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 (2015 – 2020; extended to 2022)

Lisa Beardsley-Hardy, Chair, Director of Education, General Conference
Mike Lekic, Executive Secretary, Associate Director of Education, General Conference
Loren Agrey, President, Burman University
Juvenal Balisasa, Director of Education, West-Central Africa Division
Lena Caesar, Loyola University of Maryland
Mario Ceballos, Adventist Chaplaincy Ministries, General Conference
Lawrence Domingo, Director of Education, Southern Asia-Pacific Division
Daniel Duda, Director of Education, Trans-European Division
George Egwakhe, Associate Treasurer, General Conference
Gamaliel Florez, Director of Education, Inter-American Division
Gerald Grant, Professor, Ontario, Canada
Juanita Gurubatham, Director, Institutional Review and Development, ACCSC
Mozecie Kadyakapita, Director of Education, Southern Africa-Indian Ocean Division
Ginger Ketting-Weller, President, Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies
Hudson Kibuuka, Associate Director of Education, General Conference
Raquel Korniejczuk, Vice President, Academic Affairs, Montemorelos University
Thomas Lemon, Vice President, General Conference
Edgard Leonel Luz, Director of Education, South American Division
Geoffrey Mbwana, Vice President, General Conference
James Mbyirukira, Education Department, Oakwood University
David McClintock, Director of Education, South Pacific Division
Julian Melgosa, Associate Director of Education, General Conference
Marius Munteanu, Director of Education, Inter-European Division
Daryl Murdoch, Director, South Pacific Division Adventist Schools
Andrew Mutero, Director of Education, East-Central Africa Division
G. T. Ng, Secretary, General Conference
Arne Nielsen, Vice President for Education, North American Division
R. N. Prabhu Das, Director of Education, Southern Asia Division
Juan Prestol, Treasurer, General Conference
Ivan Riapolov, Director of Education, Euro-Asia Division
Steven Rose, Vice President, Financial Administration, Walla Walla University
Richard Sabuin, Director of Education, Northern Asia-Pacific Division
Sadrail Saint-Ulysse, Director of Education, New Jersey Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
Rubens Silva, Education Director, South Brazil Union Conference
Ella Simmons, Vice President, General Conference
John Wesley Taylor V, Associate Director of Education, General Conference
Aimee Vitangcol-Regoso, Registrar, Andrews University
Ted Wilson, President, General Conference
Robert Young, Vice President, Academic Administration, Southern Adventist University