Randy Jedele, Des Moines Area Community College, Ankeny, IA

Past Involvement in NACADA:

Years in NACADA: 7 years
Regional Activities/Offices Held, including accomplishments achieved while in office: Presented at regional conferences. Member of 1999 Regional Conference Planning Committee when conference was hosted in Des Moines.
National Offices Held and Accomplishments Achieved While in Office: Chair, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered, and Allies (LGBTA) Concerns Commission, 1998-2000-was focus group person who completed the application to create this Commission; served as first chair for this Commission.  Chair, Faculty Advisors Commission-While member of Faculty Advisors Task Force, completed necessary steps to bring this focus group to commission status. Although have completed my tenure as commission chair, am still working with the Faculty Task Force.
Committee Activities and Accomplishments: Current member of the NACADA Diversity Committee.
Commission/Interest Group Activities and Accomplishments: Member of Faculty Advisors Task Force
that is working on designing curriculum for NACADA One-Day Drive-In Workshops for faculty advisors.      Member, Faculty Advisors Commission and LGBTA Concerns Commission.
Other: Received the inaugural "Service to Commission Award" in 2002 from the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered and Allies Concerns Commission. Have also received 1998 Outstanding Advisor Publication Award for the faculty advising handbook that I wrote for my institution, which has been shared with countless institutions across the country. Have served as faculty member for four Summer Institutes and have been invited to join the faculty again in 2003.

As a former board member, I bring valuable experience, especially the recent experience of working through the reorganization, to the Board. More than that experience, I also bring a variety of NACADA voices to the table. I bring the community college voice, the faculty advisor voice, and the voice of diversity. With these voices, I represent a large body of the NACADA membership. However, the strongest reason I have for wanting to serve on the Board is my love for NACADA and its passion for serving students. I have never worked with a group of people who are more committed to student success. I also have a passion and commitment to student success and would love to continue working with the NACADA Board to serve students beyond the boundaries of my own institution.