Board of Directors

Correspondence to the Board (as a whole or to individual members) can be directed to Executive Director Jason P. Guilbeau, PhD, CAE at jason@ashe.ws. Individual board members should not be solicited.

Ana Martínez-Alemán
she/her/hers
Board President

Term ends: 2024

Boston College, Lynch School of Education & Human Development
Associate Dean of Faculty & Academics, Professor

Biography at BC.edu

Joy Gaston Gayles
Immediate Past Board President

Term ends: 2023

North Carolina State

Jeni Hart
she/her/hers
Board President-Elect

Term ends: 2025

University of Missouri, Department of Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis
Dean of the Graduate School; Vice Provost for Graduate Studies; Professor of Higher Education

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At-Large Board Member

Robin Zape-tah-hol-ah Minthorn
she/her/mà:yíñ

Term ends: 2023

University of Washington Tacoma
Associate Professor, Director of EdD Program and Indigenous Education Initiatives

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Natasha Croom
she/her

Term ends: 2023

Clemson University
Associate Professor of Higher Education and Associate Dean of Graduate School

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Felecia Commodore

Term ends: 2024

Old Dominion University

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Felecia Commodore is an Associate Professor of Higher Education at the Darden College of Education and Professional Studies at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA. Felecia's research focus area is leadership, governance, and administrative practices with a particular focus on HBCUs and MSIs. Felecia’s research interests also lie in the role of boards in achieving educational equity, how leadership is exercised, constructed, and viewed in various communities, and the relationship between Black women and leadership. Felecia’s research expertise lies in the areas of organizational behavior, organizational decision-making, and organizational culture, and how these three areas impact achieving equity. She is the lead author of Black Women College Students: A Guide to Success in Higher Education. She earned her Ph.D. in Higher Education from the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education.

Antonio Duran
he/him/él

Term ends: 2024

Arizona State University, Higher and Postsecondary Education
Assistant Professor

Biography at ASU.edu

Tomika Ferguson
she/her
Inclusion, Equity, and Organization Diversity Committee Chair

Term ends: 2024

Virginia Commonwealth University, Department of Educational Leadership
Assistant Dean for Student Affairs and Inclusive Excellence, Assistant Professor

Biography at VCU.edu

Graduate Student Board Members