Board of Governors
These are your elected officers, serving the European Branch of the American Counseling Association.
President
Benton Johnson II, Ph.D.
Dr. Benton Johnson II is Core Faculty at Walden University in the School of Counseling & the Administrator’s cultural humility group co-chair. He is Founder of Ephphatha Consulting Services, Inc., Chicago & Moline, IL. providing counseling using sign language & serving children with autism. He does business inclusion & diversity consultations worldwide & served as the Board Chair of Trinity College of Nursing & Health Sciences; Illinois Counseling Association’s (ICA) division for Assessment and Research in Counseling while being the Chair of ICA Diversity in Leadership Task Force and a member of European Association of Psychological Assessment.
President - Elect
Charles Myers, Ph.D.
Dr. Myers, Missouri Stata University professor of counseling, has served in several leadership roles, including President for North Central Association of Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES) and Elementary Vice-President of Florida Counseling Association. Dr. Myers has served on many committees, including ACES’s Governing Council, International Association for Resilience and Trauma Counseling Advocacy Committee, and Association for Play Therapy Ethics and Practice Committee. His international involvement includes presenting AB-ACA, Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association, and International Conference; providing counseling in Haiti; and teaching on Torrejón Air Base in Spain. He specializes in trauma and expressive and experiential interventions in counseling.
Immediate Past President
Jill Van Horne PhD, (LPCS, RPTS, NCPSC, NCC, EAGALA certified
Jill Van Horne PhD (LCMHCS, NCPSC, NCC, RPTS, EAGALA certified)- is Director of the Professional School Counseling Program/Associate Professor at Appalachian State University. Her 20+ years of experience includes school counseling, hospitals, outpatient treatment, and consultation in community & schools. Her interests include multi-sensory techniques with children and adolescents and extending dialogue between professional school counseling & clinical mental health around the world. Prior to her position of President-Elect she served on the Board of Governors of the EB-ACA and the North Carolina Association for Play Therapy.
Secretary
Tiffany Hauptman, M.S.
Tiffany Hauptman is a Licensed Professional Counselor in NJ. She currently owns a virtual private practice, works part-time as an Intensive In-Community provider for families in crisis, and is also a part-time clinical counselor with students attending public schools in NJ. Her areas of focus are trauma, anxiety, and grief and she enjoys providing psycho-education in all of these topics to help others understand themselves my clearly. Tiffany is currently an active board member and is excited to help further the EB-ACA's mission and purpose.
Social Media and Marketing Committee Chair
Louis Gonzalez, M.S. School Counseling, PPS
Louis Gonzalez (He/Him) is a proud queer Latinx first-generation student who just graduated with his Master’s in School Counseling. He is in his first year as a High School Counselor in Sacramento and the Teen Director for Centers for Spiritual Awareness, West Sacramento. For four years, he worked in Equity and advising at the College of Education at Sacramento State. In his “free” time, he hosts Queer·i·ous: The Podcast! and sits on the planning committee for Counselor Education's CSUS Alumni Association. His research interests are social/educational reform, gender and sexuality diversity, inclusive fashion, pop culture’s effects on young adults, and mental health awareness amongst BIPOC and APIC K-12 students.
Board of Governor's Member
Lotes Nelson, PhD
Dr. Lotes Nelson is an Associate Professor at the University of the Cumberlands. She is also a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, a Board Approved Clinical Supervisor, and a National Certified Counselor. Dr. Nelson is an award recipient of the National Board for Certified Counselor Doctoral Minority Fellowship. She holds a role on the Board of Governance with the European Branch of the American Counseling Association (EB-ACA), and serves as a Board of Trustee for the Association for Creativity in Counseling (ACC). Dr. Nelson has been an Executive Board member of the Florida Counseling Association and the Licensed Professional Counselors Association of North Carolina Board of Directors, in addition to her many leadership roles in the mental health field and community.
Board of Governor's Member
Kristopher G. Hall, Ph.D.
My experience on boards has spanned national and local participation. I am currently on the National Association of Holmes Scholars Alumni board and have served for several years. I'm a founding member of the Black Employee Alliance at my university and am often called to assist the university on various ad-hoc committees. I feel that I would be able to adapt to the needs of the EB-ACA board as the goal is to bring ideas to the table to meet the mission. How that happens changes from board to board and I often have to adjust to the group. I feel that this would not be a problem if allowed to join the EB-ACA board.
Board of Governor's Member
Alessandra Sax, Ed. D.
Alessandra Sax holds a Bachelor's in Psychology and Child Development from Hampshire College (USA) and a Clinical Master’s from New York University (USA). She earned a doctoral degree in Counseling Psychology and Supervision at Argosy University (USA). With over 25 years of private practice as a licensed psychotherapist, she specializes in care for children, adolescents, and adults. She served as a counselor and psychologist at the American Community Schools of Athens (ACS) from 2006-2019 and coordinated the Psychology Intern Program. Between 2017-2022, she co-founded and directed the Learning and Wellness Center, and from 2019-2023, she led the Psychology Department and University Counseling Center at Hellenic American University. An Associate Professor of Psychology, she has published extensively, reviewed for academic journals, and presented internationally. Currently, she is a part-time Associate Professor of Psychology at the American College of Greece.