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

Danita Brown Young

Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
NASPA Board Chair

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Chicora Martin

Vice President of Student Affairs and Dean of Students, Agnes Scott College
NASPA Board Chair-Elect

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Julie Payne-Kirchmeier Headshot Update

Julie Payne-Kirchmeier

Vice President for Student Affairs, Northwestern University
NASPA Past Board Chair

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Kevin Kruger

Kevin Kruger

President
NASPA

202-265-7500 ext. 1175
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Board Members

Alex Cabal Headshot

Alex Cabal

Region I Director

Director of Diversity Initiatives & Engagement, College of Arts, Media, and Design, Northeastern University
Region I Director

Jodi Bailey Headshot

Jodi Bailey

2021-2023 Region II RD

Vice President for Student Affairs, New Jersey City University
Region II Director

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Mylon Kirsky Headshot

Mylon Kirksy

Region III Director

Senior Director of Residence Life/Assistant Professor of Practice, University of Texas at Austin
Region III Director

Bernard Little

2021-2023 Region IV-E Regional Director

Dean for Students, Waubonsee Community College
Region IV-East Director

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Keegan Nichols

Region IV-West Director

Vice President for Student Affairs, Arkansas Tech University
Region IV-West Director

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Joanna Royce-Davis

Region V Director

Vice President for Student Life, Pacific Lutheran University
Region V Director

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Rameen Talesh

Regional Director, Region VI

Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Life & Leadership and Dean of Students, University of California-Irvine
Region VI Director

Richard Monroe headshot

Richard Monroe

Community Colleges Division Director

Student Engagement Manager, Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City
Community Colleges Division Director

Candace Maddox Moore headshot

Candace Maddox Moore

Faculty Council Director

Associate Clinical Professor, College of Education, University of Maryland-College Park
Faculty Council Director

Mirela Mazalu

Global Division Director

Secretary General, EucA
Global Division Director

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Salvador Mena

Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, Rutgers University
Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Division Director

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Leanna Fenneberg

Knowledge Community Director

Vice President for Student Affairs, Rider University
Knowledge Communities Director

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Kendal Washington White

Professional Standards Division Director

Vice Provost for Campus Life & Dean of Students, University of Arizona
Professional Standards Division Director

Jeanna Mastrodicasa

Public Policy Division Director

Associate Vice President for Operations, University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
Public Policy Division Director

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Kimberly Blea

Small Colleges and Universities Division Director

Dean of Students, New Mexico Highlands University
Small Colleges and Universities Division Director

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Willie Banks Jr.

Member at Large

Vice Chancellor, Student Affairs, University of California, Irvine
Member at Large

Darryl Holloman headshot

Darryl Holloman

Member at Large

Vice President for Student Affairs, Spelman College
Member at Large

Daniel Maxwell

Annual Conference Chair

Interim Vice Chancellor/Interim Vice President for Student Affairs and Enrollment Services, University of Houston
Annual Conference Chair

Maureen Keefe Headshot

Maureen Keefe

NASPA Foundation Chair

Vice President for Student Development, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
NASPA Foundation Chair

(617) 308-9265
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Past Board Chairs & Presidents

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