Standing Committees

2023 Committee for Standards and Quality (CSQ). 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: Chris Lyons, Ecctis Ltd
Chair-Elect: Stephanie Cloninger, Educational Perspectives, NFP
Mandy Morrison, Scholaro
Aletha Groene, University of Iowa
Rena Zhang, University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies
Melissa Ganiere, ECE
Wendy Garcia Guerrero, IEE
Shizuka Kamata Sydnes, University of Stavanger

2023 Committee for Membership Outreach and Engagement (CMOE). Develops and executes membership growth strategies and member engagement and retention initiatives.

Chair: Kelly Sumner, Chair-Elect, Marian University
Chair-Elect: Navin Vasudev, South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA)
Karin Christoph Brown, Chair, One Earth International Credential Evaluations
Rachel Salinas, Indiana University
Shereen Mir-Jabbar, Canadian Alliance of Physiotherapy Regulators
Karen Krug, Educational Credential Evaluators, ECE
Sarah Hulen, Indiana University – Bloomington
Amy Van Surksum, ApplyBoard
George Kacenga, M Square Media
Alistair Wylie, UAE Ministry of Education
Lindsey Gullicksrud, Educational Credential Evaluators, ECE

2023 Committee for Professional Development (CPD). 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: Annetta Stroud, American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers
Chair-Elect: Staci Bernhard, Florida international University
Justine Watts, FACS
Amy Ullrich, ECE
Amy Kawa, ECE
Olivea Dodson, Transcript Research
Adriahna Hann, International Education Evaluations (IEE)
Certificate Subcommittee:
- Chair: Rebecca Murphy, Doctoral Student
- Martha Van Devender, ECE
- Marianne Tompkins-Carter, Ontario College of Teachers
- Nhi Truong, Florida Atlantic University
Training Subcommittee:
- Linda Tobash, The Korea Society
- Denise Benz, Adtalem
- Annetta Stroud

2023 Committee for Resources and Knowledge Management (CRKM). Organizes, posts, and maintains, credential evaluation resources as well as develops new resources.

Chair: Olivea Dodson, Transcript Research, Texas
Chair-Elect: Aysel Karimli, Education Quality Assurance Agency Azerbaijan
Garrett Seelinger, InCred, National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
Margaret Wenger, ECE
Emily Tse, International Education Research Foundation (IERF)
Diana Stevens, Australian Catholic University
Sully Saucedo, Texas Woman’s University
Tamalene Conlen, Academic Evaluation Services, Inc.
Peggy Bell-Hendrickson, Transcript Research
Anu Soin, International Credential Assessment Service of Canada (ICAS)
Rebecca Chamula, Canadian Alliance of Physiotherapy Regulators
Adriahna Hann, International Education Evaluations (IEE)
Jade Jean Rieger, ECE

2023 Conference Committee (CC). Responsible for multi-year conference planning and oversight.

Chair: Beka Tavartkiladze, World Education Services
Chair-Elect: TBA
Margaret Hutchinson, Scottish Qualifications Authority
Sulaf Al-Shaikhly, World Education Services (WES)
Denise Benz, Adtalem Global Education
Annetta Stroud, AACRAO
Karin Christoph-Brown, One Earth International Credential Evaluations
Susan Whipple, SpanTran: The Evaluation Company
Yujian (Ivy) Wang, Purdue University
Jennifer Collins, Georgia Institute of Technology
Danielle Burris, Western Kentucky University
Adriahna Hann, International Education Evaluations (IEE)
Alistair Wylie, National Qualifications Centre, UAE Ministry of Education
Gary Collins, Scottish Qualifications Authority
Wendy Garcia, International Education Evaluations (IEE)
Robert Prather, TAICEP