Who We Are


Division Officers

Vice President (2024-2027)
Detra D. Johnson
University of Houston
ddjohns6@central.uh.edu

Vice President-Elect (2027-2030)
Sonya D. Hayes
University of Tennessee-Knoxville
shayes22@utk.edu

Secretary
Nakia M. Gray-Nicolas
Queens College, CUNY
nakia.graynicolas@qc.cuny.edu

Equity, Inclusion, and Action Committee (2025-2026)
Co-Chair: Liliana Castrellon
San Jose State University
liliana.castrellon@sjsu.edu

Co-Chair: Amaarah DeCuir
American University
adecuir@american.edu

Members:
Cailen O'Shea, Chy McGhee, Debalina Maitra, David Osworth, Jerry Maraia, Miyoshi Juergensen, Shannon M. Calderone, Ursula Aldana, Virginia Downing

Early-Career Scholar Committee (2023-2028)
Co-Chair: Lolita Tabron (2023-2026)
University of Denver
Lolita.Tabron@du.edu

Co-Chair: Se Woong Lee (2024-2027)
University of Missouri-Columbia
sewoong.lee@missouri.edu

Co-Chair: (2025-2028)
Elizabeth (Liz) Gil
Fordham University
egil1@fordham.edu

Mid-Career Scholar Committee (2025-2026)
Daniel Liou
Arizona State University

dliou@asu.edu

Virginia Snodgrass-Rangel
University of Houston
vrangel4@Central.uh.edu

Graduate Student Representatives (2025-2026)
Senior Representative
Ben Lebovitz
University of Wisconsin-Madison
balebovitz@wisc.edu

Junior Representative
Jennifer Banegas
Pepperdine University
jennifer.banegas@pepperdine.edu

Connect Series Co-Chair
Sangmin Park
University of Missouri-Columbia
sagnmin.park@missouri.edu

Connect Series Co-Chair
Aashna Khurana
Boston College
khuranaa@bc.edu

Communications
Ambrosia Daphne Solis
University of California-Riverside
asoli035@ucr.edu

Writing Group Coordinator
Su Yon Choi
Michigan State University
choisu4@msu.edu

Foster-Polite Chair
Bobbie Faith Garcia
University of Texas at San Antonio
roberta.garcia@my.utsa.edu

Member-at-Large
Ariadne Jevnikar
Lakehead University
ajevnika@lakeheadu.ca

Member-at-Large
Marcia Sun
Oklahoma State University
marcia.sun@okstate.edu

Division A Newsletter Team (2025-2026)
Co-Editor: Alison Wilson
University of Houston
aswilso6@Central.uh.edu

Co-Editor: Meagan Richard
University of Massachusetts – Boston
Meagan.Richard@umb.edu

Co-Associate Editors: Paul Campbell, Cynthia Angelica Gallardo

Program Planning Chair (2026-2027)
Bryan A. VanGronigen
University of Delaware

bvg@udel.edu

Program Planning Co-Chair (2026-2027)
Ranjini JohnBull
East Carolina University

johnbullr25@ecu.edu

Section Chairs (2026-2027)
Section 1: Leadership for Justice, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging
Jessica Rigby
University of Washington
jrigby@uw.edu

Section 2: Policy and Governance Leadership
David Woo
University of Utah
david.s.woo@utah.edu

Section 3: Improving and Innovating Organizations and Systems
Craig De Voto
University of Illinois-Chicago
craig.devoto@gmail.comcraig.devoto@gmail.com

Section 4: Situating Leadership in Diverse Geographic Communities
Chair: Gwendolyn Baxley
University of Buffalo
gsbaxley@buffalo.edu

Section 5: Healthy Leaders, People, and Communities
Lewis Thomas III
Monmouth University
lthomas@monmouth.edu

Section 6: Leader Preparation, Professional Growth, and Advancement
Cynthia Gallardo
Texas A&M International University

cynthia.gallardo@tamiu.edu

Webmaster (2026-2029)
Dr. Jerry R. Burkett
Texas Woman’s University
jburkett1@twu.edu