Meet Your ALSCA Leaders

Casey Lancaster, President

• Budget and Finance Committee Assistant Chair
• Bylaws Committee
• Professional Development Committee

Casey Lancaster is a lifelong Birmingham resident with over 20 years’ experience as a counselor in diverse disciplines. After graduating with her bachelor of science in human development from the University of Alabama in 1996, she attended the University of Alabama at Birmingham and earned her master’s degree in agency counseling in 1998. She has worked in a variety of community counseling agencies including an adolescent drug rehabilitation program, adolescent residential program, grief counseling agencies and mental health facilities. Since 2005, Lancaster has served as a school counselor at Mountain Brook Junior High. In addition to providing academic guidance, she conducts individual and small group counseling for students, coordinates Section 504 Service plans and other services for academically and socially at-risk students, and coordinates yearly registration and scheduling activities.

Lancaster is a State of Alabama Licensed Professional Counselor with additional certifications as a Critical Incident Debriefing leader and Bereavement Support Facilitator. She has served as historian for the Chapter IV Division of ALCA and in a variety of positions on the Alabama School Counselor Association Governing Board. She is a member of the Alabama Counseling Association, the Alabama School Counselor Association and the American School Counselor Association. Lancaster has specialty training in stress and anxiety management from the American School Counselor Association.

As far back as she can remember, she wanted to be a counselor who serves students, parents and our profession. At her core, she believes every child needs someone in their life that is irrationally positive about them. She is passionate about helping youth redefine their standards for living by teaching them ways to successfully navigate this challenging world. Lancaster has lived in the Birmingham area most of her life. She is married with one son and her hobbies include painting, reading, hiking and crafting.

 

Dr. Amy Upton President-Elect ALCA Program Selection Chair  Budget and Finance Committee Professional Development Committee	Daniel Birdsong President-Elect-Elect VP Preschool/Elementary School  Budget and Finance Committee Professional Development Committee	Dr. LaWanda Edwards Immediate Past President Elections Committee Chair  Budget and Finance Committee Professional Development Committee
Lisa Butler Secretary Professional Development Committee	Winnie Davis Treasurer Budget and Finance Committee Chair Professional Development Committee	Wendy Williford Historian Communications Committee Assistant Chair (Social Media) Professional Development Committee

ALSCA Governing Board Members

AnnaGrace Baldwin, VP Middle/Junior High School

• Communications Committee Assistant Chair (Website)
• Professional Development Committee Assistant Chair

Amanda Yearwood, VP High School

• Communications Committee Assistant Chair (Website)
• Professional Recognition Committee (Awards Luncheon Assistant Chair)

Malti Tuttle, VP Counselor Educator

• Research Committee Chair
• Professional Development Committee

Patrice Davis, VP Counselor Supervisor

• Professional Development Committee

Meg Smith, Bylaws Committee Chair

• Parliamentarian

Mindi Amberson, Communications Committee Chair

• Advocacy and Newsletter
• Professional Development Committee

Sheryl Smith, Communications Committee Assistant Chair

• Newsletter, National School Counseling Week, Poster and Essay Contest
• Professional Development Committee

Clarissa Reese, Government and Interprofessional Relations Committee Chair

• Professional Development Committee

Darlene Lewis, Membership Committee Chair

Teneshia Sanford, Membership Committee Assistant Chair

Shelly Johnson, Professional Development Committee Chair

Laura Reina, Professional Development Committee Assistant Chair

Shelly Mitchell. Professional Recognition Committee Chair

• Professional Development Committee (Career Chair)

Mary Hall, Professional Recognition Committee Assistant Chair

• Professional Development Committee

Monica Mack

• Professional Recognition Committee (ALCA Awards; Voting Delegate at ALCA Meeting)
• Professional Development Committee

Autumn Rowe

• Professional Recognition Committee (Awards Luncheon Chair)
• Professional Development Committee

Paige Betterton

• Professional Recognition Committee (Awards Luncheon Asst. Chair)
• Professional Development Committee

Monica Motley

• ALCA Journal Manuscript Reviewer

Cindy Davis

• Alabama School Counseling Program of Distinction Liaison
• RAVE Awards
• Professional Development Committee

Sean Stevens

• Alabama State Department of Education Liaison
• Bylaws Committee
• Professional Development Committee

Hayden Belisle, Hospitality Committee Chair

• Professional Development Committee

Julia Limon, Hospitality Committee Assistant Chair

• Professional Development Committee

 
Additional Professional Development Committee Members
Kim Bailey
Willietta Conner
Robbie Durr
Tina Evans
Ben Graham
Debbie Grant
Wanda Langley
Cathy Lankford
 
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