An accomplished speaker, leader, and educator, Gwendolyn Jordan Dungy has been executive director of NASPA since 1995. Dr. Dungy represents NASPA in national forums such as the Washington Higher Education Secretariat, which includes the leaders of approximately 50 higher education associations. While at NASPA, she has pursued a number of initiatives designed to enhance the association's role in public policy, research, and professional development. In the international arena, Dr. Dungy has increased alliances and collaborations between NASPA and associations and non-profit groups in other nations. She was a consultant to the Center for Higher Education Transformation in South Africa in its work to facilitate the establishment of a national association for student services professionals in that country. She spent several months in Mexico creating strategic professional relationships and exploring how NASPA can learn from international communities and provide unique value to the lives of students abroad. After Mexico, she represented US student affairs at the 50th anniversary of the National Academy of Education Administration in Beijing, Peoples Republic of China.