Peggy Jordan
	Oklahoma City Community College Oklahoma City, OK
	Platform Statement: Highlight the goals you accomplished and the work you did while serving as a Unit Chair or Division Representative. In addition, highlight your involvement in all areas of the Association, demonstrating your experiences that make you qualified to serve in this position on the NACADA Board of Directors.

I have been fortunate to have the wonderful opportunity to be involved in many aspects of NACADA, as a member, conference presenter, conference planner, commission chair, committee member, author and editor. These experiences have challenged me to learn and develop professionally and they have filled me with excitement about the seemingly endless opportunities for professional growth through NACADA. Although greatly enriched by my experiences with NACADA, these opportunities have also provided me with a broad overview of the tremendous impact NACADA has on individuals, higher education institutions, and other national associations. If honored to serve on NACADA’s Board of Directors, I will work to preserve the programs that have made NACADA the respected professional association it is. I will also support innovative programs that serve NACADA members and member institutions, maintain fiscal responsibility, and promote leadership from the wide diversity that makes NACADA strong.

What do you believe are the most important goals and initiatives for the Association in meeting its strategic plan and what do you feel you can contribute to this position in meeting these goals and initiatives?

NACADA is the premier advising association nationally and emerging internationally. I would like to see us continue the great work of past NACADA leaders in providing professional development opportunities for professional advisors, faculty advisors, counselors, administrators and others who touch the lives of students. As we continue to reach out to other professional organizations, like NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association), NCHC (National Collegiate Honors Council), FYE (First Year Experience) and publishers like Jossey-Bass, we strengthen our influence on all aspects of advising. As distance education programs flourish on our own campuses, so too is NACADA committed to professional development opportunities at a distance through webinars, CD’s and print publications. Fostering the development of new advisors, through conference sessions, publications, and interest groups should be an on-going activity for NACADA. The new Emerging Leaders Program is a great start for identifying, supporting and mentoring future leaders for NACADA. I have attended every NACADA National Conference since 1999. My consistent commitment and active involvement in NACADA has allowed me to help NACADA meet the challenges we face in identifying and acting on critical issues facing academic advising.

Why are you interested in serving in this leadership position or what influenced you to run for this leadership position? 

I am committed to serving in NACADA in any way that ultimately benefits students, advisors, and the profession of academic advising. It is only a small way of repaying those in NACADA from whom I have gained so much. From my first NACADA conference, hearing Vincent Tinto give the keynote presentation, I have been excited to learn how I may impact students more profoundly, more intensely and more permanently. I have stood at the feet of NACADA’s great leaders and learned what I could never have otherwise learned. I hold a servant-leader philosophy and if honored by being elected to NACADA’s Board of Director’s, I will use my energy to support the present initiatives and work with other members and leaders to determine, always, how better we can serve the membership.

Provide any additional comments or information (either personal or leadership-related) that you want potential voters to know about you that is not covered elsewhere in your platform information. 

I stand in awe of the great minds, abundant energy, and professional generosity that permeates NACADA. There are few organizations that can boast even close to the level of sharing ideas, programs and materials that is present in NACADA. I began my career in higher education as a professional advisor. Currently in my role as professor of psychology and faculty advisor, I understand the challenges of advising full time with high student advising loads as well as the problems associated with faculty advising. One of those obstacles is the low priority placed on advising by some institutions of higher education. I am pleased to be part of an organization that values students enough to believe strongly that they not only deserve the best advisement possible, but that institutions benefit by having strong advising programs operating in their colleges and universities. I am grateful for NACADA’s commitment to educating decision makers on our campus about the role of quality advising in higher education. Thank you for supporting my nomination to serve on the Board of Directors.

Past Involvement in NACADA:

Years in NACADA: 10 years

National Offices Held and Accomplishments Achieved While in Office:

• Chair, Two-Year Colleges Commission, 2005-2007

Regional Activities/Offices Held, including accomplishments achieved while in office:

• Served on Region 7 Steering Committee, 2004-2006
• President, Oklahoma Academic Advising Association (OACADA), 2006
• President-elect, OACADA, 2005
• 2005 Regional Conference Co-chair, Region 7, in Oklahoma City
• Two-Year Colleges Rep, OACADA, 2002-2004

Committee/Task Force/Advisory Board Activities and Accomplishments:

• Member, NACADA Publications Advisory Board, 2006-present
• Member, Annual Conference Advisory Board, 2005-2007
• Member, Content Review Board for NACADA's "Foundations of Academic Advising CD Series: Academic Advising Delivery Models", 2006

Commission/Interest Group Activities and Accomplishments:

• Moderator for Two-Year Colleges Commission "Hot Topics" panel, 2006-2007
• Editor, Two-Year Colleges Commission Newsletter, 2002-2005
• Served as conference proposal reader for Two Year Colleges Commission, 2001-2005
• Member of "Hot Topics" panel for Two-Year Colleges Commission, 2004
• Current member — Two-Year Colleges Commission, Faculty Advising Commission, Theory & Philosophy of Advising Commission

Other:

• Faculty, NACADA Faculty Advising Seminar, 2006 and 2007
• Faculty, NACADA Summer Institute in Burlington, Vermont, 2007
• NACADA Outstanding Faculty Advising Award Winner, 2007
• Co-edited NACADA Monograph, Advising Special Student Populations, Number 17, 2007
• Co-authored chapter for NACADA Monograph, "Community Colleges: 100 Years and Still Growing Strong", Number 17, 2007
• Wrote for NACADA Monograph Chapter, "Building Effective Communication through Listening, Interviewing, and Referral", Number 16, 2007
• Wrote for NACADA Monograph "Voice of Experience", Number 9, 2003
• Wrote for NACADA Monograph "Exemplary Practices: Oklahoma City Community College", Number 9, 2003