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A Message From Eileen Merberg

Eileen Merberg serves as Executive Director of Alpha Lambda Delta National Honor Society and has committed the past 35 years to supporting student success. She enjoyed positions at Buffalo State College in student life, orientation, retention, and leadership studies. Eileen also served as Director of Campus Life at Sonoma State University and Assistant Dean of Students at Loyola University Chicago. Eileen’s innovative retention work was featured as a high impact practice in AASCU’s Innovations Exchange and was included on the U.S. Department of Education’s website as a Promising Strategy to Increase Postsecondary Success. Her orientation programs won a variety of National Orientation Directors Association awards. Eileen is past president of CSPA-NYS, ACPA’s NY state division at the time, and was awarded ACPA’s Outstanding State and International Division Leader in 2015. She currently serves as Vice President of the Association of College Honor Societies. Eileen is a frequent presenter at international and national conferences on topics such as retaining high-achieving students, the history of and emerging trends in student affairs, and student development theory. She holds a master’s degree in Student Personnel Administration and a bachelor’s in psychology, both from Buffalo State, and an associate degree from Monroe Community College.
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In Support of ACPA Foundation

Founded in 1994 during the presidency of Charles Schroeder, the purpose of the ACPA Educational Leadership Foundation (501c3 non-profit organization) is “to enhance the student affairs profession and to generate and disseminate knowledge of college students at all levels within higher education” (Article Three of the Articles of Incorporation). The organization is now known as the ACPA Foundation to more concisely communicate its role as the fundraising arm of ACPA College Student Educators International.

The Mission - The ACPA Foundation exists to support the priorities and activities of ACPA by raising funds and developing resources that help the Association fulfill its mission. 

The Vision - The ACPA Foundation will develop sufficient assets to effectively and sustainably fund ACPA’s efforts to provide excellent professional development opportunities to members, advance knowledge in the field, and support the transformative effect of education in the lives of college students.

In order to fulfill its purpose and mission, the Foundation invites members and non-members alike to provide philanthropic support for ACPA's vital initiatives involving research, scholarship, professional development and leadership program.