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Programs

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2023 - 2026

Amber Bell, Lincoln University, BPD Online
Program Accreditation and Curriculum Development (PACD)/ Accreditation and EPAS

​Chair: Amber Bell, Lincoln University

Co-Chair: Kristina Gordon, California Baptist University

Board Liaison:  Courtney Ruggles

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Advancing Justice for LGBTQAI+
People and Communities 

​Chair: K. Scherrer, Metropolitan State University of Denver

Board Liaison: Sherrie Faulkner

Advocacy and Civic Engagement

Chair: Kareema Gray, Johnson C. Smith University

Board Liaison: Jeanette Lukas

Publications and Communications
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 Dawn Apgar, Seton Hall University

Board Liaisons: Lorri McMeel 

Research

Chair: Brianna Lemmons, Baylor University

Board Liaison: Chris Streidl

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Program Directors

Student Fellows / Student Conference
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Chair: Deanna Hays

Slippery Rock University

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​Co-Chair: Vene Baggett

Texas A&M University, Central Texas

Board Liaison: Judith Crocker-Billingsley

Conference Planning
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Board Liaisons: Executive Committee

Catherine Gayle ,Peg Munke,

Lorri McMeel, Katrina Boone, and Chris Streidl

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Nominations

REGION 1: LaSonya Townsend

Johnson C. Smith University

REGION 3: Carolyn Tollett

Eastern New Mexico University

REGION 5: Cheryl Johnston

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

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Co- Chair- REGION 2: Stephanie Odera

Virginia Commonwealth University

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REGION 4: Hillary Cole

Olivet Nazarene University

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Co-Chair REGION 6: Lana Church

Rutgers University, Newark

Board Liaison: Tammy Faux

Field
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Chair: Mary Jacques Carrol, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Board Liaisons: Katrina Boone and Sherrie Faulkner

Systemic Racism and Social Justice 

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​Chair: Travis Cronin, Fresno State University

Board Liaison: Judith Crocker-Billingsley

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Membership/Mid-Career Educators

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 Chair: Sherron Wilkes, University of Alabama

Co-Chair: Courtney Chapman-Thomas, University of Alabama

 Board Liaison: Katrina Boone

Educators of Color

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Chair: Yarneccia Dyson, University of Houston

Board Liaison: Tiffany Lane and Brian Anderson

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