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/ William Turcan	Accreditation and Approval Review Committee on Education in Human Lactation and Breastfeeding http://www.aarclactation.org/
Accreditation Committee- Perfusion Education http://www.ac-pe.org Linda Cantu	Accreditation Review Committee for Anesthesiologist Assistant http://www.caahep.org/Committees-On-Accreditation/?ID=AA Alan Marco
Accreditation Review Committee for the Medical Illustrator http://www.caahep.org/Committees-On-Accreditation/?ID=MI Kathleen Jung	Accreditation Review Council on Education in Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting http://www.arcstsa.org Katherine Lee
American Academy of Anesthesiologist Assistants http://www.anesthetist.org Claire Chandler	American Academy of Cardiovascular Perfusion http://www.theaacp.com David A. Ogella
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 Academy of Sleep Medicine http://www.aasmnet.org Jerome Barrett
American Ambulance Association www.the-aaa.org Ron Thackery	American Association for Thoracic Surgery http://www.aats.org Harold L. Lazar
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 and Prosthetics http://www.abcop.org Steve Whiteside	American Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion http://www.abcp.org Deborah L. Adams David Palmer (alternate)
American Clinical Neurophysiology Society http://www.acns.org Fumisuke Matsuo	American College of Emergency Physicians http://www.acep.org Paul R. Hinchey
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists http://www.acog.org Robert P. Lorenz	American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians http://www.acoep.org Vacant
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 Sean P. Harbison	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 Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine http://www.sportsmed.org Mitchell D. Seemann
American Society of Anesthesia Technologists & Technicians http://www.asatt.org/	American Society of Anesthesiologists http://www.asahq.org Michael H. Lasecki
American Society of Cytopathology http://www.cytopathology.org Nancy Smith Maria Friedlander (alternate)	American Society of Echocardiography http://www.asecho.org Carol Mitchell
American Society of Electroneurodiagnostic Technologists http://www.aset.org Faye McNall	American Society of ExtraCorporeal Technology http://www.amsect.org Craig Vocelka
American Society of Neurophysiological Monitoring http://www.asnm.org Bernard Cohen Michael Isley (alternate)	American Society of Radiologic Technologists http://www.asrt.org/asrt.htm Myke Kudlas
American Therapeutic Recreation Association http://www.atra-online.com/ Kari Kensinger	American Thoracic Society http://www.thoracic.org/ Vacant
Association of Medical Illustrators http://www.ami.org Leila Lax	Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions http://www.asahp.org Hugh Bonner Greg Frazer Marilyn Harrington Kathleen McEnerney David Shelledy
Association of Surgical Technologists http://www.ast.org Kevin Frey	At-Large Representative (Two Year Institutions) Angela Kiernan
Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists http://www.brpt.org Cameron Harris	Committee on Accreditation for Anesthesia Technologist/Technician Education Victoria Reyes
Committee on Accreditation for Education in Electroneurodiagnostic Technology http://www.coa-end.org Theresa Sisneros	Committee on Accreditation for Polysomnographic Technologist Education http://www.caahep.org/Committees-On-Accreditation/?ID=PSG Kristine Bresnehan Servidio
Committee on Accreditation for the Exercise Sciences http://www.coaes.org Susan Muller	Committee on Accreditation of Education Programs for Kinesiotherapy 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 Thomas Skalko, PhD, LRT/CTRS
Committee on Accreditation of Specialist in Blood Bank Technology Schools Brenda Barnes	Cooper Institute (The) http://www.cooperinst.org Gina Cortese Shipley
Cytotechnology Programs Review Committee http://www.caahep.org/Committees-On-Accreditation/?ID=CYTO Kalyani Naik Robert Goulart (alternate)	Hospital-Based Programs Cheryl Oliver
International Association of Fire Chiefs http://www.iafc.org David Becker	International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners www.iblce.org/ Anna Utter
International Lactation Consultant Association www.ilca.org/ Judi Lauwers	Joint Review Committee on Education in Cardiovascular Technology http://www.jrccvt.org Cliff Araki
Joint Review Committee on Education in Diagnostic Medical Sonography http://www.jrcdms.org Kerry Weinberg	Medical Assisting Education Review Board http://www.maerb.org Rebecca Gibson-Lee
National Academy of Sports Medicine http://www.nasm.org Alan Russell	National Association of Emergency Medical Services Educators http://www.naemse.org Debra Cason
National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians http://www.nremt.org Douglas York	National Association of EMS Physicians http://www.naemsp.org Vacant
National Association of State Emergency Medical Services Officials http://www.nasemso.org D. Randy Kuykendall	National Commission on Orthotic and Prosthetic Education http://www.ncope.org Alicia J. Davis
National Network of Health Career Programs in Two-Year Colleges http://www.nn2.org Cynthia Butters Marianne Krismer M. Lacheeta McPherson Carolyn O'Daniel Janell Lang	National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians http://www.nremt.org Vacant
National Strength and Conditioning Association http://www.nsca-lift.org Helen Binkley	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 Calvin Harris Jinny Gender	Recent Graduate Katie Bowe
Society for Vascular Surgery http://www.vascularweb.org R. Eugene Zierler	Society for Vascular Ultrasound http://www.svunet.org LeAnn Maupin
Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists http://www.scahq.org Martin Allard	Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography http://www.sdms.org Lynne Schreiber
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 Marcia Waldgeir	United States Department of Veteran’s Affairs vacant
Vocational Technical Education Richard Hernandez