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Game Changers: National Native American, American Indian, and Alaskan Native Heritage Month

• Career Level: Basic-, intermediate-, and advanced-level career services, university relations and recruiting, and business affiliate professionals
• Competency: Working with individuals and groups
• Fee: FREE (member); $69 (nonmember)

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• Summary

  “Let us put our minds together and see what life we can make for our children.”
  --Sitting Bull

  You have the power to effect change for yourself, your colleagues, your organizations, and for the students you serve or recruit. NACE’s Game Changers Series, in recognition of National Native American, American Indian, and Alaskan Native Heritage Month, shines a light on game changers who share their personal stories and serve as models for working to bring about positive change.

  What can you do to bring about positive change? Join Connie Sheehan and Jack Soto, co-leads for NACE’s Tribal Colleges & Universities Affinity Group, as they detail their stories, support of the association’s mission, and thoughts on becoming game changers. The interviewees will also share their personal game-changing experiences and what those have meant for their professional and personal selves.

• Presenters

  

  Connie Sheehan , Career Services, United Tribes Technical College

  Connie Sheehan is the career services director for United Tribes Technical College in Bismarck, North Dakota. She has spent the last 30 years working with underserved populations in the fields of education and counseling. Sheehan has a master’s degree in counseling and psychological services, a North Dakota teacher’s license, and a state credential as a licensed school counselor; she is board certified life coach and is a published author of children’s books. Sheehan is a member of the National Association of Colleges and Employers, the American Indian College Fund, the American Association of Career & Technical Education, the North Dakota Career Development Association, American Counseling Association, Central Dakota Human Resources Association, and the local Chamber of Commerce. She enjoys serving on local community groups to enhance life for all youth.

  

  Jack Soto , Sr. Program Manager Career Readiness & Employment, American Indian College Fund

  Jack Soto is Navajo of the Black-Streaked-Wood People and Cocopah of the Mountain Lion Clan. He received his M.S. in organizational development and B.A. in political science in the School of Public Affairs at American University. His work is focused on organizational cross-cultural competency with his career and academic development greatly influenced by a need to understand what success means for Native students. To that, he partners with institutions, organizations, and corporations to improve pathways to employment for a Native workforce. Further, he currently assists Tribal Colleges and Universities in developing a synthesized, culturally responsive approach to career advising.

  

  Kacheyta McClellan , Director of Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging, NACE

  Kacheyta earned a B.S. in Management and an M.B.A. in Human Resources from the University of Southern Indiana. Diversity & Inclusion as well as Career Development comprise 15 plus years of his experience in Higher Education and Associations. As a strategy architect, Kacheyta has developed successful conferences, retention initiatives, assessment tools, and diversity metrics that have earned him honors such as one of the Evansville Business Journal’s 20 under 40 Emerging Leaders and Leadership Evansville’s Individual Leadership Award recipient. He has also succeeded in developing partnerships with employers that have turned in to a variety of opportunities for students including internships, job shadowing, job placement, and more. Kacheyta has served on dozens of boards and committees that are community-focused with special attention reserved for people of color. In his current role as Director of Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging for the National Association of Colleges and Employers, Kacheyta focuses efforts to advance the association and profession through a DEI lens. In addition to evaluating internal practices and analyzing all aspects of the association, Kacheyta also works with professionals throughout the nation to identify, investigate, and promote actions that move individuals and employers to be more inclusive. Some of his professional affiliations are with Career Development Professionals of Indiana (CDPI), National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education (NADOHE), NASPA Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education, Kappa Beta Delta International Honors Society (Honorary), Beta Gamma Sigma International Business Honors Society, and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated (Life Member).

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