June President's Update

By Drew Barnes, Vale School District

Greetings Fellow NACAT Members,

Wow! What a year it has been. It seems as each school year comes to end, it feels like each year just goes by faster and faster. For many of us, our summer break has already begun, while others are gearing up for summer classes. In either case, summer brings a change of pace for us all. Hopefully some of that includes enjoying some well deserved, quality time with friends and family. It also means that many of us are thinking about completing our yearly professional development/industry training that is so important to our programs and us as automotive educators. As many of us are reading this, we have already registered and made our travel arrangements for the upcoming NACAT Conference, which takes place July 22-25, 2024 in Indianapolis, IN. For those that have not, I would highly encourage you to check out our conference website and view the course descriptions. You will not be disappointed with all the great options there are to choose from.

We recently held our board elections, there were several outstanding candidates that ran for a board position this year. We truly appreciate the willingness of each candidate who ran for these positions. It was great to see so many people are willing to sacrifice their time to try and help out our organization. As I was reading through the candidates' profiles, I knew it was going to be very difficult for the membership to pick two, as all of them were outstanding. Your newly elected board members are:

• Rafael De Leon

• Kenneth Hardy

Both of these gentlemen bring a wealth of knowledge and automotive experience to the table, congratulations to both of you. For more information about these two and all of our current board of directors, please check out this section of our website.

This will be the last President’s Update before the NACAT Conference in July. I am really looking forward to seeing all of you in person, and am even more excited for the great lineup of trainers, guest speakers, vendors, and sponsors that are going to be there to support each one of you as automotive educators.

See you in July!