Governance

The NASPA Governance Committee is crucial in establishing the association’s strategic goals and ensuring that they are being achieved. The Executive Committee is elected by the membership and other Board members are appointed by the Board Chair-Elect

Executive Committee

Michael Christakis

Vice President for Student Affairs, University at Albany
Board Chair

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Anna Gonzalez

Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, Washington University in St. Louis
Past Board Chair

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Darryl B. Holloman

Vice President for Student Affairs, Spelman College
Board Chair Elect

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Amelia Parnell

President
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Board Members

Omneya Badr

Omneya Badr

Student Success Advisor, Trinity Washington University
Global Division Director

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The institute really opened up my mind to how I navigate my work and spend my time. It also helped me understand how my multiple identities show up in the work space.

Tierney Bates

Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, University of South Carolina Upstate
Region III Director

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Danielle DeSawal

Clinical Professor, Indiana University
Faculty Council Director

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Francisco Díaz

Associate Vice President for Student Development, William Paterson University
Region II Director

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Martha Enciso

Adjunct Faculty in the School of Education, University of Redlands
Knowledge Communities Director

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Eboni Ford Turnbow

Region VI Director

Vice President for Student Affairs, California State University Channel Islands
Region VI Director

Kerry Greenstein

Dean of Student Life, Sweet Briar College

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Carole Hughes

Director of Graduate Student Life, Boston College
Region I Director

Lincoln Johnson

Lincoln Johnson

Associate Vice President for Student Life, University of Washington
Member at Large

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Lori Lander

Assistant Vice Chancellor, University of Arkansas Fayetteville
Region IV-West

Karnell McConnell-Black

Vice President for Student Life, Reed College
Region V Director

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Clint-Michael Reneau

Vice President for Student Affairs and Clinical Associate Professor, Northern Illinois University
Region IV-East Director

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José-Luis Riera

Vice President for Student Life & Interim Chief Diversity Officer, University of Delaware
Annual Conference Chair

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Darby Roberts

Director Student Affairs Planning, Assessment & Research, Texas A&M University
Member at Large

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Freddie Sánchez

Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs, Equity & Inclusion, California State University, Northridge
Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Division Director

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Gregory Toya

Community Colleges Division Director

Dean of Student Affairs, Santa Ana College
Community Colleges Division Director

James Tyger

Assistant Vice President for Student Life, University of Florida 
Public Policy Division Director

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Past Board Chairs & Presidents

2023-24   Chicora Martin

2022-23   Danita Brown Young
2021-22   Julie Payne-Kirchmeier
2020-21   Angela E. Batista
2019-20   Denzil J. Suite
2018-19   Penny Rue
2017-18   Deb Moriarty
2016-17   Lori S. White
2015-16   Frank Lamas
2014-15   Patricia A. Whitely
2013-14   Laura Wankel
2012-13   Levester Johnson
2011-12   Patricia Telles-Irvin
2010-11   Elizabeth Griego
2009-10   Mike Segawa
2008-09   Diana Doyle
2007-08   Jan Walbert
2006-07   Barbara Jones
2005-06   Kurt Keppler
2004-05   Peg L. Blake
2003-04   Karen L. Pennington
2002-03   Michael Jackson
2001-02   Theresa A. Powell
2000-01   Shannon Ellis
1999-00   Doris Ching
1998-99   Cheryl (Cherry) M. Callahan
1997-98   Jack Warner
1996-97   Suzanne E. Gordon
1995-96   Jon C. Dalton
1994-95   James E. Scott
1993-94   Paula M. Rooney
1992-93   Joan Claar
1991-92   Dennis C. Golden
1990-91   Marsha Duncan
1989-90   Dudley Woodard
1988-89   Thomas Goodale
1987-88   Larry Ebbers
1986-87   Judith M. Chambers
1985-86   Bob E. Leach
1984-85   Richard J. Correnti
1983-84   Edward H. Hammond
1982-83   R. Mikell O'Donnell
1981-82   E.T. "Joe" Buchanan
1980-81   Lyle A. Gohn
1979-80   George W. Young
1978-79   Donald V. Adams
1977-78   Arthur Sandeen
1976-77   Alice R. Manicur
1975-76   James J. Rhatigan
1974-75   James R. Appleton
1973-74   John L. Blackburn
1972-73   Thomas B. Dutton
1971-72   Chester E. Peters
1970-71   Earl W. Clifford
1969-70   Mark W. Smith
1968-69   O.D. Roberts
1967-68   Carl W. Knox
1966-67   Edmund G. Williamson
1965-66   Glen T. Nygreen
1964-65   Victor R. Yanitelli
1963-64   James McLeod
1962-63   J.C. Clevenger
1961-62   Fred J. Weaver
1960-61   William S. Guthrie
1959-60   H. Donald Winbigler
1958-59   Fred H. Turner
1957-58   Donald M. Dushane
1956-57   Frank C. Baldwin
1955-56   John H. Hocutt
1954-55   John H. Stibbs
1953-54   Robert M. Strozier
1952-53   Victor F. Spathelf
1951-52   A. Blair Knapp
1950-51   Wesley P. Lloyd
1949-50   L.K. Neidlinger
1948-49   J.H. Newman
1947-48   E.L. Cloyd
1946-47   Arno Nowotny
1944-46   Earl J. Miller
1943-44   J.H. Julian
1942-43   Joseph A. Park
1941-42   L.S. Corbett
1940-41   J.J. Thompson
1939-40   J.F. Findlay
1937-39   D.H. Gardner
1936-37   Dabney S. Lancaster
1935-36   William E. Alderman
1934-35   B.A. Tolbert
1933-34   H.E. Lobdell
1932-33   C.E. Edmonson
1931-32   W.I. Moore
1930-31   W.L. Sanders
1929-30   J.W. Armstrong
1928-29   G.B. Culver
1927-28   Scott H. Goodnight
1926-27   Floyd Field
1925-26   C.R. Melcher
1924-25   Robert Rienow
1923-24   J.A. Bursley
1922-23   Stanley Coulter
1921-22   Edward E. Nicholson
1920-21   Thomas A. Clark
1919-20   Scott H. Goodnight