (2020-23)Diandra J. Prescod, PhDUniversity of Connecticut Brief Biography > |
TRUSTEE Constituency: Private Practice, Business/Industry & Agencies (2022-25)Courtney Warnsman, PhDAustin Career Connections Austin, TX Brief Biography > | TRUSTEE Constituency: School Career Counselors and Specialists (2020-23)Celeste J. Hall, MEd, FCD and SCDA Instructor, CCSP, GCDFVirginia Community College System, Richmond, VA 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 > |