In the 2011 NCFR elections, Rose Allen (Minnesota) was elected as president-elect of the Affiliate Councils Board (ACB), and Deb Cashen (Texas) elected the ACB Program Chair representing the ACB on the Conference Program Committee.  They assume their duties at the end of this year's annual conference.  Rose will fill the president-elect position now held by Minnell Tralle, who will begin her two-year term as ACB president. Minnell will succeed Chloe Merrill, current ACB president.  Deb takes the position now held by Joanne Roberts, who will become chair of the Religion & Families Section at the end of the year.

In addition, Josh Shaw of Weber State University, just elected as the Student Affiliate Representative to the ACB, will assume his office immediately because of a vacancy.  He is replacing Angela Rushton, formerly of the Stephen F. Austin State University affiliate, who resigned due to work conflicts.

Rose is an Extension Educator in Family Relations at the University of Minnesota and past president of MCFR.  Deb Cashen is president of the Texas Council on Family Relations.  In addition, as president-elect, Rose also serves on the NCFR Board of Directors for two years before taking on the two-year presidency position of the ACB. Chloe was the first ACB president to hold the president-elect position (created five years ago) and a seat on the NCFR Board before assuming the ACB presidency. The change was a good one, she says, since it allows the president-elect to focus on affiliate issues at the board level without also running the very active affiliates board.

Chloe says that Rose, Deb, and Josh are great additions to the ACB. "As long-time members who have served as affiliate officers, they bring experience and knowledge of the benefits that affiliates provide to members and how the activities in the affiliates can make NCFR stronger."