CAA: The Community for Advising and Student Support Professionals

The Community for Advising and Student Support Professionals

The Community for Advising and Student Support Professionals or CAA is a professional organization available to Arizona State University employees involved in advising and student support roles. CAA’s primary purpose is to build pathways of connection, recognition, support, and development for advising and student support professionals at ASU. It pursues this purpose through professional development for its members, through representative participation university-wide in activities which have potential effect on academic policies and procedures, and through activities that contribute to the recognition by the university community of the importance of advising and student support at the university and the professional nature of that activity.

To learn more about this organization, it’s mission and it’s leadership roles, please view the CAA Bylaws. To receive the weekly digest newsletter with information about CAA events related to your campus or community, professional development opportunities or to get involved, please email [email protected] and include which campus or communities you would like to be affiliated with (mention all that apply: ASU Online, Graduate or Downtown Phoenix, Polytechnic, Tempe and West campuses). Please be sure to also visit the CAA Advising Community Chatter for important and relevant information.

 

Leadership, Representatives and Members

 

Leadership

President
Amy Xenakis, The Polytechnic School Advising

President-elect
Erica Gillette, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts

Treasurer
Kyle Fray, Hugh Downs School of Human Communication

Treasurer-elect
Vacant

VP of Communications
Joelle Park, School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences

VP of Communications-elect
Autumn Flores, College of Integrative Sciences and Arts

VP of Professional Development
Katie Woner, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts

VP of Professional Development-elect
Georgia Jones, School of Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy

Downtown Phoenix campus

Vice President 
Greg Mea-Rodriguez, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts

Vice President-elect
Samantha Speltz, Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions

Polytechnic campus

Vice President
Sami Taddio, School of Manufacturing Systems and Networks

Vice President-elect
Blanca Loera Martinez, School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence

Tempe campus

Vice President
Leslee Smithhisler, School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences

Vice President-elect
Miriam Carpenter-Cosand, The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

West Valley campus

Vice President
Vacant

Vice President-elect
Vacant

Graduate

Vice President
Jennie Burel, School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences

Vice President-elect
Vacant

General Studies Council Representatives

Ruby Arjona, School of Molecular Sciences

TBD

Steering Committee Members

Christine Langevin, School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering

Nicole Mendivil, School of Earth and Space Exploration

Camille Lang, Edson College

Logan Franklin, College of Health Solutions

Elizabeth Robertson, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts

Caitlin Herritt, School of Life Sciences

Lindsay Hoang, Edson College

Dani Winhold, School of Earth and Space Exploration

Carrie Johnson, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts

Professional Development

 

Professional Development Funding

The Council of Academic Advisors is pleased to offer professional development funding opportunities to the academic advising community. Recipients will receive $500 to apply toward a professional development opportunity of their choosing (conference, webinar, training, etc). Recipients will also receive recognition from CAA and will be invited to share their professional development experience with the ASU advising community. 

How to apply

Send this completed application to [email protected] with "Attention VP Finance" in the subject line. Funding applications are due December 15.