Standing Committees
2026
Committee for Standards and Quality: Engages in the establishment and maintenance of standards for professional practice. Identifies leading trends in and advances knowledge of credential evaluation practice and develops research standards, frameworks, and processes. Evaluates organizational output to ensure quality.
- Chair: David Mihalyi, AACRAO
- Chair-Elect: Severine Kassimou, FIS
- Stephanie Cloninger, AACRAO
- Mark Coney, Quality and Qualifications Ireland
- Amanda Shoaf Morrison, Scholaro
- Shizuka Kamata Sydnes, University of Bergen
- Aletha Groene, University of Iowa
- Wendy Garcia Guerrero, IEE
- Sara Ghaffarian, University of Toronto
Committee for Membership Outreach and Engagement: Develops and executes membership growth strategies and member engagement and retention initiatives.
- Chair: Jade Jiang Rieger, ECE
- Chair-Elect: Chris Lyons, UK ENIC, Ecctis Ltd
- Yujian (Ivy) Wang, Purdue University
- Kim Snyders, SAQA
- Patrick Leahy, Michigan State University
- Kelly Sumner, Marian University
- Lindsey Gullicksrud, ECE
- Karin Christoph-Brown, One-Earth International Credential Evaluations
- Wendy Garcia Guerrero, IEE
- Jana Green, Adtalem
Committee for Professional Development: Offers relevant, high-quality professional development programs and services to members, such as but not limited to, trainings, webinars, workshops and conference content planning.
- Chair: Susan Whipple, The Evaluation Company
- Chair-Elect: Wendy Garcia Guerrero, IEE
- Amy Kawa, ECE
- Olivea Dodson, Transcript Research
- Adriahna Hann, IEE
- Martha Van Devender, ECE
- Rebecca Murphy, Northeastern University
- Melody Ojeda, IERF
- Annetta Stroud, AACRAO
- Jennifer Collins, Georgia Tech
- Caelynn Grossman, Rutgers University
- Jason Martisek, University of Tennessee Knoxville
- Nevena Nikolic, The Evaluation Company
Certificate Subcommittee:
- Chair: Martha Van Devender, ECE
- Rebecca Murphy, Northeastern University
Committee for Resources and Knowledge Management: Organizes, posts, and maintains, credential evaluation resources as well as develops new resources.
- Chair: Rebecca Murphy, Northeastern University
- Chair-Elect: Haichen Sun, IQAS
- Olivea Dodson, Transcript Research
- Margaret Wenger, ECE
- Emily Tse, TruMerit
- Tamalene Conlen, Academic Evaluation Services, Inc.
- Peggy Bell-Hendrickson, Transcript Research
- Anu Soin, ICAS
- Adriahna Hann, IEE
- Jade Jiang Rieger, ECE
- Jenna Feeback Longardner, Scholaro
- Axel Dessein, ENIC UK
- Ína Dögg Eyþórsdóttir, ENIC-NARIC Iceland
- Michael Hilton, Prospect HEDD / JISC
- Jake Shumilin, Prospect HEDD / JISC
Conference Committee: Responsible for multi-year conference planning and oversight.
- Chair: Jennifer Collins, Georgia Institute of Technology
- Chair-Elect: Susan Mertz, Purdue University
- Sully Saucedo, Texas Woman’s University
- Beka Tavartkiladze, WES
- Annetta Stroud, AACRAO
- Susan Whipple, The Evaluation Company
- Yujian (Ivy) Wang, Purdue University
- Sulaf Al-Shaikhly, WES
- Adriahna Hann, IEE
- Trisha Haines, Indiana University
- Aileen Dy, California State University Sacramento
- Renee L. Lacy, Indiana University – Bloomington
- Anne-Kari Gulliksen, Norwegian Directorate for Higher Education and Skills
- Danielle Burris, Western Kentucky University
- Megan Gesell, TAICEP
- Robert Prather, TAICEP