ANNOUNCEMENT: MACDA Honorary Lifetime Members MACDA is pleased to announce that due to the very important contributions to MACDA and the field of career development over the years, we have recognized two individuals as MACDA Honorary Lifetime Members.
In March 2023, Haley Brown was the first individual to be recognized as an Haley is a member of our NEC (New England Consortium-NCDA State CDAs) sister CDA, the Maine Career Development Association (MCDA). She served on the MCDA Board for many years, including as membership chair and technology guru for virtual events. She was awarded MCDA's "Career Professional of the Year" in 2023. Haley works as a Student Services Coordinator at the University of Maine at Augusta, where she directs the UMA Career Connections program and provides career counseling to many students including her responsibilities as an academic advisor. Haley is committed to her work and brings her strong advocacy to facilitate and empower student learning and student success, including her efforts with alumni. Notes from Ed Colozzi, MACDA President Haley was selected for her wonderful support and discretionary efforts for our first-ever MACDA website to finally give us a virtual presence in our Commonwealth of Massachusetts, social media, and the end of snail mail to facilitate membership growth and engagement. Haley, we truly appreciate and deeply value your ideas and competence, your creativity, brilliant insights, humor, amazing positive attitude and mostly your wonderful caring heart, all of which have surely contributed immensely to our MACDA. Thank you Haley!
Dr. Spencer "Skip" Niles, Ed.D In February 2025, Dr. Spencer "Skip" Niles was been recognized as the He has held positions at several other universities, including Johns Skip is President-Elect for the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES) & Past-Editor of ACES Journal, and recipient of ACES Legacy Award. He has an extensive record of publications and has delivered more than 170 presentations on career development theory and practice nationally/globally in over 30 countries, and was a Fulbright Scholar at the Finish Institute for Educational Research. Book Authority lists four of his books among the top 100 best-selling career development books of all time. Notes from Ed Colozzi, MACDA President On a more personal note, Skip invited me to serve as Chair of our NCDA Membership Committee in his first term as NCDA President 2003-04. We worked closely together, and he supported efforts to create the Each One Reach One (EORO) Membership initiative. He and NCDA Executive Director Deneen Pennington and her wonderful executive team supported the idea of having our first of five International Teleconferences for interested stakeholders nationally and globally. Skip was the first person I had approached when I had the idea to form our NEC in 2017 to collaborate with the Presidents of our six New England NCDA State Divisions including the Joint VT/NH State CDA. He thought it was a good idea, and I proceeded to work with Amy Jaffe, past-president of the Maine Career Development Association (MCDA), who hosted our monthly Zoom monthly calls for three years during which our founding members had many discussions to eventually formulate our NEC. Skip decided to run for President again, and in the last few months of his second term as NCDA President, our NEC submitted our White Paper and Mission & Values Statement, and our NEC Guidelines for formal recognition by NCDA in 2019. Skip, the most important aspect of your accomplishments is the source of your success which is your gift, your charism to foster right relationships with others for the highest and best. You use your gift of right relationship as a collaborative leader, a mentor, a colleague and friend to empower and inspire others to be their best potential. Thank you Skip! April 2025 Updates Inspiring Career-Life Choices, Empowering Lives Happy Spring! On behalf of our MACDA, our NEC (New England Consortium-NCDA State CDAs), comprised of the six New England NCDA State CDAs in our region (CT, ME, MA, RI and the joint VT/NH CDAs), and NCDA, Thank YOU for visiting our website (still in process), and take some time to view our history, resources and past events. 2025 MACDA Poetry & Art Contest Winners - Map Academy Charter SchoolWe are announcing the top three Map Academy Charter School winners in three categories who submitted their entries to our MACDA (Click here to access the page). All of these winners have been submitted to NCDA judges for the 59th NCDA Poetry/Art Contest, and national winners will be notified by NCDA prior to the NCDA Global Conference in Atlanta, GA. 4th Annual NEC Conference Wrap-up Our NEC had a successful 4th Annual NEC Virtual Conference on March 20, 2025 with 4 NCDA CEs for those who attended and completed the appropriate Evaluation and Request for NCDA CEs Forms. We thank all who joined us and especially Dr. Skip Niles, Twice Past NCDA President, for his inspiring Keynote and Roundtables on HOPE, and excellent presentations by three MACDA members Dr. Jonique Childs, Erica Mattison, Pam Kristan and presenters from our NEC Sister State CDAs. Each One Reach One (EORO) Initative
You can be a member of our MACDA and not choose to be a member of NCDA. There are a lot of benefits though for joining NCDA, but it’s not a requirement for joining our MACDA. By joining MACDA, you get to attend any of the NEC (New England Consortium - NCDA State CDAs) events because of your MACDA membership! Many are free, and others will offer you an NEC rate, lower than for non-members of our NEC State CDAs. $370 Scholarship Information As part of our MACDA Each One Reach One (EORO) Initiative, the following TEN scholarships are now available. Interested members should contact Ed Colozzi via e-mail re: their membership eligibility and request for each scholarship.
Enjoy warmer weather as spring has graced us all with longer daylight, always a reminder that more sunshine is on its way for all of New England! Remember to make sufficient time to Self Care and strive to create more balance among your multiple career-life roles. Self Care first, then care for those closest you and others as you choose, and allow yourself to experience care from others. Warm regards, Ed Colozzi President, Massachusetts Career Development Association (MACDA) | Welcome to MACDA!We welcome your participation Upcoming Events (MACDA, |
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