Buffalo, NY - Canisius University announced today that Ashley Luedke, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Counseling and Human Services in the School of Education and Human Services, has taken over as president of the North Atlantic Region Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (NARACES). Luedke’s term begins July 2025 and extends through June 2026.
As president of NARACES, Luedke will serve as chief executive officer of the association and the chairperson of its Executive Council. Luedke’s duties include oversight of the fall conference and representation of NARACES on the Association for Counseling Education and Supervision (ACES) Executive Council. Following her term as president, Luedke will serve a one-year term as past president.
Luedke is a licensed mental health counselor in the states of New York and Florida. She received her clinical training and master of science degree in mental health counseling from Canisius University before going on to complete her doctorate in counselor education from Florida Atlantic University. Luedke’s background is in crisis and trauma clinical work. Her research explores the therapeutic relationship and looks at the impact of nonverbal communication. In Luedke’s clinical work, she utilizes creative modalities and an integrated approach grounded in gestalt. As a professor she focuses on bringing practice into the classroom and enhancing clinical skills with the focus on the client.
Luedke previously served as the president-elect of NARACES from July 2024 until June 2025. She is also a member of the American Counseling Association and the Association for Counseling Education and Supervision (ACES).
NARACES is a regional association of the Association for Counseling Education and Supervision (ACES) whose members are counselors, supervisors, graduate students, and faculty members who strive to improve the education and supervision of counselors in training and in practice. NARACES includes the following states and regions: District of Columbia, Europe, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont. The purpose of NARACES, is to advance counselor education and supervision in order to improve guidance, counseling, and student personnel services in various settings of society; to be concerned with matters relevant to the training and supervision of counselors in all settings including schools, agencies, colleges, universities, and government settings; to be actively supportive of the accreditation of counselor education programs in an effort to improve the education and credentialing of counselors in the North Atlantic region; to be dedicated to the continuing professional development and renewal of its members through a regional conference which includes presentations designed to appeal to a broad spectrum of supervisors, practitioners and counselor educators
The Department of Counseling and Human Services at Canisius administers graduate programs in mental health counseling and school counseling.
Canisius was founded in 1870 in Buffalo, NY, and is one of 27 Jesuit colleges and universities in the U.S. Consistently ranked among the top institutions in the Northeast, Canisius offers undergraduate, graduate and pre-professional programs distinguished by close student-faculty collaboration, mentoring and an emphasis on ethical, purpose-driven leadership.
