Our Staff
Portfolios
Commission Liaison – Standards and Policy Review Committee
Judy became Interim Executive Director of ACCET in 2019, after serving in senior management for 12 years. Previously, she was the Associate Director of two ACCET- accredited schools and Director at the Maryland Higher Education Commission.
Co-Chair – Application Review Committee (Initial Applications)
Workshops
John is the Associate Executive Director with ACCET, joining the agency in 2014, following 30 years as a for-profit career school owner/operator. John also served on the ACCET Accrediting Commission for nine years.
Portfolios
Chair – Completion and Placement Review Committee
Volunteers
Mary Clare is the Assistant Executive Director at ACCET and has been with the organization for three years. She has a Ph.D. in Community College Leadership.
Portfolios
Co-Chair – Application Review Committee (Initial Applications)
Co-Chair – Change of Ownership Committee
Scott is Senior Accreditation Coordinator, with over 20 years of experience at ACCET, and prior to his tenure at this agency, worked at vocational and IEP schools in the US and internationally. He holds an MS in Applied Linguistics from Georgetown University.
Co-Chair – Financial Review Committee
Co-Chair – Complaint Review Committee
Co-Chair – Branching Review Committee (Avocational)
Co-Chair – Change of Ownership Committee
Res has been a Senior Accreditation Coordinator with ACCET since 2019. He used to own a language school for over 20 years before moving to Washington DC. Res also served on the ACCET Accrediting Commission for eight years.
Portfolios
Co-Chair – Program Review Committee
Donna is a Senior Accreditation Coordinator with ACCET and has been with the organization for many years, from 1991 – 2005, and from 2013 – present. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Education and has many years’ experience managing post-secondary proprietary institutions.
Portfolios
Co-Chair – Branching Review Committee (Vocational)
Co-Chair – Financial Review Committee
Miia is an Accreditation Coordinator with ACCET, having joined the team in early 2019. She has a Master’s in Instructional Design and Technology and a background in training and education.
Portfolios
Co-Chair – Program Review Committee
Co-Chair – Conference Planning Committee
Cristina is an Accreditation Coordinator with ACCET and has been with the organization full-time over five years. She has a Master’s in International Education and a background in ESOL.
Portfolios
Co-Chair – Branching Review Committee (IEP)
Reaccreditations
Annual Reporting
With a background in economics as well as ESOL, Courtney has managed IEPs in the USA and Brazil. She previously directed a sports company and has consulted for small businesses around the world.
Portfolios
AMS/Technical Support
Accounting
Initial Applications
Kaitlyn is ACCET’s Administrative Assistant & Database Liaison and is the newest member of ACCET’s Initial Applications team. She has a BA in Anthropology and two years of nonprofit administrative experience.
Caroline is an Administrative Assistant at ACCET and is new to the team. She recently received her bachelor’s degree in American Studies
Carol is an outside Commission Representative with ACCET and has been with the organization on a part-time basis since 2013. She retired from the Commonwealth of Virginia, where she worked for both the Department of Education and the State Council of Higher Education.
George has been a Commission Representative for 11 years and was a past ACCET Commissioner. He has directed seven ESL programs in the U.S. and Iran over the past 50 years.
Lisa is an outside Commission Representative. She has worked for several ACCET-accredited institutions in her 20+ years working in education. She has served as a peer volunteer on many ACCET visits.
Jeff is an ACCET outside Commission Rep, with over 30 years experience in ESL and a focus on administration and student services, as well as business development and strategic management
Janice is a new Commission Representative. She was a regional manager and IDL curriculum designer for an ACCET school, then an IDL curriculum consultant until her retirement. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management/Literature, and a certificate in Paralegal Studies.
For thirty years, Sandy has Chaired ACCET’s Annual Conferences. This annual conference is her last!!! She expresses her deepest gratitude to all who have worked with her over these three decades to make the conferences meaningful, especially her co-chair Darlene Foret, Cristina Rodarte, Judy Hendrickson and all those in the present and past who contributed to the success of our conferences. Please join us in congratulating Sandy and wishing her a Happy Retirement!!
Darlene has over 29 years of experience in private, postsecondary career education. She has extensive experience in campus operations, regulatory compliance, and academic services. Darlene has held various positions over the years with IEC, most recently as the VP of Accreditation and Licensure. She earned her Master of Science degree in Administration from Central Michigan University.
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ACCET was founded in 1974 for the purpose of improving continuing education and training and has been officially recognized by the U.S. Department of Education since 1978 as a “reliable authority” as to the quality of education and training provided by the institutions we accredit.
Email Us at: info@accet.org