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Leadership Educators

Guiding the Leaders of Tomorrow

Board of Directors


President

Kristie Guffey

Associate Professor, Agricultural Science - Murray State University

kguffey@murraystate.edu 

After working with me, I hope leadership learners have learned:

"We all have the ability to make a positive difference, no matter how big or small-- so do it!"


Immediate Past President

Leah Georges
Associate Professor and Program Director, EdD in Interdisciplinary Leadership Program - Creighton University

leahgeorges@creighton.edu

After working with me, I hope leadership learners have learned:

"No leadership theories, practices, or models should ever be lauded higher than the souls and stories of the people that we seek to serve with those theories, practices, or models."


Vice-President & 2024 Conference Chair

Kaley Klaus

Assistant Professor of Leadership - Fort Hays State University

krklaus@fhsu.edu 

After working with me, I hope leadership learners have learned:

"Leadership is not just one thing. It’s not just one set of “ideal” traits, behaviors, or styles. It’s the right mix of all of those things (and more), in the right place, at the right time."


Secretary

Brittany Adams-Pope

Public Service Faculty, J.W. Fanning Institute for Leadership Development- University of Georgia

brittany.adams-pope@fanning.uga.edu  

After working with me, I hope leadership learners have learned:

"Being an authentic leader is vital even if it is uncomfortable at times. Being you is exactly who you are supposed to be."


Treasurer

Wren Mills

Pedagogical Assistant Professor - Western Kentucky University 

wren.mills@wku.edu

After working with me, I hope leadership learners have learned:

"We all have the capacity to be both good leaders and followers. The trick is to develop the skillset to help us know which we should be in a given context"

Directors At-Large


Kathryn Woods

Professor of Leadership and Program Director for Master of Science in Leadership -Austin Peay State University

woodsk@apsu.edu

After working with me, I hope leadership learners have learned:

"Everyone has something valuable to contribute. Listening to a diverse audience and considering their input with an open mind is a skill every leader has to master to achieve long-term success."


Sydney Richardson

Associate Professor, Department of Leadership Studies and Adult Education - North Carolina A&T State University

sdrichardson1@ncat.edu 

After working with me, I hope leadership learners have learned:



John Banter

Associate Director of Leadership and Community Engagement - Georgia Southern University

jbanter@georgiasouthern.edu

After working with me, I hope leadership learners have learned:

"Discover your way to make the world a better place and do all you can to do so."


Jennifer Okoliko

Doctoral Student, Leadership Studies - University of Nebraska-Lincoln

jokoliko2@huskers.unl.edu

After working with me, I hope leadership learners have learned:

"What you know is only a tiny fraction of what needs to be known. Be genuinely open to the perspectives of others and adjust your actions daily as you learn."




Jason Headrick

Assistant Professor of Leadership and Community Development; Program Coordinator for the Civic Leadership Academy - Texas Tech University

jason.headrick@ttu.edu

After working with me, I hope leadership learners have learned:"

"How to combine their talents and capacity to be a leader for the good of others. We need leaders who are fair, inclusive, and are working on their own development through lifelong learning. I try to embody this for my students and the organizations I work with."


Anna Whitehall
Associate Professor, Human Development and Associate Director, Center for Transformational Learning and Leadership – Washington State University

awhitehall@wsu.edu

After working with me, I hope leadership learners have learned:"

"That you can lead from anywhere, not just titled positions, so find what works for you and lead in your own authentic way."


If you have a question and are not sure which member of the board can best address it, please e-mail leadershipeducatorsbod@gmail.com.

Please do not e-mail board members with speaker questions and solicitations for the ALE Annual Conference. Please direct those messages to: ALEConferenceChair@gmail.com Thank You!


Past Presidents

1990 – 1991 Elizabeth B. Bolton, University of Florida 

1991 – 1992 Ann Hancook, Purdue University 

1992 – 1993 Daryl Heasley, Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development 

1993 – 1994 Gary W. King, Kellogg Foundation

1994 – 1995 Katey Walker, Kansas State University

1995 – 1996 Christine A Langone, University of Georgia 

1996 – 1997 Martha Nall, University of Kentucky 

1997 – 1998 Steve Scheneman, Kansas University 

1998 – 1999 Karen Zotz, North Dakota State University 

1999 – 2000 Marilyn B. Corbin, Pennsylvania State University
 

2000 – 2001 Robin Orr, University of Illinois 

2001 – 2002 Larry Wilson, University of Illinois 

2002 – 2003 Jeff Miller, Innovative Leadership Solutions 

2003 – 2004 Ken Culp, University of Kentucky 

2004 – 2005 Wanda Sykes, North Carolina State University 

2005 – 2006 Rick Rudd, University of Florida 

2006 – 2007 Penny Pennington Weeks, Oklahoma State University 

2007 – 2008 Barry Boyd, Texas A&M University 

2008 – 2009 Mark Russell, Purdue University 

2009 – 2010 Carrie Stephens, University of Tennessee 

2010 – 2011 Jackie Bruce, North Carolina State University 

2011 – 2012 Nicole Stedman, University of Florida 

2012 – 2013 Tony Andenoro, University of Florida 

2013 – 2014 Eric Kaufman, Virginia Tech 

2014 – 2015 Kelleen Stine-Cheyne, Stine-Cheyne Consulting

2015 - 2016 Jennifer Moss Breen, Creighton University

2016 - 2017 Donnette Noble, Roosevelt University


2017 - 2018 Jill Arensdorf, Fort Hays State University

2018 - 2019 Barbara Altman, Texas A&M University - Central Texas

2019 - 2020 Justin Greenleaf, Fort Hays State University

2020 - 2021 Marianne Lorensen, Florida State University

2021 - 2022 Natalie Coers, University of Florida

2022 - 2023 Leah Georges, Creighton University

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