Report of the ACBSP Nominating Committees

Report of the ACBSP Nominating Committees

Under the provisions of the ACBSP Bylaws, this is the official notice of the Report of the Nominating Committees for the ACBSP Board of Directors, Board of Commissioners – Baccalaureate/Graduate Degree, Board of Commissioners – Associate Degree, and Accreditation Governance Board for new terms beginning July 1, 2022.

Elections for the Board of Directors and Accreditation Governance Board will be held at the ACBSP Annual Business Meeting at 9:00 AM-EDT on Saturday, June 18, 2022, during ACBSP Conference 2022 at the JW Marriott Washington, DC, 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C.

Elections for the Boards of Commissioners will be held during the respective Commission meetings at a day and time as posted during ACBSP Conference 2022. The Annual Meeting and Commission meetings will also be held virtually with information to be included in the official meeting announcement in May, which will also include the biographical information of each candidate.

As permitted by the Bylaws, any interested candidate not nominated may petition as a write-in candidate for consideration by the membership. No nominations may be made from the floor during any business meeting. Any write-in nomination(s) must have the signatures from at least five percent (5%) of the total membership eligible to vote for that office and must be submitted by Monday, May 2, 2022, to Jeffrey Alderman, ACBSP President/CEO, at jalderman@acbsp.org.

The Nominating Committee of the Board of Directors, chaired by Paul Stumb, Cumberland University, Tennessee, USA, Region 3, presents the following individuals for election to the ACBSP Board of Directors for the terms as designated, which begin July 1, 2022, after the conclusion of the annual conference:

Vice Chair (Baccalaureate/Graduate Degree Institution)
Kristina Collins
Manchester University (Indiana, USA)
Region 4
Term of Office 2022-2023

Treasurer
Lakshmy Sivaratnam
Kansas City Kansas Community College (Kansas, USA)
Region 5
Term of Office 2022-2025
(First Full Term)

At-Large (Baccalaureate/Graduate Degree Institution)
Malva Reid
University of the District of Columbia (Washington, D.C., USA)
Region 2
Term of Office 2022-2025
(First Term)

At-Large (Associate Degree Institution)
Gary Mrozinski
Luzerne County Community College (PA)
Region 2
Term of Office 2022-2025
(Second Term)

The Nominating Committee of the Baccalaureate/Graduate Degree Board of Commissioners, chaired by Jeffrey Lineman, Northwest Nazarene University, Idaho, USA, Region 7, presents the following individuals for election to the Board of Commissioners for terms as designated, which begin after ACBSP Conference 2022:

Álvaro Carrizosa
Universidad del Rosario (Colombia)
Region 9
Term of Office 2022-2025
(Second Term)

Allen Frazier
Harding University (Arkansas, USA)
Region 6
Term of Office 2022-2025
(First Term)

Marie Gould Harper
American Public University System (West Virginia, USA)
Region 2
Term of Office 2022-2025
(First Full Term)

Jennifer Varney
Southern New Hampshire University (New Hampshire, USA)
Region 1
Term of Office 2022-2025
(Second Term)

The Nominating Committee of the Associate Degree Board of Commissioners, chaired by Trina Lynch-Jackson, Ivy Tech Community College, Indiana, USA, Region 4, presents the following individuals for election to the Board of Commissioners for the terms as designated, which begin after ACBSP Conference 2022:

Florentino Abara, Jr.
Kapi’olani Community College (Hawaii, USA)
Region 7
Term of Office 2022-2025
(First Term)

Jeff Strom
Virginia Western Community College (Virginia, USA)
Region 2
Term of Office 2022-2025
(Second Term)

The Nominating Committee of the Accreditation Governance Board (AGB), chaired by Amy Ross, Walters State Community College, Tennessee, USA, Region 3, presents the following individual for election to the Accreditation Governance Board for a term as designated, which begins after ACBSP Conference 2022:

R. Nandagopal
Sree Saraswathi Thyagaraja College (India)
Region 10
Term of Office 2022-2025
(Second Term)

For questions regarding the foregoing nominations or about the nominating and balloting processes, please call the ACBSP Headquarters at +1 (913) 339-9356 or email Jeffrey Alderman, ACBSP President/CEO, at jalderman@acbsp.org.