Standing Committees
2025
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: Stephanie Cloninger, AACRAO
- Chair-Elect: David Mihalyi, 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: Yujian (Ivy) Wang, Purdue University
- Chair-Elect: Jade Jiang Rieger, ECE
- Kim Snyders, South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA), South Africa
- 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: Staci Bernhard, Florida International University
- Chair-Elect: Susan Whipple, The Evaluation Company
- Amy Kawa, ECE
- Olivea Dodson, Transcript Research
- Adriahna Hann, IEE
- Martha Van Devender, ECE
- Rebecca Murphy, Northeastern University
- Melody Ojeda, IERF
- Annetta Stroud, AACRAO
Certificate Subcommittee:
- Chair: Martha Van Devender, ECE
- Rebecca Murphy, Northeastern University
- Melody Ojeda, IERF
Committee for Resources and Knowledge Management: Organizes, posts, and maintains, credential evaluation resources as well as develops new resources.
- Chair: Olivea Dodson, Transcript Research
- Chair-Elect: Rebecca Murphy, Northeastern University
- Margaret Wenger, ECE
- Emily Tse, TruMerit
- Tamalene Conlen, Academic Evaluation Services, Inc.
- Peggy Bell-Hendrickson, Transcript Research
- Anu Soin, International Credential Assessment Service of Canada (ICAS)
- Adriahna Hann, IEE
- Jade Jiang Rieger, ECE
- Jenna Feeback Longardner, Scholaro
- Michael Hilton, Prospect HEDD / JISC
- Jake Shumilin, Prospect HEDD / JISC
Conference Committee: Responsible for multi-year conference planning and oversight.
- Chair: Sully Saucedo, Texas Woman’s University
- Chair-Elect: Jennifer Collins, Georgia Institute of Technology
- Beka Tavartkiladze, World Education Services (WES)
- Annetta Stroud, AACRAO
- Susan Whipple, The Evaluation Company
- Yujian (Ivy) Wang, Purdue University
- Susan Mertz, Purdue University
- Sulaf Al-Shaikhly, World Education Services (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
- Megan Gesell, TAICEP
- Robert Prather, TAICEP