NCFR Announces 2017 Elected Officers
The following NCFR members were elected to serve in the following offices of the National Council on Family Relations beginning in November 2017 after the Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida.
Board of Directors
Board President-elect (2017-2019)
Board President (2019-2021)
Leigh A. Leslie, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Family Science at the University of Maryland and Marriage and Family Therapist, Private Practice
Board Member-at-large (2017-2020)
April L. Few-Demo, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Human Development at Virginia Tech
Board Member-at-large (2017-2020)
Bethany L. Letiecq, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Director, Human Development and Family Science at George Mason University
Board Member-at-Large (2017-2020)
Brian G. Ogolsky, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Affiliate Councils President-elect (2017-2019)
Tammy S. Harpel, Ph.D., CFLE, Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Science at Illinois State University
Students and New Professionals Board Representative-elect (2017-2018)
Andrea L. Roach, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Child, Family and Consumer Sciences at California State University, Fresno
Elections Council
Elections Council Members (2017-2020)
- Jodi B. Dworkin, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Extension Specialist; Associate Department Head, Department of Family Social Science, University of Minnesota
- Heather M. Helms, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Human Development and Family Studies Department, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Inclusion and Diversity Committee
Members-at-Large (2017-2020)
- Tiffany L. Brown, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Family and Child Studies, Montclair State University
- Chalandra M. Bryant, Ph.D., CFLE, Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Science, University of Georgia
- Kristy Y. Shih, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Human Development and Family Studies, Central Michigan University
Students and New Professionals Representative (2017-2019)
- Elizabeth G. Holman, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Human Development and Family Studies, Bowling Green State University
Section Officers 2017-2019
Family Policy Section
- Morgan Cooley, Ph.D., LCSW, Chair-elect
- Erica Jordan, Ph.D., CFLE, Secretary/Treasurer
- Anthony J. Ferraro, B.S., Students and New Professionals Representative
Feminism and Family Studies Section
- Megan Haselschwerdt, Ph.D., Chair-elect
- Katie Heiden-Rootes, Ph.D., Secretary/Treasurer
- Alison Chrisler, Ph.D., Students and New Professionals Representative
- Sonia Molloy, M.A., Students and New Professionals Representative
International Section
- Grace H. Chung, Ph.D., Chair-elect
- Jane Rose Muthoni Njue, Ph.D., CFLE, Secretary/Treasurer
- Cagla Giray, M.S., Students and New Professionals Representative
Religion, Spirituality, and Family Section
- Pamela B. Payne, Ph.D., CFLE, Chair-elect
- Anthony Blake Walker, Ph.D., Secretary/Treasurer
- Ilya Okhotnikov, D.Min., Students and New Professionals Representative
Research and Theory Section
- Amy Rauer, Ph.D., Chair-elect
- Adam M. Galovan, Ph.D., Secretary/Treasurer
- TeKisha Rice, B.S., CFLE, Students and New Professionals Representative