MINNEAPOLIS — The National Council on Family Relations membership has elected new national officers who will take office in November after the 2016 NCFR Annual Conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

NCFR Board of Directors positions

Board Member-at-Large - 2016-19

Karen Benjamin Guzzo (Ohio); associate professor of sociology, associate director of the Center for Family & Demographic Research, Bowling Green State University

Board Member-at-Large - 2016-19

Stephan M. Wilson, CFLE (Oklahoma); dean of the College of Human Sciences, Regents Professor of Human Development & Family Science, Oklahoma State University

Read more about the electees to the NCFR Board of Directors by clicking their names above.

Non-Board positions

Elections Council - 2016-19

Kimberly Updegraff (Arizona); professor of family and human development, Arizona State University

Kevin Roy (Maryland); associate professor and graduate director, Department of Family Science, School of Public Health, University of Maryland College Park

Fellows Committee - 2016-19

Norma J. Bond Burgess (Tennessee); professor and dean, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Lipscomb University

Joseph G. Grzywacz (Florida); chair and Norejane Hendrickson Professor of Family and Child Sciences, Florida State University

Inclusion and Diversity Committee

Members-at-Large - 2016-19

Miriam Mulsow (Texas); associate professor, Department of Human Development & Family Studies, Texas Tech University

Thomas W. Blume (Michigan); associate professor, Oakland University

Students and New Professionals Program Representatives

2016-18

Katie M. Barrow, CFLE-P (Louisiana); assistant professor of family & child studies, Louisiana Tech University

Jessica N. Fish (Texas); postdoctoral research fellow, University of Texas at Austin

Section leadership

Advancing Family Science

Chair-elect - 2016-18: Jennifer Reinke, CFLE (Wisconsin)
Secretary/Treasurer - 2016-18: Mindy Markham, CFLE (Kansas)
Students and New Professionals representative - 2016-18: Raymond Petren (Pennsylvania)

Education & Enrichment

Chair-elect - 2016-18: Wendy Middlemiss, CFLE (Texas)
Secretary/Treasurer - 2016-18: Claire Kimberly, CFLE (Mississippi)
Students and New Professionals representative - 2016-18: James Kale Monk (Illinois)

Ethnic Minorities

Chair-elect - 2016-18: Yolanda T. Mitchell (Nebraska)
Secretary/Treasurer - 2016-18: Lorey Wheeler (Nebraska)
Students and New Professionals representative - 2016-18: Henry Gonzalez (Arizona)
Students and New Professionals representative - 2016-18: Antoinette M. Landor (Missouri)

Families & Health

Chair-elect - 2016-18: Kimberly Greder, CFLE (Iowa)
Secretary/Treasurer - 2016-18: Amber Seidel, CFLE-P (Pennsylvania)
Students and New Professionals representative - 2016-18: Brianna Routh (Iowa)

Family Therapy

Chair-elect - 2016-18: Rachel B. Tambling (Connecticut)
Secretary/Treasurer - 2016-18: Amber Vennum, CFLE (Kansas)
Students and New Professionals representative - 2016-18: Hoa N. Nguyen (Nevada)

The National Council on Family Relations is the premier professional association for the multidisciplinary understanding of families. NCFR has a membership of more than 3,000 family researchers, practitioners and educators. For more information on the National Council on Family Relations or its scholarly publications, contact NCFR at 1-888-781-9331 or visit www.ncfr.org.