NDEP Council

Contacting NDEP Officers

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

2025-2026 Chairs and Council Members

• Chair: Pat Knisley
• Vice Chair: Victoria Fischer
• Past Chair: Carrie King
• HOD Delegate: Traci Grgich
• Preceptor Director: Cindy Kanarek Culver
• Public Member: Jay Whelan
• Graduate Student Representative: Kayleen Whitley
• EAC Committee Chair: Mike Holik
• Communications Director: Erin McKinley
• Newsletter Editor: Sehba Ahmedi
• Board of Directors Liaison: Harlivleen Gill
• ACEND Liaison: Janet Stuhrcke
• CDR Liaison: Emily Patten

Regional Directors

• West Coast Regional Director: Dorothy Chen Maynard
• West Central Regional Director: Corrie Marion
• North Central Regional Director: Jamie Weber
• South Central Regional Director: Aida Miles
• North East Regional Director: Josephine Connolly-Schoonen
• South East Regional Director: Michael Kirtsos

NDEP Geographic Areas

Western Region

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

Central Region

• North Central: Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee
• South Central: Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia

Eastern Region

• North East: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts
• South East: Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Puerto Rico, 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 15.

• Nomination Application Form

The positions available on the 2025 ballot are:

• Vice Chair
• Preceptor Director
• Regional Director for the regions below:
  • West Central
  • 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