Member Organizations and Their Commissioners

The Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) is comprised of both a Commission and a
Board of Directors (BoD). The BoD is elected from the Commission.

Commissioners are responsible for approving the bylaws, mission, and vision statements of CAAHEP. Additionally, Commissioners determine
which health sciences professions are to be recognized by CAAHEP, monitor the development of accreditation standards, retain legal counsel
and secure liability insurance for CAAHEP, its appointed and elected committees and all Committees on Accreditation (CoA).

The following is a current listing of CAAHEP’s sponsoring and member organizations. Included within this list are the Commissioners who
represent each organization. Web links have been provided where available for each sponsoring and/or member organization.

AABB (formerly American Association of Blood Banks) http://www.aabb.org/ Brenda Barnes	Accreditation Committee- Perfusion Education http://www.ac-pe.org Linda Cantu
Accreditation Review Committee for Anesthesiologist Assistant http://www.caahep.org/arc-aa Alan Marco	Accreditation Review Committee for the Medical Illustrator http://www.caahep.org/arc-mi Kathleen Jung
Accreditation Review Council on Education in Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting http://www.arcstsa.org Arthur "Tony" Makin Elizabeth "Betsy" Slagle, Alternate	American Academy of Anesthesiologist Assistants http://www.anesthetist.org Claire Chandler
American Academy of Cardiovascular Perfusion http://www.theaacp.com/ Linda B. Mongero	American Academy of Neurology http://www.aan.com/ George (Trey) Lee, III
American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists http://www.oandp.org Michelle Hall	American Academy of Pediatrics http://www.aap.org Susan Fuchs
American Ambulance Association http://www.the-aaa.org/ Ron Thackery	American Association for Thoracic Surgery http://www.aats.org Daniel Goldstein
American Association of Medical Assistants http://www.aama-ntl.org Judy Jondahl	American Association of Sleep Technologists (AAST) http://www.aastweb.org Rose Ann Zumstein
American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics and Pedorthics http://www.abcop.org Catherine A. Carter	American Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion http://www.abcp.org Bradley Kulat David Palmer (alternate)
American Clinical Neurophysiology Society http://www.acns.org William J. Nowack	American College of Cardiology http://www.cardiosource.org/ Vacant
American College of Emergency Physicians http://www.acep.org Jeff Beeson	American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists http://www.acog.org Rebecca McAlister
American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians http://www.acoep.org Murry Sturkie	American College of Radiology http://www.acr.org Kate Feinstein
American College of Sports Medicine http://www.acsm.org Richard Cotton	American College of Surgeons http://www.facs.org Constantine Godellas
American Council on Exercise http://www.acefitness.org Graham Melstrand	American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine http://www.aium.org Marie De Lange
American Kinesiotherapy Association http://www.akta.org Melissa Fuller Ziegler	American Medical Association- Medical Education Group http://www.ama-assn.org Darlyne Menscer
American Society for Cytotechnology http://www.asct.com/ Maria Friedlander	American Society of Anesthesia Technologists & Technicians http://www.asatt.org/ Vacant
American Society of Anesthesiologists http://www.asahq.org David Varlotta	American Society of Clinical Pathology http://www.ascp.org/ Amber Donnelly
American Society of Cytopathology http://www.cytopathology.org Nancy Smith	American Society of Echocardiography http://www.asecho.org Carol Mitchell
American Society of ExtraCorporeal Technology http://www.amsect.org Craig Vocelka	American Society of Neurophysiological Monitoring http://www.asnm.org Bernard Cohen Barbara Tetzlaff (alternate)
American Society of Radiologic Technologists http://www.asrt.org/ Myke Kudlas	American Therapeutic Recreation Association http://www.atra-online.com/ Tim Passmore
American Thoracic Society http://www.thoracic.org/ Vacant	ASET - The Neurodiagnostic Society http://www.aset.org Faye McNall
Association of Medical Illustrators http://www.ami.org Leila Lax	Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions http://www.asahp.org Hugh Bonner Barry Eckert Julie O’Sullivan Maillet David Shelledy Yasmen Simonian
Association of Surgical Technologists http://www.ast.org Margaret Rodriguez	At-Large Representatives of Educational Institutions Linda Kerwin Keith Monosky
Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists http://www.brpt.org Cameron Harris	College of American Pathologists http://www.cap.org/apps/cap.portal David Wilbur
Committee on Accreditation for Advanced Cardiovascular Sonography http://www.caahep.org/acs Michelle Bierig	Committee on Accreditation for Anesthesia Technologist/Technician Education Victoria Reyes
Committee on Accreditation for Education in Neurodiagnostic Technology http://www.coa-ndt.org Jackie Long-Goding	Committee on Accreditation for Polysomnographic Technologist Education http://www.caahep.org/psg Donald Samples
Committee on Accreditation for the Exercise Sciences http://www.coaes.org Susan Muller	Committee on Accreditation of Education Programs for Kinesiotherapy http://www.akta.org/ Jerry Purvis
Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the Emergency Medical Services Professions http://www.coaemsp.org James Atkins	Committee on Accreditation of Recreational Therapy Education http://www.caahep.org/carte Thomas Skalko
Committee on Accreditation of Specialist in Blood Bank Technology Schools http://www.aabb.org/Pages/Homepage.aspx Marian Fortmann	Cooper Institute (The) http://www.cooperinst.org Gina Cortese Shipley
Cytotechnology Programs Review Committee http://www.caahep.org/cprc Kalyani Naik Robert Goulart (alternate)	Hospital-Based Programs Cheryl Oliver
International Association of Fire Chiefs http://www.iafc.org David Becker	International Association of Fire Fighters http://www.iaff.org/ Vacant
International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners http://www.iblce.org/ Anna Utter	International Lactation Consultant Association http://www.ilca.org/ Judi Lauwers
Joint Review Committee on Education in Cardiovascular Technology http://www.jrccvt.org David Hunter	Joint Review Committee on Education in Diagnostic Medical Sonography http://www.jrcdms.org Kerry Weinberg
Lactation Education Accreditation and Approval Review Committee (LEAARC) http://www.aarclactation.org/ Maeve Howett	Medical Assisting Education Review Board http://www.maerb.org Cheryl Startzell
National Academy of Sports Medicine http://www.nasm.org David Van Daff	National Association of Emergency Medical Services Educators http://www.naemse.org Debra Cason
National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians http://www.naemt.org/ Douglas York	National Association of EMS Physicians http://www.naemsp.org Debra Cason
National Association of State Emergency Medical Services Officials http://www.nasemso.org Donna Tidwell	National Commission on Orthotic and Prosthetic Education http://www.ncope.org Robin C. Seabrook
National Network of Health Career Programs in Two-Year Colleges http://www.nn2.org Cynthia Butters Gregory Ferenchak Marianne Krismer Anne Loochtan Carolyn O'Daniel	National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians http://www.nremt.org Rob Wagoner
National Surgical Assistant Association http://www.nsaa.net Clint Crews	Perfusion Program Directors' Council http://www.perf-ed.org Bruce Searles
Proprietary Institutions John H. Padgett	Public Members Pauletta Bracy Brown Calvin Harris
Recent Graduate Katie Lukovich	Society for Vascular Surgery www.vascularweb.org Eugene Zierler
Society for Vascular Ultrasound http://www.svunet.org LeAnn Maupin	Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists http://www.scahq.org Michael D'Ambra
Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography http://www.sdms.org Katie Kuntz	Society of Invasive Cardiovascular Professionals http://www.sicp.com Jeff Davis
Society of Thoracic Surgeons http://www.sts.org Thomas E. MacGillivray	United States Department of Defense Janice K. Morrison
United States Department of Veteran’s Affairs vacant	Vocational Technical Education Richard Hernandez