Ad Hoc Committee for Centering Student Voices in the Secondary Counseling and College Advising Process
A new committee for 2025.
NACAC’s “Centering Student Voices in Equitable Admission Practices” ad hoc committee report noted that an opportunity for future research “pertained to the role of students in shaping the K-12 experience, particularly…postsecondary readiness and preparation.” Given that the focus of the 2023 centering student voices ad hoc committee was solely focused on postsecondary admission, the committee noted that “a similar exploration of the student experience in K-12 schools would seem a logical next step.” Uplifting the secondary counseling and college advising process would be a further step toward operationalizing the recommendations of the 2022 “Toward a More Equitable Future for Postsecondary Access” report and empowering this important segment of NACAC members.
The committee, which will include both professional and student members, will be charged with creating a model for student engagement and a framework to assist public and private secondary institutions and NACAC in identifying opportunities for student engagement in service to equity in the secondary counseling and college advising process.
Committee Chairs
Stephanie Brazinsky
South High School (CO)
Jake Talmage
St. Paul’s School for Boys (MD)
Committee Members
Briana Avery
DREAM Charter High School (NY)
Charlain Bailey
Community Bridges, Inc-Md/ Going-to-College , LLC (MD)
Zen Brewer
University of Montana
Mathew Coles
Collegiate Directions Inc. (MD)
Maureen Flores
Desert Christian High School (AZ)
Aaron Fulk
University School of Nashville (TN)
Tiffany Green
Uprooted Academy (CA)
Makeda Lands
Butler University (IN)
Jay LaShombe
University of Vermont
Cherise Ogle
The Weber School (GA)
Issata Oluwadare
NJ LEEP
Michael Porter
Lake Norman Charter High School (NC)
Bill Prescott
Washington University in St. Louis (MO)
Nicole Rawson
Kirkwood Community College and Prairie High School (IA)
Lara Sandora
TIDE Academy (CA)
Luigi Solla
Moses Brown School (RI)
Kat Spitzer
Dream School College Counseling (MD)
Monique Tubbs
Polk County Public Schools School Counseling Services Department (FL)