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ÀÖ²©´«Ã½Advisory Council

Consisting of elected representatives from ACA’s 20 divisions, four geographic regions and a student representative, ACA's Advisory Council advises the Board of Directors — influencing policy, counseling the board on practice concerns and informing it on the counseling profession. This body will have direct influence on the strategic direction ÀÖ²©´«Ã½takes in addressing concerns of the counseling community.

ÀÖ²©´«Ã½2026-2027 Advisory Council

Raime Thibodeaux, LPC-S, NCC
American College Counseling Association
Amanda M. Evans, PhD, LPC, NCC
Association for Humanistic Counseling
Kathy M. Evans, PhD, LPC, CCC
National Career Development Association
Michael Todd Hartley, PhD
American Rehabilitation Counseling Association
Angela Coker, PhD, LPCC, LPC
Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development
Seneka Rachel Gainer, PhD, LPC-S, LMFT
National Employment Counseling Association
Rochelle Cade, PhD, LPC-S
Association for Addiction and Justice-Involved Counseling
Kendra L. Jackson, PhD, LPC, LSC
Association for Specialists in Group Work
Robert McKinney, PhD
Society for Sexual, Affectional, Intersex, and Gender Expansive Identities
Janelle Jones, PhD, NCC
Association for Adult Development and Aging
Frances L. McClain, PhD, LCPC
Association of Counseling Sexology and Sexual Wellness
Rebecca L. Christiansen, LPC-MH, LPCC, NCC
Midwest Region
Casey A. Barrio Minton, PhD, NCC
Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling
Lauren Shure, PhD
Counselors for Social Justice
Elizabeth Boyer Fier, LPC, NCC
North Atlantic Region
Hayley L. Stulmaker, PhD, LPC-S Association for Child and Adolescent Counseling Mark A. Saunders Sr., PhD, LMFT, LPC
International Association of Marriage and Family Counselors
BJ Broadan Barksdale, MEd, LPC-S, NCC
Southern Region
Hayley L. Stulmaker, PhD, LPC-S
Association for Child and Adolescent Counseling
Latoya A. Haynes-Thoby, PhD, LPC, NCC
International Association for Reliance and Trauma Counseling
Amanda C. DeDiego, PhD, LPC, NCC
Western Region
Mariaimee Gonzalez, PhD, LMHC, LPC
Association for Counselor Education and Supervision
Duane K. L. France, MBA, LPC
Military and Government Counseling Association
Jackeline Bicas
Graduate Student Member