Candidate for President-Elect: Charles R. Crews

Current Role / Institution: Assistant Professor/Texas Tech University
Certifications and/or Licensure: Certified School Counselor; Licensed Professional Counselor; Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor (Texas) ACA Branch, Division and Affiliate Membership, and Other Related Memberships:
American Counseling Association: Texas Counseling Association
Texas Counselors for Social Justice -Technology Chair
West Texas Counseling Association – Vice-President
Association for Counselor Education and Supervision
American School Counselor Association: Texas School Counselor Association
National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME): TX NAME –Treasurer

SACES or ACES Association Experience:
Texas Association for Counselor Education and Supervision – Past- President, Conference Chair

Qualifications and Goals Statement:
My leadership style is intentionally simple and honest where all voices are heard and all people are included, not just those who speak the loudest. My various leadership experiences in Texas organizations have provided me an aspiration to move my leadership outside of my state. I believe leaders in our professional associations who have been through the battles of passing laws and shaping the counseling profession are retiring and leaving for a second act. However, we still have new professionals trying to find their way. Thus, a unique leadership situation unfolds. I feel it is paramount for leadership to unite our distinctive generations of counselors to carry on the tradition and formation of our profession. Only through this process of erudition with distinctive generations do we truly have the prospect to “get” what is achievable for the counseling profession. My simple goal for SACES is to unify our southern states. Sometimes it is preferable to find the easy road to our destination. But, our profession requires us to go “off road” with our students, supervisees, and clients who deserve our best, not just what is comfortable. I am qualified to meet these challenges.

Candidate for President-Elect: Jennifer Jordan Ph.D., LPC, NCC

Current Role / Institution:
Associate Professor, Counseling and Development Program, Winthrop University (South Carolina)
Certifications and/or Licensure:
Licensed Profession Counselor, Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor Supervisor

ACA Branch, Division and Affiliate Membership, and Other Related Memberships:
American Counseling Association; Association for Counselor Education and Supervision; Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision; Association for Specialists in Group Work; Association for Play Therapy

SACES or ACES Association Experience:
SACES International Interest Network - Co-Chair, 2000 (Created an international interest network listserv); Onsite Conference Registration Coordinator, 2003; Onsite Conference Liaison, 2006; Membership co-chair 2001-2002

Qualifications and Goals Statement:
I have been a member of SACES for over 13 years; and have played many behind the scenes roles within the organization. I believe I have vision is clear of what I can give back to the association.

As SACES President, my goal would be to create a supportive system within the organization which promotes the advancement and wellness of all of our counselor educators. By drawing upon and utilizing the strengths of members and regional leaders to accomplish the goals as well as introducing some unique ideas to disseminate conference information, create structures to support counselor educators research and service endeavors. In addition, to assist in the achievement of the goals I, would propose dividing our conference agendas into the following three priority areas:

Teaching: An emphasis of conference presentations/workshops would focus on the sharing pedagogical strategies, exceptional classroom presentations/lectures, experiential activities, creative assignments, pertinent recourses, and online discussions and activities.

Research: The focus of presentations/workshops would be to create a safe environment for colleagues to share their struggles, network, become more knowledgeable, and to gain a sense of accomplishment and pride related to research and publishing through experiential learning.

Service: Presentations/workshops would include grant writing for outside funding sources and shared techniques for dealing with programmatic issues such as: accreditation requirements, and issues related to adjuncts, curriculum, clinics, manuals, field placement, student organizations, and remediation to name a few.

In conclusion, I would be honored to serve as your SACES president and have a chance to serve the organization.

Candidate for Secretary: Julia S. Chibbaro

Current Role / Institution:
Assistant Professor, University of West Georgia
Certifications and/or Licensure:
Licensed Professional Counselor - State of South Carolina – License Number: LPC 615
National Board for Certified Counselors – Certificate Number: 22652

ACA Branch, Division and Affiliate Membership, and Other Related Memberships:
ACES, SACES

SACES or ACES Association Experience: I have attended and participated in a workshop at SACES and made the following presentations at either ACES or SACES .

Workshop:
Emerging Leaders Workshop, hosted by Drs. Don Locke and Pam Paisley, Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, Houston, TX. (2008, October)

Presentations: Chibbaro, J.S. (2008, October). Counselor educators and impaired students: Faulty gatekeepers or reluctant evaluators? Roundtable discussion presented at the 2008 Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, Houston, TX.
Boes, S., Snow, B., Sebera, K.E., & Chibbaro, J. S. (2008, October). The production of school counselors: An analysis of SACES graduate programs. Poster session presented at the 2008 Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, Houston, TX.
Chibbaro, J.S., Sebera, K., & Stanard, R. (2007, October).Engaging students in Advocacy: What’s a counselor educator to do? Poster session presented at the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, Columbus, OH.
Oberman, A.O., Sebera, K., & Chibbaro, J.S. (2006, September). Counselor Educators’ use of technology in practicum and internship. Poster session presented at Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, Orlando, FL.

Qualifications and Goals Statement:
I feel that I am qualified for the position of Secretary of SACES because of both my organizational abilities and my capabilities to offer support to those with whom I work. I enjoy collaborative and positive working relationships with my colleagues and believe the same would be true regarding work with members of the Executive Council. I have a strong work ethic and am always ready to learn and accept new challenges. I look forward to learning about and accepting responsibilities of the office of Secretary. I will contribute my time and efforts to the overall success of the organization and its productivity during the term of office.

Candidate for Secretary: Kylie P. Dotson-Blake

Current Role / Institution:
Assistant Professor, East Carolina University Certifications and/or Licensure:
North Carolina LPC, North Carolina School Counselor, NCC

ACA Branch, Division and Affiliate Membership, and Other Related Memberships:
ACES; AMCD; CSJ; AASECT-American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors & Therapists State Level Memberships: North Carolina Counseling, North Carolina School Counseling Assoc. SACES or ACES Association Experience: I previously served as the Graduate Student Representative for SACES 2004-2005 and chaired the Graduate Student Interest Network.

Qualifications and Goals Statement:
I believe that an organization’s success depends on diversity being valued and all members’ voices being heard. Each officer plays a role in cultivating and supporting an environment of respect and shared purpose within the organization. The SACES secretary is well-positioned to share information with members in such a way as to promote transparency and foster collaboration. If elected to this position, I would do my best to foster relationships within our organization and between our organization and the larger community to help promote the mission and goals of SACES. I would do this by organizing and distributing information to the Executive Council and SACES members in a timely manner, allowing opportunities for feedback. I would also work to strengthen connections by maintaining consistent, open communication with State ACES Presidents as defined in the secretary’s responsibilities in the SACES bylaws. I believe that I possess skills that will help in these endeavors, including technological proficiency and strong organizational abilities. I also bring a commitment to service, collaboration and professionalism—characteristics that I’m proud to say are hallmarks of SACES members. I appreciate the opportunity to be considered as a nominee and would be honored to serve as SACES Secretary.

Candidate for Secretary: Teah Moore

Current Role / Institution:
Assistant Professor, Fort Valley State University
Certifications and/or Licensure:
National Board Certified Counselor

ACA Branch, Division and Affiliate Membership, and Other Related Memberships:
American Counseling Association; American School Counseling Association, Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision

SACES or ACES Association Experience:
As a Doctoral Student I served two years as the ACES graduate representative, during that time my colleagues and I oversaw the Counselor Education Doctoral Student Breakfast at ACA and ACES. We initiated the Counselor Education Research Seminar at ACES and ACA in order to provide pre-dissertation and dissertation support to Counselor Education doctoral students. Each year this seminar has proven successful as it brings together counselor educators with research backgrounds and doctoral students. I have prior experience as a part of the executive board working with Donna Henderson and James Benshoff, both past presidents of ACES. As a professional member of ACES, from 2006-present, I have served as the Chair of the Advocacy Interest Network. While the main goal has focused on advocacy for the profession and for clients, we have worked build up the interest among counselor educators, supervisors, to provide masters and doctoral level students the opportunity to become involved. For the past three years while in Tennessee, I was a member of Tennessee ACES and served 2008-2009 year as the president of TACES. In support of Tennessee Counseling Association conference we held a pre-conference with invited guest Dr. Deryl Bailey, University of Georgia at Athens. In spring 2009, we co-sponsored Carolyn Stone presentation on Legal and Ethics for School Counselors at the Tennessee School Counselors Institute. We have maintained a membership of forty plus and look to continue our efforts in the State of Tennessee. Some additional efforts were to establish a yearly budget and to develop bylaws in compliance with those of ACES.

Qualifications and Goals Statement:
As the SACES secretary, I bring with me my experience of having served as a voting member of ACES and SACES. My efforts with both ACES and TACES were rewarded with successful endeavors that have continued to present day. I am a strong advocate for the voices of Counselors and have represented both students and professionals. As part of the SACES, I desire to continue the tradition of developing leaders for the profession and seek to incorporate more benefits to the membership in order to enhance current benefits. I also seek to maintain good records that preserve the growth, depth, and stability of the organization to ensure continuity occurs as executive council members change and bylaws evolve to reflect the needs of the organization.