Stacy Brooks Whatley is an award-winning communications, marketing and content strategist with more than 20 years of experience in association communications. As Chief Communications and Marketing Officer at the American Counseling Association (ACA), she oversees strategic communications and marketing efforts, media relations, social media, website content strategy and a publishing portfolio that includes seven scholarly counseling journals and ACA’s book publishing program. 

Prior to her time at ACA, Stacy served as marketing & communications director at the American Physiological Society, where she also served as editor-in-chief of The Physiologist Magazine. Earlier in her career, Stacy worked in communications roles at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and Ogilvy Public Relations.