Many AUCCCD members attended the Annual Conference, held this year in Phoenix, Arizona. The Annual Conference provides the unique opportunity to interact with folks who have the same mix of clinical work and administrative work that makes up the director role. The casual discussions, formal educational sessions, meals, and activities all provide information and support for members. While every director cannot attend the annual conference, there are ways to connect and benefit from the wisdom of your AUCCCD colleagues all year. 

Thank you to the 383 directors who completed the 2023-2024 Directors Survey.  The survey team is working to organize, clean, and analyze the data set.  Be on the lookout for emails clarifying your data in November and December.  Also, coming in December: the launch of the Salary Survey!  

I want to take a moment to recognize and thank Marcus Hotaling for his leadership and his service to AUCCCD. I don’t think you can ever truly imagine what it will mean to step into a role like the presidency of this organization until you’re in it - and I know that Marcus wasn’t imagining that he would be called on to extend his term for a third year.  I don’t know what thoughts or conversations happened with himself or his family as he made his decision - but from the outside - it looked like when presented with the leadership gap - he, without hesitation, stepped in to fill it for another year, which says a lot about who he is as a person.  

I was given the opportunity during our recent conference to speak to attendees as I began my term of President of this amazing organization. I wanted to share this message with the entire membership so you can understand the ways in which I think about our work and my leadership role.