OVERLAND PARK, KS, USA, Aug. 08, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) www.acbsp.org, the only global accrediting body to accredit business, accounting, and business-related programs at all degree levels, is proud to announce its Board of Directors for 2018-19. The elections and appointments were made at the ACBSP Annual Conference held June 8-11 in Kansas City, Missouri.
“This is the second year in a row that our Board of Directors has been led by an ACBSP member affiliated with an institution outside the U.S. Last year, Mary Vaughan, Dean of Seneca Business, Seneca, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada was chair, and this year, Dr. Alejandro Jose Cheyne Garcia, Dean – School of Business, Universidad del Rosario in Bogotá, Colombia, has been elected Chair,” said Jeffrey Alderman, ACBSP President/CEO. “The ACBSP Board of Directors truly reflects the organization’s global presence and I am honored to serve alongside them as we strive to promote continuous improvement in the accreditation of business programs throughout the world.”
The following business educators and industry leaders were appointed to serve on the 2018-19 Board of Directors, with terms effective at the close of the Annual Conference on June 11, 2018:
2018-19 Board of Directors
• Alejandro Cheyne — Dean, School of Management, Universidad del Rosario (Colombia) — Chair
• Kim Wong — Instructor, Business & Information Technology, Central New Mexico Community College (United States) — Chair-Elect
• Debbie Gaspard — Faculty Member, Metropolitan Community College (United States) — Secretary
• Earl Godfrey — Professor of Accounting, Gardner-Webb University (United States) — Treasurer
• Bruce Stetar — Program Director, College of Business, Western Governors University (United States) — Vice-Chair
• Tilokie Depoo —Chief Academic Officer and Dean, Metropolitan College of New York (United States) — At-Large, 4-Year
• Helen Vallee — Accounting Instructor, Kwantlen Polytechnic University (Canada) — At-Large, 4-Year
• Paul C. Stumb —President, Cumberland University (United States) — At-Large, 4-Year
• Dennis Brode, Professor and Program Director, Sinclair Community College (United States) — At-Large, 2-Year
• Lakshmy Sivaratnam — Associate Professor, Business & Accounting Kansas City Kansas Community College (United States) — At-Large, 2-Year
• Brad Kleindl — Dean, School of Business & Professor of Marketing, Park University (United States) — Chair, Board of Commissioners — 4-Year
• Carol Ricke — Chair, Business, Social Sciences & HPER, Pratt Community College (United States) — Chair, Board of Commissioners — 2-Year
• Michelle Byrd — Dean, Business & Technology, Greenville Technical College (United States) — Chair, Accreditation Governance Board
• Mary Vaughan — Dean, Seneca Business, Seneca (Canada) — Immediate Past Chair of the Council
• Gary Mrozinski — Dean, Business & Technologies and Professor of Business & Economics, Luzerne County Community College (United States) — Council of Regional Chairs Representative
• Alex Perwich — President, Enactus USA (United States) — Public Member
• Hugh Hale — Chief Information Officer at State of Tennessee, TennCare (United States) — Public Member
• Jeffrey Alderman — ACBSP President/CEO (United States) — Ex-Officio Member
About ACBSP
ACBSP, www.acbsp.org, is a leading specialized accreditation body for business education. ACBSP’s mission is to promote continuous improvement and recognize teaching excellence in the accreditation of business education programs throughout the world. Recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) in 2001 and again in 2011, ACBSP was the first to offer specialized business accreditation at all degree levels. ACBSP currently accredits business programs at nearly 1,200 campuses in 60 countries. FAQs / Accreditation FAQs