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Editorial Update Chapter Happenings: Bridging Servant Leadership

Dr. Julia Whisenhunt, Gamma Zeta Chapter and Counselor Community Engagement
It is with great honor and excitement that I introduce the new CSI Exemplar editorial
team. I began my term as the Exemplar editor in June of this year, and I am immensely Brittany C. Hudson & Dr. Thelma Duffey, Sigma Alpha Chi Chapter
pleased to be working with a team of three conscientious and highly motivated profes- As counselors, we are connected by a sense of social responsibility.
sional counselors: Dr. Nicole Stargell (Associate Editor), Dr. Devon Romero (Assistant
Editor), and Annaleise Fisher (Leadership Intern). Over the next three years, we hope Indeed, advocacy and service are integral to the this in mind that I (Brittany Hudson) selected
to continue the legacy of excellence established by previous editoral teams and present counseling profession. Chi Sigma Iota (CSI) counselor community engagement (CCE) as
Exemplar editions that reflect the voices of our chapters, counselor trainees, counselor recognizes the centrality of service through the 2019-2020 chapter presidential theme. A
professionals, and counselor educators. Each edition will have a thematic focus to draw Greenleaf’s (2008) model of servant leadership natural extension of servant leadership, CCE
attention to important professional issues that affect CSI members. Please join me in (Herr, 2010). Servant leadership has a rela- involves the mobilization of chapter resources
welcoming the new CSI Exemplar editorial team. tional focus which prioritizes the growth and for cultivating intentional community part-
development of people in need. nerships and responding to community needs
The Sigma Alpha Chi Chapter of CSI (CSI, 2015; Fulton & Shannonhouse, 2014).
Nicole Stargell is an Associate Professor in the Department of Counseling at the Univer- strives for excellence in servant leadership. Our chapter has shown a commitment to ed-
sity of North Carolina Pembroke. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor Associate and Accordingly, we centered our 2018-2019 efforts ucation, professional advocacy, and service
Licensed School Counselor in both Ohio and North Carolina, and she is a National Certi- on graduate student development, profession- to members. The CCE model supports these
fied Counselor. al advocacy, and campus collaborations. One activities (CSI, 2015). At the same time, we
student-focused service initiative was the have a strong membership base with the capac-
Devon Romero is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Counseling at the Univer- Graduate Student Development Series, a series ity to work with individuals and organizations
sity of Texas at San Antonio. She is a National Certified Counselor and Licensed Profes- of peer-to-peer workshops on benchmarks in that have a meaningful community impact.
sional Counselor Intern in the state of Texas under the supervision of Mark Jones, DMin, the counseling program. We also co-hosted the For this issue on crisis and trauma, we chose
LPC-S, LMFT, BCN, QEEGD. Counselors at the Capitol Professional Advoca- to highlight an upcoming collaboration which
cy Mini-Conference, the culmination of a three- underscores the urgency and potential impact
Annaleise Fisher is a doctoral student in Counselor Education and Supervision at Kent step project designed to strengthen counseling of CCE.
The University of Texas at San Anto-
State University. She is also a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Ohio and a students’ professional identity development nio (UTSA) Department of Counseling has
through professional advocacy involvement.
2019-2020 Leadership Intern for Chi Sigma Iota.
Our past-president, Chelsea Barron Davila a long-standing relationship with the works
Conaway, and I (Brittany Hudson) received a of the David’s Legacy Foundation. This con-
Julia Whisenhunt, Ph.D., LPC, NCC, CPCS is an Associate Professor of Counselor Edu- TACES Advocacy Grant for this project. These nection began soon before the foundation’s
cation at University of West Georgia. Dr. Whisenhunt specializes in the areas of suicide, activities prepared and motivated us to think inception when I (Thelma Duffey) served as
self-injury, and expressive therapy. big for the 2019-2020 academic year. We President of the American Counseling Associ-
asked: How can these experiences inform and ation (ACA), and the 2015-2016 ACA Anti-Bul-
energize a broader vision? lying and Interpersonal Violence Presidential
The CSI Principles and Practices of Initiative was underway. In support of this
Leadership Excellence prompt leaders to “draw initiative, ACA instituted the Impact Project,
upon the wisdom of the past and challenges of which used social media as a mechanism for
the future to articulate a vision of what can be people to acknowledge and show appreciation
accomplished through imagination, collabora- to someone who positively impacted their lives.
tion, cooperation, and creative use of resources” The premise was that, when people feel hurt
Dr. Nicole Stargell Dr. Devon Romero Annaleise Fisher Dr. Julia Whisenhunt (CSI Academy of Leaders, 1999). It is with or alone, they may not be aware of just how

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