{"id":13684,"date":"2026-03-11T11:40:56","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T15:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taicep.org\/taiceporgwp\/?page_id=13684"},"modified":"2026-03-11T12:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T16:24:08","slug":"past-leadership-2024","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.taicep.org\/taiceporgwp\/about\/past-leadership-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Past Leadership &#8211; 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TAICEP was created from the hard work and countless hours put in by dedicated volunteers who believed our vision.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2>Board of Directors<\/h2>\n<p>The Board of Directors determines policy and direction for TAICEP. Further, the affairs and business of TAICEP shall be managed by or under the direction of its Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may, by general resolution, delegate to officers and to committees such powers as provided for in the Bylaws.<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li><strong>President:<\/strong>&nbsp;Christopher Adams,&nbsp;Indiana University, USA<\/li>\n<li><strong>Past President:&nbsp;<\/strong>Marina Malgina, CIMEA, Italian NARIC, Italy<\/li>\n<li><strong>President-Elect:&nbsp;<\/strong>Pei (Peggy) Zhu, University of Toronto, Canada<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vice President, Standards and Quality:&nbsp;<\/strong>Bettina S\u00fcmegi,&nbsp;ENIC-NARIC Sweden, Sweden<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vice President, Membership and Engagement:&nbsp;<\/strong>Panambi Abadie, Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vice President, Professional Development:<\/strong>&nbsp;Samir Gabro,&nbsp;Swedish Council for Higher Education, ENIC-NARIC Sweden, Sweden<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vice President, Resources and Knowledge Management:&nbsp;<\/strong>Chris Lyons, ECCTIS, United Kingdom<\/li>\n<li><strong>Director at Large:<\/strong>&nbsp;Jennifer Singer, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA<\/li>\n<li><strong>Director at Large:<\/strong>&nbsp;Kathleen T. Freeman, Spantran: The Evaluation Company, USA<\/li>\n<li><strong>Director at Large \u2013 Chair of Collaborative Relations &amp; External Funding Committee:&nbsp;<\/strong>Kenneth Warren, Educational Perspectives, nfp, USA<\/li>\n<li><strong>Treasurer:&nbsp;<\/strong>Andrew Goss, Indiana University Bloomington, USA<\/li>\n<li><strong>Secretary:&nbsp;<\/strong>Ena Chaisson, MacEwan University, Canada<\/li>\n<li><strong>Executive Director:&nbsp;<\/strong>Robert Prather, TAICEP, USA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2>Board Committees<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Committee for Governance, Finance, and Audit:<\/strong>&nbsp;Responsible for overseeing the governance structure for TAICEP as appropriate, the long-term financial sustainability of TAICEP, and TAICEP\u2019s compliance with relevant legislation concerning the financial reporting of its activities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li><strong>Chair: <\/strong>Marina Malgina, CIMEA, Italian NARIC, Italy<\/li>\n<li>Andrew Goss, Indiana University Bloomington, USA<\/li>\n<li>Robert Prather (ex officio), TAICEP, USA<\/li>\n<li>Kathleen Freeman, Spantran: The Evaluation Company, USA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Nominations and Elections Advisory Council Members:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li><strong>Chair:<\/strong> Kate Freeman, Spantran: The Evaluation Company, USA<\/li>\n<li>Jennifer Singer, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Financial Advisory Council Members:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li><strong>Chair:<\/strong> Andrew Goss, Indiana University Bloomington, USA<\/li>\n<li>David Haynes, IEE, USA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Committee for Collaborative Relations and External Funding:&nbsp;<\/strong>Responsible for seeking connections with organizations that advance TAICEP\u2019s goals and maintaining meaningful engagement. Seek external funding, such as but not limited to grants, for TAICEP. Further, the Committee shall provide leadership for and monitor the activities of TAICEP\u2019s Membership Outreach and Engagement fund-raising efforts to ensure such efforts and activities reflect TAICEP\u2019s vision, mission and values and align with the strategic plan.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li><strong>Chair: <\/strong>Kenneth Warren, Educational Perspectives, nfp, USA<\/li>\n<li>Christopher Adams, Indiana University, USA<\/li>\n<li>Panambi Abadie, Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay<\/li>\n<li>Jennifer Singer, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA<\/li>\n<li>Robert Prather (ex officio), TAICEP, USA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2>Additional Leadership Structures&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Quality Review Group:<\/strong>&nbsp;Responsible for evaluating organizational output to ensure quality.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li><strong>Chair: <\/strong>Bettina S\u00fcmegi, ENIC-NARIC Sweden, Sweden<\/li>\n<li>Shelby Cearley, Adtalem, USA<\/li>\n<li>Kenneth Warren, Educational Perspectives, USA<\/li>\n<li>Christopher Adams, Indiana University, USA<\/li>\n<li>Panambi Abadie, Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay<\/li>\n<li>Samir Gabro, Swedish Council for Higher Education, ENIC-NARIC Sweden, Sweden<\/li>\n<li>Chris Lyons, ECCTIS, United Kingdom<\/li>\n<li>Robert Prather (ex officio), TAICEP, USA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2>Standing Committees<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Committee for Standards and Quality (CSQ):<\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li><strong>Chair:&nbsp;<\/strong>Stephanie Cloninger, Educational Perspectives, NFP, USA<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chair-Elect:&nbsp;<\/strong>Shelby Cearley, Adtalem Global Education, USA<\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\">Mark Coney, Quality and Qualifications Ireland<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\">Amanda Shoaf Morrison, Scholaro<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\">Shizuka Kamata Sydnes, University of Bergen<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\">Aletha Groene, University of Iowa<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\">Wendy Garcia Guerrero, IEE<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Committee for Membership Outreach and Engagement (CMOE):<\/strong>&nbsp;Develops and executes membership growth strategies and member engagement and retention initiatives.<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li><strong>Chair:&nbsp;<\/strong>Navin Vasudev,&nbsp;South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA), South Africa<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chair-Elect: <\/strong>Yujian (Ivy) Wang, Purdue University, USA<\/li>\n<li>Patrick Leahy, Michigan State University<\/li>\n<li>Kelly Sumner, Marian University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Committee for Professional Development (CPD):&nbsp;<\/strong>Offers relevant, high-quality professional development programs and services to members, such as but not limited to, trainings, webinars, workshops and conference content planning.<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li><strong>Chair: <\/strong>Staci Bernhard, Florida International University, USA<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chair-Elect: <\/strong>Staci Bernhard, Floriday International University, USA<\/li>\n<li>Justine Watts, FACS<\/li>\n<li>Amy Ullrich, ECE<\/li>\n<li>Amy Kawa, ECE<\/li>\n<li>Olivea Dodson, Transcript Research<\/li>\n<li>Adriahna Hann, International Education Evaluations (IEE)<\/li>\n<li>Annetta Stroud, AACRAO<\/li>\n<li>Denise Benz, Adtalem<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Certificate Subcommittee:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li><strong>Chair:<\/strong> Rebecca Murphy, Doctoral Student<\/li>\n<li>Martha Van Devender, ECE<\/li>\n<li>Nhi Truong, Florida Atlantic University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Committee for Resources and Knowledge Management (CRKM):<\/strong> Organizes, posts, and maintains, credential evaluation resources as well as develops new resources.<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li><strong>Chair*:<\/strong> Olivea Dodson, Transcript Research, USA<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chair-Elect: <\/strong>Olivea Dodson, Transcript Research, USA<\/li>\n<li>Margaret Wenger, ECE, USA<\/li>\n<li>Emily Tse, CGFNS, USA<\/li>\n<li>Diana Stevens, Australian Catholic University, Australia<\/li>\n<li>Sully Saucedo, Texas Woman\u2019s University, USA<\/li>\n<li>Tamalene Conlen, Academic Evaluation Services, Inc., USA<\/li>\n<li>Peggy Bell-Hendrickson, Transcript Research, USA<\/li>\n<li>Anu Soin, International Credential Assessment Service of Canada (ICAS), Canada<\/li>\n<li>Adriahna Hann, International Education Evaluations (IEE), USA<\/li>\n<li>Jade Jiang Rieger, ECE, USA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>*Olivea assumed the chair position because of an unexpected vacancy.&nbsp; As elected, she will also be chair for 2025.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Conference Committee (CC):<\/strong> Responsible for multi-year conference planning and oversight.<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li><strong>Chair-Elect:<\/strong> Sully Saucedo, Texas Woman\u2019s University, USA<\/li>\n<li>Jennifer Collins, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA<\/li>\n<li>Annetta Stroud, AACRAO, USA<\/li>\n<li>Susan Whipple, SpanTran: The Evaluation Company, USA<\/li>\n<li>Yujian (Ivy) Wang, Purdue University, USA<\/li>\n<li>Susan Mertze, Purdue University, USA<\/li>\n<li>Sulaf Al-Shaikhly, World Education Services (WES), USA<\/li>\n<li>Adriahna Hann, International Education Evaluations (IEE), USA<\/li>\n<li>Trisha Haines, Indiana University, USA<\/li>\n<li>Aileen Dy, California State University Sacramento, USA<\/li>\n<li>Renee L. Lacy, Indiana University \u2013 Bloomington, USA<\/li>\n<li>Megan Gesell, TAICEP, USA<\/li>\n<li>Robert Prather, TAICEP, USA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>Institutions listed for identification purposes only.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TAICEP was created from the hard work and countless hours put in by dedicated volunteers who believed our vision.&nbsp; Board of Directors The Board of Directors determines policy and direction for TAICEP. Further, the affairs and business of TAICEP shall be managed by or under the direction of its Board of Directors. 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