Commissions - Adventist Accrediting Association

What is the Adventist Accrediting Association?

The Accrediting Association of Seventh-day Adventist Schools, Colleges, and Universities (AAA) is the denominational accrediting authority for all tertiary and graduate educational programs and institutions owned by Seventh-day Adventist Church entities. It also reviews and endorses the accreditation of secondary schools and mid-level institutions owned by the Church, as recommended by the Commissions on Accreditation of the divisions. The Commission on Accreditation of each division is responsible for the denominational accreditation of primary schools owned by the Church in its territory. The Accrediting Association of Seventh-day Adventist Schools, Colleges, and Universities and the Commissions on Accreditation evaluate the quality of the denominational institutions’ programs and their implementation of the Seventh-day Adventist philosophy of education in order to foster the unity and mission of the Church.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS (2023-2025)

Lisa Beardsley-Hardy, Chair, Director of Education, General Conference
Hudson Kibuuka, Executive Secretary, Associate Director of Education, General Conference
Audrey Andersson, Education Advisor, General Vice President
Sabrina Cotton De Souza, Treasury Advisor
Daniel Allida, North Caribbean University
Antonio Marcos Alves, Director of Education, South American Division
Juvenal Balisasa, Director of Education, West-Central Africa Division
Guillermo Biaggi, Vice President, General Conference
Gina Brown, Howard University
Lena Caesar, Loyola University of Maryland
Bruce Cameron, Regent University
Roman Chisacov, Director of Education, Euro-Asia Division
Malcolm Coulson, Director of Education, South Pacific Division
Abner De los Santos, Vice President, General Conference
Kayle de Waal, Director of Education, Trans-European Division
Paul Douglas, Treasurer, General Conference
Gerald Grant, Carelton University
Brian Harris, Upper Columbia Conference
Ginger Ketting-Weller, President, Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies
Erton Kohler, Secretary, General Conference
Raquel Koniecjuk, Montemorelos University
Thomas Lemon, Vice President, General Conference
Raul Lozano, Linda Vista University
Edgard Luz, Director of Education, Northern Asia-Pacific Division
Geoffrey Mbwana, Vice President, General Conference
Julian Melgosa, Associate Director of Education, General Conference
Bienvenido Mergal, Director of Education, Southern Asia-Pacific Division
Marius Munteanu, Director of Education, Inter-European Division
Andrew Mutero, Director of Education, East-Central Africa Division
Arne Nielsen, Director of Education, North American Division
Felix Njini, Director of Education, Southern Africa-Indian Ocean Division
Ivan Omana, Adventist Chaplaincy Ministries, General Conference
Faye Patterson, Director of Education, Inter-American Division
Socrates Quispe, Associate Director of Education, General Conference
Richard Sabuin, Associate Director of Education, General Conference
Edison Samraj, Director of Education, Southern Asia Division
Rubens Silva, Education Director, South Brazil Union Conference
Arthur Stele, Vice President, General Conference
Gary Thurber, President, Union College
Ted Wilson, President, General Conference
Richard Tooley, Taiwan Adventist College
Maurice Valentine, Vice President, General Conference
Aimee Vitangcol-Regoso, Registrar, Andrews University
Robert Young, Vice President, Academic Administration, Southern Adventist University

Invitees:

Yin Mak Chung, Director of Education, Chinese Union Mission
Candace Iseminger, Director of Education, Middle East and North Africa Union Mission
Konstantin Kampen, Director of Education, Ukrainian Union Conference
Abel Apaza, Associate Director for Higher Education, South American Division
Andrea Luxton, Associate Director for Higher Education, North American Division
Robyn Kajiura, Auditing Service, General Conference
James Winegardner, Adventist Risk Management, General Conference
Ruben Gandia, Office of General Counsel, General Conference