Leadership Development Institute

WACAC’s Leadership Development Institute (LDI) is designed to develop emerging leaders within our secondary and post-secondary counseling communities. Post-secondary participants must serve in a middle management position (4+ years of experience preferred). Secondary school participants should have experience in school-based counseling (4+ years of experience preferred) and aspire to serve as director or department lead in counseling. Participants are paired with a mentor that supports them throughout the LDI program. The expectation is that graduates of LDI will commit to serving in a future leadership role within WACAC.

If you have any questions, please contact Elena Wong.

Class of 2023

Mentees

Allison Bly, Carondelet High School
Elissa Couch, Pahrump Valley High School
Emilia Flores, Sequoia High School
David Girvan, Pitzer College
Erin Kim, Granada Hill Charter
Chuck Liddard, Rolling Hills Prep
Duanduan Heish, Occidental College
Kelly Pjesky, OSU (Regional)
Chris Sullivan, University of Iowa (Regional)
Serey Teleke, UCLA

Mentors

Amy Kruger, Oaks Christian School
Rebecca Munda, Athenian School
Sonia Ryan, Justin-Siena School
Linh Snyder, Malibu High School
Chris White, High Tech High
Jim Bonner, University of San Diego
Ed Devine, Xavier University
Becky Konowicz, Santa Clara
Ashley Pallie, CalTech
Robert Penman, UCDavis

Class of 2020

Mentees

Robin Hamilton, Occidental College
Amanda Hottinger, Texas Christian University (regional)
Stefan Montouth, UC Berkeley
Jon Rice, University of San Francisco
Yaneli Ruiz, Claremont McKenna College
Brittany Slaughter, Elon University (regional)
Jai Ulrich, Whittier College
Connie Wu, UC Los Angeles 

Mentors

Cuca Acosta, UC Santa Barbara
Raissa Diamante, Harvey Mudd College
Becky Chassin, University of Southern California
Brian O’Rourke, Mt. St. Mary’s University
Adam Sapp, Pomona College
Corinne Schell, Marist College
Carin Smith, DePaul University
Belinda Sandoval, University of Redlands 

Class of 2019

Mentees

Tina Brooks, Pomona College
Brennan Burnett, University of California, Los Angeles
Jamie Groff, University of Redlands
David Mills, Arizona State University (regional)
Megan Poston, Whittier College
Tyler Rose Veguez, University of Southern California
Maureen Ruiz-Sundstorm, Harvey Mudd College

Mentors

Chris Ferguson, Associate Vice President, Occidental College, 
Erika Yamasaki, Director of Admission, Mount Saint Mary’s University
Falone Serna, Director of Admission, Pepperdine University
Mike Devlin, Director of Admission, Stanford University  
Phil Moreno, Regional Director of Admissions, Dickinson College  
April Crabtree, Assistant Vice President, University of San Francisco 
Jennifer Sandoval-Dancs, Assistant Vice President, Claremont McKenna College 

Class of 2018

Mentees

Esperanza Bernal, UC Berkeley
Marie Bury, Chapman University
Annie Frizzell Mills, DePaul University (regional)
Marcus Mason-Vivit, University of San Francisco
Alex Ruiz, UC Riverside
Morgan Volkart, Lehigh University (regional)
Mike Walden, Pomona College

Mentors
Mike Drish, UCLA
Michael Elgarico, Cal Lutheran
Robynne Lofton, Mills College
Kieron Miller, Whittier College
Dan Nannini, Santa Monica College
Lisa Rhone, University of Southern California
Laura Stratton, Scripps College