NCFR Announces 2019 Elected Officers
The membership of the National Council on Family Relations voted in February 2019 and elected the following officers to serve beginning in November 2019. Thank you to everyone who voted, and congratulations to these members!
Board President-Elect (2019-2021) / Board President (2021-2023)
- Norma J. Bond Burgess, Ph.D., Associate Provost and Professor, Lipscomb University
Board Members-at-Large (2019-2022)
- Soyoung Lee, Ph.D., CFLE, Associate Professor of Family Science & Human Development, Montclair State University
- Robert Reyes, Ph.D., CFLE, Professor of Human Development & Family Science, Messiah College
Affiliate Councils President-Elect (2019-2021)
- Joanne A. Roberts, Ph.D., CFLE, Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology, Hardin Simmons University
Students & New Professionals Board Representative-Elect (2019-2020)
- Jennifer L. Doty, Ph.D., CFLE, Assistant Professor, Department of Youth, Family, and Community Sciences, University of Florida.
Elections Council Members (2019–2022)
- Jenifer K. McGuire, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Extension Specialist, Family Social Science, University of Minnesota
- Lorey Wheeler, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor, Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Fellows Committee Members (2019–2022)
- Jennifer Hardesty, Ph.D., CFLE, Professor, Human Development & Family Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Maureen Perry-Jenkins, Ph.D., Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Director of the Center for Research on Families, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Inclusion and Diversity Committee – Member-at-Large (2019–2022)
- Adrienne M. Duke, Ph.D., Assistant Professor/Extension Specialist in Human Development and Family Studies, Auburn University
- Jocelyn R. Smith Lee, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Human Development & Family Studies, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Inclusion and Diversity Committee – Students and New Professionals Representative (2019–2021)
- Shawn N. Mendez, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina, Asheville
SECTION OFFICERS (2019–2021)
Family Policy Section
- Anthony J. Ferraro, Chair-Elect
- Susan Meyerle, Secretary/Treasurer
- Jordan Alan Arellanes, Students and New Professionals Representative
Feminism and Family Studies Section
- Dana Weiser, Chair-Elect
- Elizabeth Holman, Secretary/Treasurer
- Samuel Allen, Students and New Professionals Representative
- Autumn Bermea, Students and New Professionals Representative
International Section
- Raeann R. Hamon, Chair-Elect
- Rosemary William Eustace, Secretary/Treasurer
- Chang Su-Russell, Students and New Professionals Representative
Religion, Spirituality, and Family Section
- Anthony Blake Walker, Chair-Elect
- Byran B. Korth, Secretary/Treasurer
- Andrew Rose, Students and New Professionals Representative
Research and Theory Section
- Beth S. Russell, Chair-Elect
- Spencer B. Olmstead, Secretary/Treasurer
- Jillian Caldwell, Students and New Professionals Representative
- Kayley Davis, Communications Specialist
Affiliate Councils Board (2018-2020)
The following NCFR members were elected to the Affiliate Councils Board in October 2018 and are currently serving in their roles. Learn more.
- Jennifer Newquist, Ph.D., CFLE, Secretary
- Janeal White, M.S., CFLE, Students and New Professionals Representative
