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 (2026-2030)

Lisa Beardsley-Hardy, Chair, Director of Education, General Conference

Sócrates Quispe, Executive Secretary, Associate Director of Education, General Conference

Audrey Andersson, Education Advisor, General Vice President

Sabrina Cotton De Souza, Treasury Advisor

Juvénal Balisasa, Associate Director of Education, General Conference

Anneris Coria-Navia, Associate Director of Education, General Conference

Richard Sabuin, Associate Director of Education, General Conference

Yetunde Alozie, Director of Education, West-Central Africa Division

Antonio Marcos Alves, Director of Education, South American Division

Roman Chisacov, Director of Education, Euro-Asia Division

Kayle de Waal, Director of Education, Trans-European Division

Ruth Horton, Director of Education, North American Division

Edgard Luz, Director of Education, Northern Asia-Pacific Division

Phillip Maiyo, Director of Education, East-Central Africa Division

Elisapesi Manson, Director of Education, South Pacific Division

Marius Munteanu, Director of Education, Inter-European Division

Felix Njini, Director of Education, Southern Africa-Indian Ocean Division

Faye Patterson, Director of Education, Inter-American Division

R N Prabhu Das, Director of Education, Southern Asia Division

Mary Jane Zabat, Director of Education, Southern Asia-Pacific Division

Folorunso Akande, Finance Officer, Babcock University

Daniel Allida, North Caribbean University

Ginger Ketting-Weller, President, Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies

Paluku Mwendambio, Director of Education/Children’s Ministries, North East Congo Union Mission

Ivan Omana, Adventist Chaplaincy Ministries, General Conference

Gary Thurber, President, Union College

Datha Tickner, Director of Education, Southeastern California Conference

Aimee Vitangcol-Regoso, Registrar, Andrews University

Robert Young, Vice President, Academic Administration, Southern Adventist University

Raquel Koniecjuk, Montemorelos University

Juan Antonio López, Adventist Colleges Abroad, NAD

Maria Ballejos-Cornejo, Peruvian Union University

Bruce Cameron, Regent University

Gerald Grant, Carelton University

Maria Goga, Technical University of Civil Engineering of Bucharest

Erton Köhler, President, General Conference

Richard McEdward, Secretary, General Conference

Paul Douglas, Treasurer, General Conference

Leonard Johnson, Vice President, General Conference

Thomas Lemon, Vice President, General Conference

Pierre Omeler, Vice President, General Conference

Robert Osei-Bonsu, Vice President, General Conference

Saw Samuel, Vice President, General Conference

Arthur Stele, Vice President, General Conference

Mark Finley, Asstant to President Initiatives, General Conference

Magdiel Perez Schulz, Feild Secretary, General Conference

Michael Ryan, Asstant to President Initiatives, General Conference

Invitees:

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 Hope Zhang, Director of Education, Chinese Union Mission