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The American Counseling Association is a professional and educational
organization that is dedicated to the growth and enhancement of
the counseling profession. Founded in 1952, ACA is the world's largest
association exclusively representing professional counselors in
various practice settings. By providing leadership training, publications,
continuing education opportunities, and advocacy services to nearly
55,000 members, ACA helps counseling professionals develop their
skills and expand their knowledge base.
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Donna Ford, NCC, LPC, Past President, ACA
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Donna Ford has
been a professional counselor for almost 25 years. She recently
retired from Clackamas Community College in Oregon where she
had worked as a counselor since 1979. She has received several
awards for exceptional service including the 1999 Professional
Leadership award from the American College Counseling Association. |
The ACRL, a division of the American Library Association, is a
professional association of academic librarians and other interested
individuals. It is dedicated to enhancing the ability of academic
library and information professionals to serve the information needs
of the higher education community and to improve learning, teaching,
and research.
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Elizabeth Dupuis, MLIS Member, ACRL President's Task Force
on the Educational Role of Libraries
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Elizabeth Dupuis
is head of Instructional Services, University of California,
Berkeley. She received her BA and MLIS from the University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Prior to this position, she was
Head of the Digital Information Literacy Office at the University
of Texas at Austin and project manager for the TILT web-based
library skills tutorial. She serves on the ACRL Instruction
Section, Institute for Information Literacy's Best Practices
Advisory Board, and editorial boards of Public Services Quarterly
and Research Strategies. |
Corporate University Xchange, Inc. is a New York City-based corporate
education research and consulting firm that assists organizations
in optimizing their learning resources. Corporate University Xchange
(CUX) offers a wide array of services, including: consulting , research,
conferences, and customized training for chief learning officers
and their staff. CUX also publishes the newsletter Corporate
Universities International, and the CUX WebLetter. CUX
is recognized internationally as the leading expert on corporate
universities and the firm’s president, Jeanne C. Meister, has
authored the definitive book, Corporate Universities: Lessons
In Building A World-Class Work Force (McGraw-Hill, 1998).
Brenda Velez
Senior Research Analyst |
Brenda Velez designs and develops
survey questionnaires and conducts interviews with best practice
corporate universities. She served as a member of the team that
researched, analyzed and wrote the findings for the Survey of
Corporate University Future Directions and the “Chief Learning
Officer Operational Audit.” |
The High Tech Center Training Unit of the California Community
Colleges is a state-of-the-art training and support facility for
community college faculty wishing to acquire or improve teaching
skills, methodologies, and pedagogy in assistive and instructional
computer technology. Now entering its twelfth year of operation,
the High Tech Center Training Unit carries out extensive research,
testing and evaluation of new and emerging technologies of potential
benefit to persons with disabilities.
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Carl Brown, MS
Director, High Tech Center Training Unit
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Carl Brown is
director of the High Tech Center Training Unit of the California
Community Colleges in Cupertino, CA. In this capacity, he directs
a statewide program providing research, evaluation, training,
and support in the use of assistive computer technology for
faculty and staff of California's 107 community colleges. |
The National Academic Advising Association grew out of the first
National Conference on Academic Advising in 1977 and now has over
4700 members representing all 50 states, Canada, Puerto Rico, and
five other foreign countries.
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Thomas Kerr, PhD
Charter Member and Past President, NACADA
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Tom Kerr is
associate vice president of enrollment management at Fairleigh
Dickinson University. He has served as dean of the College of
Evening and Professional Studies at Drexel University, as associate
provost for academic services at Rowan University, and as associate
dean of academic and student affairs at Boston University. He
has written numerous articles and publications on advising issues. |
NASPA, Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education, is
the leading national association for college and university student
affairs administrators. Since its inception in 1918, student affairs
administrators have turned to NASPA as a resource for professional
development opportunities and information on current issues affecting
campus policies and students' needs.
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Gary Kleemann, PhD
Chair, NASPA Task Force on Distance Learning
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Gary Kleemann
has spent the last 30 years as an administrator in student
affairs, business affairs and academic affairs, as well as
a researcher and teacher in higher education. He currently
serves as the director of e-learning at Arizona State University
East where he is also an adjunct faculty member. |
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