March 13: Dr. Victoria E. Kress (she/her) is the elected 75th president of the American Counseling Association (ACA), taking office July 2026. She has been a counselor for 3 decades and a counselor educator for over 2 decades. She is the director of the clinical mental health and addictions counseling programs at Youngstown State University.  Dr. Kress has engaged in legislative advocacy on behalf of the profession and those we serve for over two decades. She is also passionate about child advocacy, trauma-informed practices, growing counseling leaders, mentorship of developing counselors, and legislative advocacy. 

March 14: Dr. Kristopher Goodrich is the Dean and Professor of Counselor Education at the University of New Mexico. He is a past president of the national Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, and the Association for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues in Counseling (ALGBTIC; now SAIGE), as well as the New Mexico Counseling Association. He is also the former editor for the Journal for Specialists in Group Work. He is a Fellow of the American Counseling Association and the Association for Specialists in Group Work