FOUNDING
A task force was formed in 1985 to investigate the development of the Midwest College Learning Center Association. Task force members were Janet Norton, Carl Terichman, Ralph Powell, Mary Ann Bushman, Michael Murphy, Phyllis Deutsch, H. Laury LePage, and Sandra Burmeister. The Interim Officers were Carol Cashen, Richard Behm, Brad Hughes, Jonnie Dvorak, Susan Casper, and Mike Marinetti. The first conference was held on October 22, 1986.
The organization was incorporated in the state of Wisconsin on October 7, 1988, as the Midwest College Learning Center Association, Inc. The registered agent was Carolyn Hegge. The initial Board of Directors of the new corporation were Sandra Burmeister, Martha Casazza, Carol Eckermann, Perry O-Sliwa, Phyllis Deutsch, Norma Lewis, and Patricia Touchett.
In 1999, the organization went national, changing its name to the National College Learning Center Association.
Honoring Our Past: The Founding of NCLCA by Johanna Dvorak
This article, Honoring Our Past: The Founding of NCLCA is reprinted from the 2005 conference program celebrating the 20th anniversary of NCLCA.
The 2008 NCLCA Annual Conference in Memphis had the most NCLCA Presidents ever in attendance at the same conference. In the photo above, we have, from left to right: David Reedy, Jacqueline Harris, Mark May, Charlotte Short, Lisa D'Adamo-Weinstein, Johanna Dvorak, Wendy Wilson, Luanne Momenee, Sandie Crawford, Kate Ranft
Click for a list of officers that is complete from 1995--2011. Only Presidents are listed prior to 1995. We plan to update this list when we obtain a full listing of all officers prior to 1995. Click for the NCLCA Presidential Yearbook 1986-2011.
NCLCA - ATP Mutual Support Agreement
NCLCA and the Association for the Tutoring Profession (ATP) have a special relationship documented in the Mutual Support Agreement between the two associations. The initial announcement including background on the development of the agreement can be found in the Spring 2008 NCLCA Newsletter.