Alicia K. Czachowski is the Senior Executive Director of Alice! Health Promotion and Columbia University. Previous work includes roles at Tulane University, Northern Illinois University, and Hunter College.  Alicia holds a EdD in Adult and Higher Education, with a concentration in Student Affairs from Northern Illinois University and a Master's in Public Health from Temple University. Their areas of concentration have included substance use and recovery, assessment and evaluation, stress management and how to help a friend in distress, and restorative practices. They have been working with peer educators as an advisor for more than 15 years. In their free time they enjoy spending their free time with family and friends, their dog, traveling, indulging in anything Star Wars or Doctor Who related, and going to Broadway shows.

Joleen M. Nevers has been working in college health for over 20 years at the University of Connecticut. In addition to working in various roles at UConn, Joleen has served both the New England College Health Association and ACHA in many capacities throughout her career. At NECHA, she has served on the Board of Directors as a member-at-large, vice president, president, and past president, and on the Program Planning Committee. For ACHA, Joleen has served as program planner for the Health Promotion Section (twice), as the chair of the Ethics Committee, the secretary for Sexual Health Coalition, Region V representative to the Board of Directors, member-at-large for the Health Promotion Section, member of the Racial Marginalization and Health Inequities Task Force, and on several committees for the Health Promotion Section. She has worked on revising and editing documents for the association, including for the Health Promotion Section’s standards of practice and hiring guidelines and ACHA’s General Statement of Ethical Principles and Guidelines. Joleen has consistently presented at both ACHA and NECHA for over a decade. She has been committed to justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion in her career and has been working with colleagues to offer presentations, reflections spaces, and white accountability groups for the association.

La' Tesha is the Director of Strategic Initiatives for Campus Health and a Certified Health Education Specialist. On a daily basis, she interacts and connects one-on-one with students (and their families) to discuss various health topics to support their academic success and enhance their ability to optimally thrive at Tulane. La' Tesha completed her undergraduate degree in Chemistry with a minor in Biology at Xavier University of Louisiana. She received her Master of Science in Public Health degree in Tropical Medicine concentrating in Parasitology from Tulane University's School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. She had the opportunity to work as a graduate assistant at The Well when she attended Tulane and that's when she fell in love with college health promotion.

Yvonne Giovanis is the Assistant Director for Wellness Education & Health Promotion in the Campus Recreation & Wellness Promotion department at Texas Christian University. She has a Master's in Counseling, with a specialization in student affairs, and is currently a doctoral candidate in TCU’s Higher Education Leadership program. Yvonne created, developed, and sustains the current peer education program at TCU. Prior to her current role, she served for 10 years in the TCU Alcohol and Drug Education Center. She previously worked at two other institutions in the areas of housing and residence life, student conduct, leadership development, and diversity education.

Michelle Quispe, an alumnus of Northern Arizona University, received her Master of Arts in Health Psychology and is currently a Health Educator Sr. who supports health promotion and prevention at Arizona State University. She has 7+ years of experience in higher education using health promotion, prevention, and recovery initiatives to support student well-being and student success. As a Health Educator Sr., she utilizes peer educator strategies to drive student support models across the university to address high-level health education issues.

Markie oversees Active Minds’ work in higher education, focusing on mental health support for college and university students, staff, and faculty. She focuses on making Active Minds' programs inclusive of different institution types and student populations. Markie received her bachelor’s in psychology from Marquette University and her Master’s of Science in Higher Education and Student Affairs from Indiana University-Bloomington. Before joining the Active Minds Staff, Markie worked at Auburn University focusing on mental health programming and peer health education for their Division of Student Affairs, and was the co-advisor for the campus’s Active Minds chapter. 

Dr. Amelia Parnell, who has recently assumed the presidency of NASPA–Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education, is an accomplished higher education executive and an internationally recognized thought leader regarding current issues and emerging trends in the field. She is a passionate advocate for higher education as a tool for personal advancement and impact, and she seeks opportunities to partner with organizations and individuals who share her sincere commitment to centering students' needs.

As the vice president for research and policy for NASPA, Dr. Parnell leads many of the association's scholarly and advocacy-focused activities. During her eight-year tenure in this role, she has fostered genuine partnerships with college administrators, researchers, grantmakers, and other higher education professionals. Dr. Parnell’s previous policy and practitioner experiences include roles in association management, legislative policy analysis, internal audit, and TRIO programs. Her research portfolio includes studies of leadership in higher education, with a focus on college presidents and vice presidents.

As a frequent keynote speaker at national and regional conferences, Dr. Parnell presents on topics related to student affairs, college affordability, student learning outcomes, and institutions' use of data and analytics. She has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, the Chronicle of Higher Education, Inside Higher Ed, and PBS Newshour.

Dr. Parnell recently completed four years of service on the Board of Directors for EDUCAUSE, where she was chair of the Finance & Investment Committee and the Audit Committee. She is also the chair of the Higher Education Equity Network (HEEN), a collective impact network representing more than 25 organizations at the forefront of addressing racial equity in higher education.

Dr. Parnell enjoys her work as an adjunct instructor and campus lecturer because it helps her ground her work through enriching engagements with students and peers. She is energized by making complex concepts easy to understand, so she hosts her podcast, Speaking of College, a source of reliable answers to college-related questions. She is also the author of the book, You Are A Data Person, which she wrote to encourage all higher education professionals to discover and embrace their unique data identity.Amelia holds a Ph.D. in higher education from Florida State University and master’s and bachelor’s degrees in business administration from Florida A & M University.

D’Najah Pendergrass Thomas (She/Her) is a practitioner whose work is centered around organizational behavior with a focus on recruitment, professional development, and career advancement. Committed to helping organizations and communities bring about transformational change in these areas, she currently serves as director of The Placement Exchange (TPE) - a partnership of ACUHO-I and NASPA, in collaboration with NACA, NODA, ASCA, and AFA. 

Monica Nixon serves as Vice President for Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. Previously, she held diversity, equity, and inclusion and student affairs roles at Saint Joseph’s University, Seattle University, Colgate University, the University of Puget Sound, and the University of Virginia, for which she currently serves on the Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) Fund alumni board.

Monica received her Master of Arts in Counselor Education and her B.A. in English in 1995 from the University of Virginia. She earned a Doctorate of Education in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies from the University of Washington, where her dissertation focused on the positionality and agency of women of color chief diversity officers in higher education institutions. Monica co-authored a chapter in the 2012 NASPA-published book Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Higher Education and has served actively with NASPA – Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education, ACPA – College Student Educators International, and the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education.

Jessica Henault, MS (she/her) is NASPA’s program coordinator for the Culture of Respect Collective. Before joining NASPA, Jessica was Kansas State University’s first violence prevention specialist, where she developed and implemented a university-wide violence prevention plan. She is passionate about improving the safety and well-being of college campuses and holds a master’s degree in Counseling and Student Development. Currently, Jessica is a doctoral student at Kansas State University studying Prevention Sciences, focusing her research on the intersection of sexuality, sexual agency, and political resistance within erotic fanfiction.

Jennifer E. Henkle, MSW, LMSW (she/her/hers) is the director for sexual violence prevention and response. Jennifer oversees the Culture of Respect initiative and guides NASPA's work as a collaborative partner towards resolving systems of gender- and power-based violence. She is a Licensed Master's Social Worker (LMSW) in the state of Virginia and has formerly worked in residence life, survivor advocacy and respondent services, campus sexual violence prevention and education, and higher education case management.

Kim Kruchen-Spaulding has worked in higher education for the past 10 years in a variety of roles, including academic affairs, student activities, assessment, and strategic resources. She holds an M.Ed. from the University of Virginia where she interned for the Council for Advancement of Standards and conducted research. Kim served as the Director of the Office of Assessment & Planning in the Division of Student Affairs at CU Boulder from 2017-2022. In April 2022, she began a new role at CU Boulder as the Associate Director for Strategic Initiatives. Her current work focuses on change management, researching effective strategies that impact students, and developing reporting practices for the division.

Shaun came to UF in 2017 to direct the new Office of Assessment and Research in its mission to champion a culture of evidence-based decision making for Student Life. Prior to this role Shaun served the University of West Florida for 12 years in a progression of experience including creating the Outdoor Adventures program, supervising Recreational Sports programming, instructing undergraduate and graduate courses, and managing assessment initiatives for Student Affairs. His leadership style and strategies for building assessment capacity draw from his bachelors in animal behavior, masters in experiential education, and doctorate in physical education and health.

Erica Eckert, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Higher Education Administration in the College of Education, Health, and Human Services at Kent State University. Before becoming a faculty member, she served for 15 years in a variety of administrative roles managing assessment, accreditation, program review, technology and data systems, survey development and data analysis, and academic and admissions operations.  She teaches courses on technology, business and finance, and assessment and accreditation in higher education and co-authored Business Practices in Higher Education: A Guide for Today’s Administrators (2nd ed.)  Dr. Eckert’s research explores how higher education organizations navigate systems and structures, including assessment and accreditation.

Darby Roberts, Ph.D. is director of Student Affairs Planning, Assessment & Research in the Division of Student Affairs at Texas A&M University. She has been working in student affairs assessment since 1998. As a faculty member in the Student Affairs Administration in Higher Education master’s program at Texas A&M, Darby has students submit professionally written documents in her student affairs assessment class. She has been actively involved in the NASPA Assessment, Evaluation, and Research Knowledge Community (twice as co-chair), as well as the Student Affairs Assessment Leaders organization. In 2023, she co-authored Student Affairs Assessment: Theory to Practice (2nd ed.) and co-edited Assessing Student Leadership, a monograph in the New Directions for Student Leadership series. She also co-edited Learning is Not a Sprint: Assessing and documenting student leader learning in cocurricular involvement. In the past several years, Darby has also contributed chapters to several books on student affairs assessment and student learning. She frequently presents at conferences and consults with campuses on their assessment needs. 

Shannon Dean-Scott, Ph.D. is an associate professor in the student affairs in higher education program at Texas State University. She has taught research and assessment courses for 10 years and was a practitioner leading various assessment projects prior to her faculty role. She is involved in the NASPA Assessment, Evaluation, and Research Knowledge Community and co-edited the book, Using the CAS professional standards: Diverse examples of practice which was endorsed by NASPA, ACPA, and CAS. Her current research focuses on multicultural consciousness of undergraduate students, assessment practices, and teaching pedagogies.