NEDA-ACTE National Executive Directors Association

NEDA MISSION STATEMENT

The mission of the National Executive Directors’ Association for State Career and Technical Education Associations (NEDA) is to strengthen the capabilities and effectiveness of state executive directors, or presidents of state career and technical associations that do not have an executive director/secretary, in the performance of association management.

PURPOSE

  • To affirm and support the purposes of the Association for Career and Technical Education.
  • To promote communication among state career and technical education association executive directors/secretaries and between NEDA and the ACTE Board of Directors.
  • To provide a forum for the study and discussion of questions affecting the management of state career and technical education associations.
  • To promote professional growth among persons holding executive director/secretary positions in state career and technical education associations of ACTE.

MEMBERSHIP

Eligibility: Persons hired and serving as state association executive directors/secretaries, either full or part-time, and the presidents of the state career and technical education associations that do not have an executive director/secretary may become members of NEDA.

NEDA dues for the fiscal year (July 1-June 30) are $130 per person, beginning July 1, 2023. (e.g. some states have an ED and assistant ED who both join NEDA)

OTHER FORMS & INFORMATION

2025 ACTE Representative Request for Conference

State Association Leadership Directory

NEDA Guiding Principles document
The operating guidelines for NEDA (not bylaws since NEDA is a subset of ACTE)

NEDA Sharing Form
Complete before Business Meetings and Sharing Meetings (VISION & NPS)

NEDA Business Meeting Minutes

April 2023 NEDA Virtual Meet-up

NEDA OFFICERS
2024-2025
Term of office:  July 1-June 30

OFFICER NAME STATE EMAIL TERM
President Pepper Poulsen UT pepper.poulsen@jordandistrict.org 2023-2025
President-Elect John Kirkman NC ncacte18@gmail.com 2024-2025
Secretary Murleen Bellinger NE actenebraska@gmail.com 2023-2025
Treasurer Karen Mason MO pkmmason@leru.net 2024-2026
Past President none this year

NEDA CALENDAR 2024-2025

WHAT DATE TIME WHERE
We Meeting 9/9/24 1:00 pm ET ACTE Zoom
We Meeting 10/14/24 1:00 pm ET ACTE Zoom
VISION Business Mtg & Sharing – in person! TBD TBD CT VISION – San Antonio
We Meeting 1/13/25 1:00 pm ET ACTE Zoom
We Meeting 2/10/25 1:00 pm ET ACTE Zoom
NPS Business Mtg & Sharing – in person! TBD TBD ET NPS – Arlington
We Meeting 4/21/25 1:00 pm ET ACTE Zoom
We Meeting 5/19/25 1:00 pm ET ACTE Zoom
We Meeting 6/16/25 1:00 pm ET ACTE Zoom
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