ASPA Board of Directors
(May 2015 - April 2016)
The Board of Directors includes:
- One senior level executive or academic officer of an institution holding institutional or programmatic accreditation by at least one member accreditor;
- One academic member from programs or institutions accredited by a member;
- One practitioner member from among the professions represented by members;
- One member of the public whose vocation is outside the academic and accreditation communities;
- Four senior level accreditation staff from member accrediting agencies, of which at least two are chief staff officers; and
- The Executive Director of ASPA, ex officio and nonvoting.
Chair and Public Member
Earl Seaver
Principal Partner
Academy Solutions
Vice-Chair and Accreditor
Tess Kirsch
Associate Director of Accreditation for Policy & Education
Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology
Treasurer and Accreditor
Laura Rasar King
Executive Director
Council on Education for Public Health
Accreditor
Jan Winn
Executive Director
Joint Review Committee on Educational Programs in Nuclear Medicine Technology
Accreditor
Crystal Calarusse
Chief Accreditation Officer
Commission on Peer Review and Accreditation, Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs and Administration
Practitioner Member
Alyson Williams
Special Projects Coordinator
Virginia Early Childhood Foundation
Academic Member
Barry Eckert
Dean, School of Professional Studies
Western Connecticut State University
Academic Member
Elaine Molaison
Professor
University of Southern Mississippi
Executive Director
Joseph Vibert
* Terms begin on May 1 and end on April 30. (Page revised May 2018)
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