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Committees

This page is under development, pending the selection of committee chairs.  The Standing Committee names, along with the responsible Board member to whom the committee reports, are:

Committee Name	Reports To/Chair	Members
AWARDS	Past President/Secretary
Chair	Matthew Berndt Director, Communication Career Services University of Texas at Austin 1 University Station A0901 Austin, TX 78712-0110 Phone:  (512) 471-9421 Fax:        (512) 232-1722 mattberndt@austin.utexas.edu	Donnie Brown, Tindall Corporation Brutus Jackson, Elizabeth City State University bnjackson@mail.ecsu.edu Marvin Martin, Luby's Inc. mrmartin@lubys.com Ann Reynolds, Texas Christian University a.reynolds@tcu.edu Karen Thompson, University of North Carolina Wilmington
BY-LAWS	President-Elect
Chair	Donnie Brown Vice President - Human Resources Tindall Corporation PO Box 1778 Spartanburg, SC 29304 Phone:  (864) 576-3230 ext. 206 Fax:        (864) 587-8828 donniebrown@tindallcorp.com
CONFERENCE 2008	President
Co-Chairs	Susan Dollar, University of Texas at San Antonio Dave Ballew, Tindall Corporation	For full contact information for Co-Chairs and Committee, please see: http://soace.org/conferencecommittee.php
CONFERENCE 2009	President-Elect
	TBA
CONSULTING SERVICES	Director-External Relations & Communication
	Chair TBA
DIVERSITY	Director-External Relations & Communication
Chair	Marian Minnard Associate Director Office of Career Services 1 Drexel Drive - Box 65 New Orleans, LA 70125 Phone:   (504) 520-7364 Fax:      (504) 485-7914 mminnard@xula.edu
FINANCE	Director-Finance
Chair	Patricia Blum Director, Career Counseling & Placement Services School of Chemical Sciences University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 105 Noyes Lab -- Box D-4 -- MC-712 505 S. Matthews Avenue Champaign, IL 61822 Phone:(217) 333-1050 Fax:(217) 333-7390 plblum@uiuc.edu	Karen Thompson, University of North Carolina Wilmington Donnie Brown, Tindall Corporation
HISTORIAN	Past President/Secretary
	Chair TBA
MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS	Director-External Relations & Communication
	Lindsey Guthman Assoc. Director, Career Services & Testing University of St. Thomas 3800 Montrose Boulevard Houston, TX 77006-4626 Phone:  (713) 525-3160 Fax:        (713) 525-3880 guthmanl@stthom.edu	Twyla Hough, Newsletter Editor Career Advisor Trinity University One Trinity Place - Suite 215 San Antonio, TX 78212 Phone:  (210) 999-8321 Fax:        (210) 999-7493 though@trinity.edu
MEMBERSHIP-EMPLOYER	Director-Employer Membership
	Chair TBA
MEMBERSHIP - TWO YEAR COLLEGE	Director-College Membership
	Chair TBA
MEMBERSHIP - FOUR YEAR COLLEGE	Director-College Membership
	Jay Skipworth Counselor, Career Development Center Auburn University 303 Mary Martin Hall Auburn, AL 36849 Phone:  (334) 844-4744 Fax:        (334) 844-3871 jbs0003@auburn.edu
NEW MEMBER ORIENTATION	Directors-College & Employer Membership
	Dan Naegeli
NOMINATIONS	Past President/Secretary
Chair	Matthew Berndt Director, Communication Career Services University of Texas at Austin 1 University Station A0901 Austin, TX 78712-0110 Phone:  (512) 471-9421 Fax:        (512) 232-1722 mattberndt@austin.utexas.edu	Donnie Brown, Tindall Corporation Steve Markert, University of Houston – Downtown markerts@uhd.edu Patricia McKinley, University of St Thomas mckinley@stthom.edu Laura Melius, Eastern Kentucky University laura.melius@eku.edu Daniel Orozco, Texas A&M University Karen Thompson, University of North Carolina Wilmington TBD, Chair of the SoACE Diversity Committee
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT	Director-Professional Development
Chair	Toni McLawhorn Director, Office of Career Services Roanoke College 221 College Lane Salem, VA 24153 Phone: (540) 375-2303 Fax: (540) 375-2092 mclawhorn@roanoke.edu	Olga Magnusen - Retired -- Masters' Series Carolyn Thomas - Xavier University of Louisiana -- Masters' Series cathomas@xula.edu
Drive In Workshop SubCommittee Chair	Susan Dollar Director, Career Services University of Texas at San Antonio One UTSA Circle San Antonio, TX 78249 Phone: (210) 458-5500 Fax:       (210) 458-4117 susan.dollar@utsa.edu
Emerging Leaders Workshop SubCommittee Chair	Mollie Fout Director, Career Services Coastal Carolina University P O Box 261954 Conway, SC 29528-6054 Phone:  (803) 349-2333 Fax:        (803) 349-2718 mfout@coastal.edu
SEFRC Pre-conference/SoACE Drive-in Workshop SubCommittee Chair	Saranette Williams Senior Asst. Director, Career Networks Career Resource Center University of Florida PO Box 118507 Gainesville, FL 32611 Phone:  (352) 392-1601 ext. 202 Fax:        (352) 392-3810 saranettewilliams@crc.ufl.edu
Webinars SubCommittee Chair	Holly Holman Program Advisor, Career Services Auburn University 303 Martin Hall Auburn University, AL Phone:  (334) 844-4744 Fax:        (334) 844-3871 holmahf@auburn.edu
RESEARCH	Director-Professional Development
	This committee will be inactive for the 2007-2008 year, but will be reactivated in the 2008-2009 fiscal year
SCHOLARSHIP	Director-External Relations & Communication
	Kim Holladay Director, Undergraduate Career Services Cox School of Business Southern Methodist University PO Box 750333 Dallas, TX 75275-0333 Phone:  (214) 768-1284 Fax:        (214) 768-4929 holladay@cox.smu.edu
SITE SELECTION	President-Elect
Chair	Donnie Brown Vice President - Human Resources Tindall Corporation PO Box 1778 Spartanburg, SC 29304 Phone:  (864) 576-3230 ext. 206 Fax:        (864) 587-8828 donniebrown@tindallcorp.com
STATE ASSOCIATION LIAISON	Director-External Relations & Communication
STRATEGIC PLANNING	President-Elect
Chair	Donnie Brown Vice President - Human Resources Tindall Corporation PO Box 1778 Spartanburg, SC 29304 Phone:  (864) 576-3230 ext. 206 Fax:        (864) 587-8828 donniebrown@tindallcorp.com
TECHNOLOGY	Director-Technology
Chair	Jay Killough Associate Director & StrengthsQuest Coordinator Texas Tech University Box 45006 Lubbock, TX 79409 Phone: (806) 742-2210 Fax: (806) 742-2474 jay.killough@ttu.edu	Maria Kruger - Southwestern University krugerm@southwestern.edu Art Tyndall - University of Tulsa art-tyndall@utulsa.edu Scott Maynard - Mississippi State University smaynard@career.msstate.edu
VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR	Director-Professional Development
Chair	Sarah Clark University of North Carolina Wilmington 601 South College Road Wilmington, NC 28403 Phone:  (910) 962-3174 Fax:        (910) 962-4257 clarks@uncw.edu