Each year, WACAC members are asked to submit executive board nominations for review by the Governance and Nominations Committee and election by the association’s voting membership (excludes Student and Business categories).
WACAC’s Executive Board is made up of the following elected positions: 3 Presidents (Elect, Current and Past), Treasurer, Secretary and Membership Delegates. Committee Chairs are appointed by the Board.
2025-26 Elections
For the 2025-2026 fiscal year beginning July 1, WACAC will elect a President-Elect and 3 Membership Delegates. Voting will take place from Monday, Jan. 13 to Friday, Jan. 31. You must be signed in to your Member Portal to participate.
President-Elect
Maggie Landeros
Assistant Professor & Acting Department Chair, CSU Dominguez Hills
Bio: Dr. Margarita (Maggie) Landeros is a proud Compton native and the oldest of four, born to two Mexican parents. It was her upbringing in the Compton community and being the first-generation to pursue higher education that fuels her work as an educator. Dr. Landeros is an Assistant Professor and Acting Chair for the School and College Counseling Department at CSU Dominguez Hills, where she started as part-time faculty in 2021. She currently facilitates professional development for the school counselors in the Hawthorne Unified School District. Prior to becoming an Assistant Professor, Dr. Landeros primarily served K-12 charter schools. Most recently, Dr. Landeros was a Counselor Support Specialist at Green Dot Public Schools (GDPS) for three years, where she coached and supported school counselors, developed and facilitated professional development, and focused on bolstering school counselor effectiveness. Dr. Landeros consulted for GDPS to facilitate the development of the organization’s Counselor Core Curriculum in collaboration with the district school counselor leads. Dr. Landeros was also a counselor for six years at Camino Nuevo High School No. 2, where she was part of the school administration team as well as lead counselor and manager for the counseling team. Dr. Landeros serves on several boards and committees, including VP of Administration for the UC Berkeley Chicanx Latinx Alumni Association (CLAA); Chair for the Greater Los Angeles NACAC College Fair; member of the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) Recognized ASCA Model Program and Position Statement teams; member of the California Association for School Counselors (CASC) Outreach and Engagement and Social Justice and Anti-Racism committees; and member of the UC Berkeley Chicanx Latinx Standing Committee. Dr. Landeros has been a WACAC member during her professional tenure and has served on many committees: Share, Learn and Connect (SLC) Planning; Government Relations Committee (GRAC); Communications, Language Ad Hoc; Delegate Ad Hoc; Conference Committee through Scholarship Review; NACAC Los Angeles Conference Local Arrangements; Co-Chair for the Delegate Ad Hoc; and now as Chair for Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access (IDEA). Dr. Landeros has a B.A. in Psychology and Sociology with a minor in Education from the University of California, Berkeley; an M.Ed. in School Counseling from the University of Southern California; and an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership, Administration and Policy from Pepperdine University.
Membership Delegates
Sung Ahn
Senior Regional Recruitment Manager, Ohio University
Chris O’Sullivan
Assistant Director, California Regional, University of Iowa
Veronica Zendejas
Director of Undergraduate Admissions, University of California Riverside
Learn more about the work of the Governance and Nominations Committee.