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President
Joanne Canyon-Heller
Director of Graduate Admission
Roosevelt University
430 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60605
Phone:  312-281-3250
Fax:  312-281-3356
jcanhel@roosevelt.edu

Vice President
James N. Crane
Assistant Dean Graduate Studies
Brigham Young University
BYU Graduate Studies
105 FPH
Provo, UT 84602
Phone:  801-422-1586
Fax:  801-422-0270
james_crane@byu.edu

Past President/International Relations Chair
Jeffery T. Johnson
Associate Dean for Graduate Admissions & Student Affairs
Tulane University
School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine
1440 Canal Street
New Orleans, LA 70112
Phone:  504-988-2235
FAX:  504-988-0907
jeff@tulane.edu

Treasurer
Sarah Petrakos
Assistant Dean
Simmons College
GSLIS
300 The Fenway
Boston, MA 02115
Phone:  617-521-2801
Fax:
Email: sarah.petrakos@simmons.edu

Secretary
Debbie Lesperance
Director of Admissions
Columbia University
School of Social Work
1255 Amsterdam Ave., Rm. 517
New York, NY  10027 
Phone:  (212) 851-2211
Fax:  (212) 851-2305
E-Mail:  dl635@columbia.edu

Marketing Communication Committee Chair
Felicia L. Townsend
Assistant Dean
Recruitment, Admissions & Marketing/Director of the Center for Professional Excellence
Dominican University
Graduate School of Social Work
7200 W. Division St.
River Forest, IL  60305
Phone:  (708) 771-5298
Fax:  (708) 366-3446
E-Mail:  ftownsend@dom.edu

2012 Annual Conference Chair
Julia Bourquin Deland
Senior Associate Director of Admissions
Harvard Graduate School of Education
111 Longfellow Hall
13 Appian Way
Cambridge, MA  02138
Phone:  (617) 495-3414
Fax:  (617) 496-3577
julie_deland@gse.harvard.edu

Publications Chair
Colleen Flynn Thapalia
Director of Graduate Admissions
The College of St. Rose
Graduate & Continuing Education Admissions
432 Western Ave.
Albany, NY 12203
Phone: 518-458-5486
Fax: 518-458-5479
thapalic@strose.edu

Membership Committee Chair
Judith Baker
Director, Graduate Admissions
Nazareth College of Rochester
4245 East Avenue
Rochester, NY  14618
Phone:  (585) 389-2824
Fax:  (585) 389-2817
E-Mail:  jbaker51@naz.edu

Professional Development Chair
Cammie Baker Clancy
Director of Graduate Admissionand Outreach
Empire State College- SUNY
School for Graduate Studies
111 West Ave.
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
Phone:  518-587-2100 x 2393
Fax:  518-587-9760
cammie.baker-clancy@esc.edu

Research and Global Issues Chair
Kristen Sterba
Assistant Dean, Office of Graduate Student Recruiting and Retention
Graduate School
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
4301 W. Markham Slot 601B
Little Rock, AR 72205
Phone:  (501) 526-7396
Fax:  (501) 626-5661
SterbaKristenM@uams.edu

2013 Annual Conference Chair
Anna B. Jordan
Associate Director of Graduate Admissions and New Student Services
Marymount University
2807 North Glebe Road
Arlington, VA 22207
Phone: (703) 284-5903
Fax: (703) 527-3815
ajordan@marymount.edu

Education Chair
Daniel J. Bennett
Assistant Dean
University of California- Los Angeles
Graduate Division
Box 951428
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1428
Phone: 310-825-3763
Fax: 310- 206-4627
usdb0@ucla.edu

Executive Director
Monica Evans-Lombe
(913) 895-4781
mevanslombe@goamp.com

Mailing address: 
National Association of Graduate
Admissions Professionals 
P. O. Box 14605
Lenexa, KS  66285-4605 
(913) 895-4616
FAX:  (913) 895-4652
info@NAGAP.org   
www.NAGAP.org

For Express Mail:
18000 W. 105th Street
Olathe, KS  66061-7543

NAGAP Governing Board Meeting Dates and Locations

Past Presidents and Governing Boards

Past President	Year of Presidency	Governing Board Members
Donald J. Shaw	1988-1990	George Abraham (Treasurer) Norman E. Puffett (Editor)
Judith Beals	1990-1992	George Abraham (Vice President) Judith Reynolds (Treasurer) Deborah Benvenger (Secretary) John Noonan (Parliamentarian) Donna Krivis (Annual Conference Chair) Paul Mallett (Graduate Fair Series Chair) Joseph Spellman (Membership Chair) Letitia Bingham (Journal Editor)
George Abraham	1992-1994	Judith Reynolds (Vice President) John Noonan (Treasurer) Kathleen Anderson (Secretary) Donald Shaw (Parliamentarian) Judith Beals (Past President) Donald Resnick (Annual Conference Chair) Paul Mallett (Graduate Fair Series Chair) Glenn Berman (Membership Chair) Drina Lynch (Research Chair) Gael Minton (Journal Editor)
Glenn Berman	1994-1996	Gael Minton (Vice President) Donald Resnick (Treasurer) Kay Reed (Secretary) Kristin Williams (Parliamentarian) George Abraham (Past President) Marianne Gramza (Annual Conference Chair) Craig Pilant (Graduate Fair Series Chair) Barbara Baily (Membership Chair) David Behrs (Journal Editor) Joanne Nagy (Research Chair) Farrell Brown (Nation Issues Chair) Cynthia Thomas-O'Dell (Diversity & Human Relations Chair)
Donald Resnick	1996-1998	Barbara Baily (Vice President) Karen Swenson (Treasurer) Deborah Mulford Rohovit (Secretary) Marianne Gramza (Parliamentarian) Glenn Berman (Past President) Cynthia Thomas-O'Dell (Membership Chair) Joanne Nagy (Annual Conference Chair) Linda Putchinsky (Research Committee) Kristin Williams (Nation Issues Committee) Lynne Goldberg (Diversity & Human Relations Chair) John Noonan (Professional Development Chair) Kim Bunch (Journal Editor)
Barbara Baily	1998-2000	Joanne Nagy (Vice President) Kim Bunch (Treasurer) Craig Pilant (Secretary) Donald Resnick (Past President) Marianne Gramza (Parliamentarian) Jeffery Johnson (Membership Chair) Stan Fasci (Annual Conference Chair) John Augusto (Research Chair) Patricia Baron (Journal Editor) Carolyn Payne (National Issues Chair) John Noonan (Professional Development Chair)
Joanne Nagy	2000-2001	Marianne Gramza (Vice President) Kim Bunch (Treasurer) Jeffery Johnson (Secretary) Barbara Baily (Past President) Donald Resnick (Parliamentarian) Thomas Rock (Annual Conference Chair) Thomas Evans (Graduate Fair Calendar Chair) Kristin Williams (Membership Chair) Patricia Baron (Journal Chair) John Noonan (Professional Development Chair) Carolyn Payne (Research and National Issues Chair)
Marianne Gramza	2001-2002	Kim Bunch (Treasurer) Jeffery Johnson (Secretary) Barbara Baily (Joanne Nagy) Donald Resnick (Parliamentarian) Thomas Rock (Annual Conference Chair) Thomas Evans (Graduate Fair Calendar Chair) Kristin Williams (Membership Chair) Patricia Baron (Journal Chair) John Noonan (Professional Development Chair) Carolyn Payne (Research and National Issues Chair)
Kristin Williams	2002-2004	Donald Resnick (Vice President) Karen Swenson (Treasurer) Joanne Canyon-Heller (Secretary) Demetrius Greer (Parliamentarian) Glenn Berman (Annual Conference Chair) John Drew (E-Communication Chair) Carolyn Payne (Membership Chair) Patricia Baron (NAGAP Perspectives Chair) Thomas Rock (Marketing Chair) Ellen Driscoll (Professional Development Chair) Jeffery Johnson (Research and National Issues Chair) John Noonan (Special Projects Chair)
Carolyn Payne	2004-2006	Thomas Rock (Vice President) Dave Fletcher (Treasurer) Joanne Canyon-Heller (Secretary) Kristin Williams (Past President) Thomas Evans (Parliamentarian) Debra Harris (Annual Conference Chair) John Drew (Technology Services Chair) Julia Carlson (Membership Chair) John Bury (Publications Chair) Susan Barnes (Marketing Chair) Donald Resnick (Professional Development Chair) Susan Repine (Research and National Issues Chair) Donald Shaw (Archivist)
Thomas P. Rock	2006-2008	Jeffery Johnson (Vice President) Carolyn Payne (Past President) Dave Fletcher (Treasurer) Harry Byerly (Secretary & 2007 Annual Conference Chair) Lisa Davis (2008 Annual Conference Chair) Thomas Evans (External Relations Chair) Rick Liston (Technology Services Chair) John Bury (Publications Chair Joanne Canyon-Heller (Marketing and Membership Relations Chair) Ann Bruno (Professional Development Chair) Nancy Knight (Research and National Issues Chair)
Jeffery T. Johnson	2008-2010	Joanne Canyon-Heller (Vice President) Thomas Rock (Immediate Past President) Nancy Knight (Secretary) Dave Fletcher (Treasurer) Daniel Bennett (Education Chair) Cammie Baker-Clancy (Professional Development Chair) Debbie Lesperance (2009 Annual Conference Chair) Julia Bourquin Deland (2010 Annual Conference Chair) James Crane (Marketing and Membership Relations Chair) Colleen Flynn Thapalia (Publications Chair) Lisa Davis (External Relations Chair) Christiane Roth (International Relations Chair) Kristen Sterba (Research and Global Issues Chair)
Joanne Canyon-Heller	2010-2012	James Crane (Vice President) Jeffery T. Johnson (Immediate Past President) Sarah Petrakos (Treasurer) Debbie Lesperance (Secretary) Felicia L. Townsend (Marketing Communication Committee Chair) Cammie Baker-Clancy (Professional Development Chair) Francesa Reed (2011 Annual Conference Chair) Julia Bourquin Deland (2012 Annual Conference Chair) Colleen Flynn Thapalia (Publications Chair) Judith Baker (Membership Committee Chair) Kristen Sterba (Research and Global Issues Chair) Anna B. Jordan (2013 Annual Conference Chair) Daniel J. Bennett (Education Chair)