ACCIS Leadership Team

as of August 2018

Board of Trustees
David Burke, The Pembroke Hill School (Past Chair)
Vicki Englehart-Thompson, St. Mary's Episcopal School (Board)
Aaron Fulk, Marin Academy (Board; Strategic Planning Chair)
Emmi Harward, ACCIS Executive Director, ex officio member
Scott Herrmann-Keeling, Mary Institute and Saint Louis Country Day School (Board, Governance & Nominating Chair)
Peter Jennings, Concord Academy (Board Chair)
Claudia Jolivert, Ransom Everglades School (Board Chair-elect, Treasurer)
Nikki Magaziner Mills, St. Albans School (Board)
Matt Mettille, Menlo School (Board)
Debbie Reed, retired head of school; Consultant, RG175 (Board, non-member expert)
Amy Rogers, Miss Porter's School (Board)
Jody Sweeney, William Penn Charter School (Board)
Birage Tandon, CFO, Lakeside School (Board, non-member expert)
Amy Wintermeyer, The Athenian School (Board)

Operational/Program Chairs
Steve Frappier, The Westminster Schools (Advisor to the Executive Director; New Directors Workshop)
Sam Bigelow, Middlesex School (Communications)
Lisa Clay, Parish Episcopal School (Summer Institute)
Michele Davis, Hutchison School (Diversity and Inclusion)
Canh Oxelson, Horace Mann School (New Counselors Workshop and Series)
Jessica Raab, Kent Denver School (Colloquia)
Stacy Richardson, Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School (Diversity and Inclusion)
Barbara Sams, Whitfield School (Organizational Advancement)

Staff:
Executive Director: Emmi Harward
Member Services Coordinator: Rhonda Collins
Bookkeeper: Michelle Niles 

ACCIS employs one full-time employee (Executive Director) and two part-time employees (Member Services Coordinator and Bookkeeper). Aside from the Executive Director, all members of the ACCIS Leadership Team (Board of Trustees and Chairs) serve as volunteers on behalf of the Association.

Finance Committee
Chair: Claudia Jolivert
The Finance Committee advises the organization on budgetary policy and issues, revenue generation, and membership dues and fees. This committee recommends an annual budget to be approved by the Board of Trustees, assures the occurrence and quality of annual audits, and monitors the implementation and enforcement of investment strategies approved by the Board of Trustees.

Governance and Nominating Committee
Chair: Scott Herrmann-Keeling
The Governance/Nominating Committee oversees the election and appointment of new members to the ACCIS Leadership Team. It makes recommendations and vets candidates for elections. This committee also administers the bylaws and other governing documents, ensuring adherence, recommending improvements, and overseeing changes.

Strategic Planning Committee
Chair: Aaron Fulk
The Strategic Planning Committee oversees and coordinates all research and education initiatives, conducts surveys to collect data about national and international issues in education, analyzes trends, disseminates conclusions, functions as a clearinghouse for related information, and maintains the document library on the website. This committee also develops long-range plans for ACCIS. 

Communications Committee
Chair: Sam Bigelow
Subcommittee Chairs: Sam Bigelow (Blog); Beth Slattery, Harvard Westlake School (Newsletter); Allie Levey, Maret School (Social Media) 
The Communication Committee oversees content development of major Association publications in print and electronic media. The committee provides a professional voice for the college counselors through conference presentations, journal articles, commendations on good practices, and media responses. The committee shall develop appropriate means of communication with Association members, and develop and manage communication using all available technology.

Diversity and Inclusion Committee
Chairs: Stacy Richardson and Michele Davis
The Diversity and Inclusion Committee works to provide programming to support counselors with the tools they need to work with diverse populations, as well as taking shared responsibility to understand how to have complex conversations and effectively negotiate issues that impact diverse populations. 

Organizational Advancement Committee
Chair: Barbara Sams
Subcommittee chairs: Barbara Sams (Sponsorship); Amanda Kisselle, Casady School (Member Relations)
The Organizational Advancement Committee strengthens the work of the Association in two primary ways: the Member Relations subcommittee seeks to grow and sustain membership and to engage members in the work of ACCIS, and the Sponsorship subcommittee works to develop relationships with sponsors whose work has potential to help members as they serve the students and families in their schools.

Program Team
Lisa Clay (Summer Institute, with 2019 co-chair Matt Lane, Branson School); Canh Oxelson (New Counselors Workshop/Series); Jessica Raab (Colloquia); Steve Frappier (New Directors Workshop)
The Program Team plans, coordinates and implements all institutes and workshops of the Association, including the annual Summer Institute, Colloquia, New Counselors and Directors workshops, ACCIS college tours, and the Assistants’ program. The chairs coordinate on the planning of programming, as well as with hosts and vendors at respective sites.

ACCIS Bylaws, as of June 2017