Training and Education Council

The National Career Development Association Board of Directors formed the Advisory Council in 2001 to enhance the development and delivery of the NCDA Facilitating Career Development project. Since that time, the Facilitating Career Development training program (formerly called the Career Development Facilitator program) has expanded greatly. We have added resource guides, supplemental materials, the eLearning version, curriculum updates, and numerous professional development institutes, workshops, trainings, and other beneficial services to the Facilitating Career Development community.

The Advisory Council meets 2 times each year. The yearly planning meeting is scheduled sometime in the first quarter of the year (typically  mid-February) and is fully funded by NCDA. Council members meet again during the NCDA Annual Global Conference in the summer and participate at their own expense. In addition, council members participate in regular conference calls.

TEC Policy and Procedures Manual

• Council Members
• Advisory Council - Liaisons

Chair: Dirk Matthews, CMCS Term: October 1, 2022 - September 30, 2025  Columbia College Chicago Brief Biography >	Chair-Elect: Kelly Pierce, CCSP Term: October 1, 2023 - September 30, 2026 North Dakota Department of Career and Technical Education North Dakota Brief Biography >
Keri Aaver, CCSP Term: October 1, 2023 - September 30, 2026 College of the Canyons California Brief Biography >	Mark Danaher, CCC, CCSP, CSCDA Term: October 1, 2021 – September 30, 2024 Cheshire, CT Brief Biography >
Edna Davoudi, CCSP Term: October 1, 2022- September 30, 2025 NatJax Career Consulting Agoura Hills, CA Brief Biography >	Pamela Ehlers, CCC Term: October 1, 2023 - September 30, 2026 Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK Brief Biography >
Craig Ratzlaff, CCSP Term: October 1, 2021 – September 30, 2024 Aurora, NE Brief Biography >	Craig Bryant, At-Large Term: October 1, 2023 - September 30, 2026 Brief Biography >

Carolyn Jones NCDA Board Liaison Brief Biography >

Mary Ann Powell Special Projects Director National Career Development Association Brief Biography >