NJCA Team
NJCA Team
Founded in 1952, with 57,000 members, 60 staff, and an annual budget of $14 million, the American Counseling Association (ACA) is the world’s largest association exclusively representing professional counselors in various practice settings. New Jersey is a branch of the ACA.
Meet the NJCA Team
Dr. Carolyn Bazan (she/her)
Current President
Crystal Socha (she/her)
President-Elect, Social Media Chairperson, Education & Training Chairperson
Vanessa Woods (she/her)
President-Elect-Elect, Public Policy & Legislative Issues Committee Co-Chair
Dr. Ashley Morris-Dias (she/her)
Immediate Past President
Jay Belarmino (they/them)
Member-At-Large
Sarah Woodruff (she/her)
Member-At-Large
RaShun Stewart
Member-At-Large
Ebony Erickson
Member-At-Large
Dr. Anthony Zazzarino (he/him)
ACEP Continuing Education Coordinator, NJCA President 2022-2023
Tendai D. Merriweather
Division President, NJ Association for Multicultural Counseling (2024-2025)
Claire Casey
Division President, NJ Association for Creativity in Counseling (2023-2025)
Beth Fier
Public Policy & Legislative Issues Committee Co-Chair
Dr. Annette Vaccaro
Mentoring Program Chairperson
Krista Klie
Secretary
Kathleen Sherman
Treasurer
Prof. John MacDonald
Ethics Committee Chairperson
Unite for Counseling Excellence
New Jersey Counseling Association membership includes both licensed and non licensed counselors, graduate students of counseling, retired counselors, counselor educators and others – all with a unified interest in enhancing professional relationships and promoting the counseling profession.
