NDEP Council

Contacting NDEP Officers

To contact individual NDEP officers, please contact NDEP by email.

2026-2027 Chairs and Council Members

• Chair: Victoria Fischer
• Vice Chair: Corrie Marion
• Past Chair: Patricia Knisley
• HOD Delegate: Traci Grgich
• Preceptor Director: Cindy Kanarek Culver
• Public Member: Jay Whelan
• Graduate Student Representative: Kayleen Whitley
• EAC Committee Chair: Chrissy Riccardo
• JAND Liaison: Erin McKinley
• Newsletter Editor: Hillary Roberts
• Board of Directors Liaison: TBD
• ACEND Liaison:: Kendra Kattleman
• CDR Liaison: Emily Patten

Regional Directors

• North East Regional Director: Josephine Connolly-Schoonen
• South East Regional Director: Michael Kirtsos
• North Central Regional Director: Jamie Weber
• South Central Regional Director: Justine Karduck
• West Central Regional Director: Lauren Tilford Amaya
• West Coast Regional Director: Dorothy Chen Maynard

NDEP Geographic Areas

In order to update the balance of NDEP members in each geographic region, the following states were moved after discussion and approval of NDEP Council on July 9, 2026: Idaho and Puerto Rico to West Central Region, International, Kansas, and Oklahoma to South Central Region, and West Virginia to North East Region.

Western Region

• West Central: Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Puerto Rico, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming
• West Coast: Arizona, Alaska, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington

Central Region

• North Central: Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee, Wisconsin
• South Central: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, International, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma

Eastern Region

• North East: Delaware, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia
• South East: Florida, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington DC

NDEP Council Elections

NDEP participates in the annual national election for positions within the NDEP Council. If you are interested in serving on the NDEP Council please review and complete the Nomination Application Form and submit your nomination form prior to October 20.

• Nomination Application Form

The positions available on the 2027 ballot are:

• Vice Chair
• Regional Director for the regions below:
  • West Coast
  • North Central
  • North East

NDEP Council Position Descriptions

• NDEP Chair
• NDEP Vice-Chair
• NDEP Past Chair
• NDEP Regional Director
• NDEP Communications Director
• Delegate
• Graduate Student Representative
• Preceptor Director
• Public Member