Life Membership is granted to Full and Professional members who have demontsrated outstanding service to the Association and contribution to the profession.
Honorary Membership is a rare honour granted to people who have played a significant role in the field of career education counselling or related activities; or has made significant contributions to the welfare of the Association.
Life Member, Awarded 2010
Dale came to NZ in 1996. He was a Senior Lecturer and Programme Leader for the Graduate Diploma in Career Development and the Master of Career Development at AUT until his retirement in 2015. He has over 25 years experience as a career counsellor, during which time he served as Director of Counselling at a tertiary institution in the United States.
With an undergraduate degree in Psychology and a Masters in Counselling, Dale earned his doctorate from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. His current research interests include professionalisation of career practice in New Zealand, international career transitions, and the influence of self-funded leave on career development. He is also involved in investigating trans-national standards for career practice competencies and their effect on local practice issues.
In 2007 Dale was recognised by the National Career Development Association (NCDA) in the USA with the International Leadership Award, and CDANZ recognised his contribution to our Association by awarding him Life Membership in 2010. Dale served as President of CDANZ for two terms (1999-2003) and is currently the co-leader of CDANZ Evaluation Team.
Life Member, Awarded 2014
Heather is a careers specialist with over 30 years’ experience in careers practice and education. She has maintained her own careers consultancy business for 20 years as a career practitioner, trainer, and educator; and currently now also works as a facilitator, Academic Mentor and Assessor at Capable NZ, a school within Otago Polytechnic.
Heather began her serious work and interest in the careers field in Auckland while completing a post-graduate Diploma in Counselling and Guidance, and working in the field of unemployment programmes in the tertiary environment. As a senior manager she managed Student Services including careers, counselling and schools liaison programmes, and it was in this role she designed her first career decision-making programme. This has been followed by many more tools and resources, including two specialist career books: The Career Maze-guiding your children towards a successful future, (New Holland, 2008); and Your 21st Century Career-new paths to personal success (New Holland, 2010).
Heather has a Master’s degree in Commerce, and a PH.D in Management, where her research in career management focussed on the attributes and skills required for 21st century work. She has a strong interest in making careers research knowledge accessible to all, and writes and presents for the general population. Heather is also the NZCER appointed trainer for The Self Directed Search, and provides training in this tool within NZ; her other workshop and research interests include identity in relation to careers, and innovative learning approaches.
Life Member, Awarded 2015
Sue’s work threads have included: career practice, career and adult education and professional supervision.
Sue has always had an intense interest in career development. Her seven years experience working in New Zealand prisons in the 1980s, involved developing and managing education programmes which would help bridge the transition to release and work for inmates.
While working as a course adviser for Massey University in the 1990s, Sue was aware that in making a decision about which paper to take, mature students were often hoping to make wider life changes. Her Master’s thesis, undertaken during this time, developed ideas of the context of career decision making, and focused on the effects of education policy and family background on the way in which Year 13 students chose their post school trajectory.
Sue was appointed Management Development adviser within in a large Government Department in 1997, and also began the Diploma of Career Counselling at CIT. After working with Careers New Zealand in both Rotorua and Wellington, Sue returned to CIT to teach on the Diploma Programme at CIT, later Weltec. She became a Professional member of CDANZ in 2000 and was elected to National Executive of CDANZ in 2001 and served on the membership subgroup for two years.
In private career practice, Sue worked with individuals experiencing organizational change and career transition, and as a supervisor of frontline practitioners across a number of helping professions. Her contract work also included assisting employees of Careers New Zealand to develop and deliver the National Diploma in Career Practice, and numerous workshops for organizations either wanting to develop staff or implement change programmes. Sue is involved in Dress for Success, as a volunteer facilitator working with women who are having difficulty finding work.
Life Member, Awarded 2017
Kia ora. How are you feeling about your career and life roles? What would you love to have happen from spending time on your career development?
There are moments along our career-life journey when we can benefit from seeking support from a specialist. As a career practitioner I am privileged to listen to each unique career story, to be a sounding board for possibilities, and to provide practical support to take manageable action steps towards a desired future.
I work collaboratively to identify what outcome you are seeking and focus our time together on addressing your needs. I use our RECI ® model and 4-stage process (Reflect, Explore, Create, Initiate) as a sense-maker for navigating your career.
About me. I have held a range of roles in the careers field for several decades, as a co-founder and career practitioner with The Career Development Company for the last 5 years, and prior to that in the public sector as a career consultant, manager and senior leader. I love what I do providing career coaching and counselling with individuals; professional supervision with career practitioners; and career development and transition programmes with organisations.
Volunteering has been a key part of my career journey. As an active member of CDANZ since it began, I have held branch and national roles and received the honour of Life Member in 2018. I am currently advocating on gender issues through the National Council of Women NZ Parliamentary Watch Committee.
The Career Development Company is a NZ-wide for-profit social enterprise and approved All-of-Government provider of career development services .
Life Member, Awarded 2017
Glenys has over 22 years experience in a wide range of career roles; as a Career Coach, Practitioner, Supervisor, Mentor, and Lecturer in Career Practice qualifications, as well as holding a Programme Leader role in Otago Polytechnic's Capable NZ team.
Glenys has been active in the Career Development Association of NZ since 1999, and served as its President for 2007/2008. Prior to that she held the role of Chair of the Auckland Branch from 2000-2004, and then was elected to the National Executive Committee holding the role of professional development (for two terms) including Vice President. Glenys is the local Chairperson (ten years) for the Otago Southland Career Development Association of NZ and speaks at events about transition, leadership, elite performance and adult learning.
Glenys was the Manager of AUT's Career Centre where staff offered a diverse array of career development services, including New Zealand's first dedicated training programme for career practitioners.
Her qualifications include a recently completed Doctorate in Professional Studies (Adult Learning) Middlesex University, Master of Career Development, Edith Cowan University, Bachelor Applied Management (Strategic Management) Otago Polytechnic, and Graduate Diploma in Career Development AUT. In 2006 Glenys was awarded a scholarship and spent time in Australia at the Victorian (VIS) and Australian Institutes of Sport (AIS).
Her research interests include the professionalization of career practice in NZ, career transitions (including elite sports), personal and professional identity, the impact of career qualifications on self and organisations, and latterly, her focus is around extending learning opportunities (valuing and validating difference), facilitating for transformational learning and assessment for transformation (giving primacy to the learner voice).
Glenys runs her own business, Career Fit, specializing in worklife coaching and all aspects of career planning.
Lester completed his tenure as Chief Executive of Career Services in November 2010, a role he had held since July 1998. Lester has overseen a significant expansion of the service during his time, along with an increasing acceptance by government of its public good role. He is driven by the belief that the careers industry is a credible contributor to economic and social development. Much of Career Services expansion has been as a direct result of a long term approach to working alongside key government departments to demonstrate the links between career information and practice and the wider educational, employment, economic and social goals they are seeking to achieve.
Lester is also a strong advocate for, and model of work-life balance and values based organisational leadership. In 2006, he received the EEO Trust award for “walking the talk” in relation to work life balance for a senior leader. In addition Career Services was a category finalist in the JRA Best Places to Work Awards in 2007 and 2008. In 2009 Career Services won the IPANZ Gen-I Public Sector Excellence Award for Managerial Leadership.
Lester holds a Bachelors degree in Science, and a Masters degree with distinction in Education. He was the President of the International Association for Educational and Vocational Guidance (IAEVG), which represents the interests of over 21,000 members in nearly 50 countries. In addition he is the deputy chair of the International Centre for Career Development and Public Policy (ICCDPP) and recently served as a member of the board of the New Zealand Leadership Development Centre (LDC).
CDANZ recognised Lester's contribution to career development by awarding him Honorary Membership in 2010.
Life Member, Awarded 2022
Bruce has had a long career in career practice. Since 1992 he has been involved in delivering career services in the Nelson/Marlborough region. As regional manager at CNZ (then Career Services Rapuara), CDANZ meetings were generally hosted in the branch offices; an initiative driven by Bruce. Branch members in the Nelson office were unstintingly supported to become CDANZ members, and to participate in the organisation. His work with CNZ spanned 14 years and very highly thought of.
Bruce also played an important role on the CDANZ National Membership Committee for several years. He was well respected by both the CDANZ branches and National Committee.
He has been a Professional Member of CDANZ and the former CPANZ since 1999.
Bruce is a highly respected member of the CDANZ community in Nelson and received very strong support for the awarding of his life membership.”
Life Member Awarded 2023
I have created a career in career development. With a love for learning, an interest in the life stories of other's, and a curiosity in discovering new ideas, the field of career development, AND people in our field, have nurtured, challenged, and enhanced my career for well over twenty-plus years.
Over my career in careers, I have held positions as an employment advisor, career counsellor, senior lecturer, scholar and researcher in career development, and leadership positions across the university system.
Most of my career development research and thinking has centered on a Māori framework of career development. What is a non-negotiable is claiming ALL our experiences as Māori and challenging the field of career development on the potential of authentic forms of career development drawn from this.
Currently, I am rediscovering my core purpose, and have settled on three key attributes that sit at the forefront of where to next for me.
• I am a whanau-player and believe that our relationships with others bring out the best of us.
• I am a connector-builder and am aligned with bringing people together towards a mix of a shared
purpose and self-learning and discovery.
• I am a deep thinker, and work hard to understand the framework of ideas which underpin our past,
present, and future.
Early in 2023, I left a long-time career as an academic. My personal experience of being outside of a ‘typical’ career path, encouraged me to follow my heart and to go back, to look back. Rather than the usual first step of updating a CV, I began with who am I, and who had I become during my last career. This supported a shift in consciousness and awakened a future self. This was (and still is) a journey where the coming together of my life, my learning, and my work, as Māori is still in play.
Life Member Awarded 2023
I have been involved in careers work since the late 1980s, when I worked with groups to help them define their preferred futures and to make plans to achieve them. This led to formally studying career development in Australia at master’s level. In 1997 AUT University invited me to teach on their new Graduate Diploma in Career Development. Over the next 10 years I developed and taught a variety of career development papers at undergraduate and post-graduate level. In addition I maintained a private career counselling and supervision practice, was the Auckland trainer for a career decision making software package and wrote reports for injured workers taking their cases to court.
In 2008 I moved to Bahrain in the Middle East to work for Bahrain Polytechnic where I set up student career development, founded the Career and Employment Centre and trained several Bahraini as career practitioners. In 2012 I returned to AUT, teaching on and leading AUT’s Graduate Diploma in Career Development until the university discontinued the programme in the downsizing of the School of Education at the end of 2015. Currently I teach a career development paper in the School of Hospitality and couple my work for AUT with a consultancy service working both 1:1 with clients and running training groups.