The membership of the National Council on Family Relations voted in February 2023 and elected NCFR members that will serve them in various leadership positions officers to take beginning in November 2023, following the annual conference.

Further, an amendment to the NCFR Section Bylaws was approved. Article IV, Section 3 had previously stated that: “Candidates for the section office of students and new professionals representative(s) shall have been members of the section for a minimum of one year.”

The revised amendment now states (revisions in bold): “Candidates for the section office of students and new professionals representative(s) shall have been members of NCFR and the section for a minimum of six months.”

Thank you to everyone who voted, and congratulations to these incoming elected officers:

Board of Directors

Click the names below to learn more about each elected leader.

Board of Directors President-elect (2023-2025, President 2025-2027)
Debra L. Berke, Ph.D., CFLE

Board Members-at-Large (2023-2026)
Kari Adamsons, Ph.D.
Ted G. Futris, Ph.D., CFLE
Christi R. McGeorge, Ph.D.

Affiliate Councils President-elect (2023-2025)
Alisha M. Hardman, Ph.D., CFLE 

Students and New Professionals Board Representative-elect (2023-2024, Board SNP Representative 2024-2026)
Janeal M. White, Ph.D., CFLE

Board Committees

Elections Council Member-at-Large (2023-2026)

• Shann Hwa (Abraham) Hwang, Ph.D.
• Elizabeth G. Olson, Ph.D. 

Fellows Committee Member-at-Large (2023-2026)

• Anisa M. Zvonkovic, Ph.D.

Inclusion and Diversity Committee Members-at-Large (2023-2026),

• Yoshie Sano, Ph.D.
• Meeshay Williams-Wheeler, Ph.D., CFLE
• Norma J. Perez-Brena, Ph.D.

Inclusion and Diversity Committee Students and New Professionals Representative (2023-2025)

• Genese C. Clark, M.S.

Section Officers (2023-2025)

Family Policy Section

• Jordan A. Arellanes, Ph.D., Chair-elect
• Elizabeth C. Coppola, Ph.D., Secretary/Treasurer
• So Young Park, J.D., Students and New Professionals Representative

International Section

• Jou-Chen Chen, Ph.D., Chair-elect
• Karen Quek, Ph.D., Secretary/Treasurer
• Weimiao Zhou, M.A., Students and New Professionals Representative

Research and Theory

• Ashley Ermer, Ph.D., Section Chair-elect
• Todd Jensen, Ph.D., Secretary/Treasurer
• Steph Cooke, M.A., Students and New Professionals Representative
• Nathaniel Stekler, B.S., Communications Specialist

Feminism and Family Science Section

• Andrea Roach, Ph.D., Chair-elect
• Carol Johnston, Ph.D., Secretary/Treasurer
• C. Rebecca Oldham, Ph.D., Students and New Professionals Representative   
• Dane Rivas-Koehl, M.S., Students and New Professionals Representative   

Religion, Spirituality, and Family Section

• Haley Sherman, M.S., CFLE, Chair-elect
• Bobby Kern, Ph.D., Secretary/Treasurer
• Calvin Bradley Jr., M.Div., Students and New Professionals Representative