Dr. Laurie Dodge is Vice President of Quality Assurance and Accreditation, Competency-Based Education Network (C-BEN). Laurie most recently served as provost at University of Massachusetts Global where she helped lead the building of CBE direct assessment programs.  She served as the Accreditation Liaison Officer for over 15 years and is a current member of WSCUC Substantive Change Committee.   Dr. Dodge was the inaugural Chair of the Board for C-BEN and a co-author of “A Leader’s Guide to Competency-Based Education: From Inception to Implementation”.  Dr. Dodge is currently on the NC-SARA Board of Directors and she works with colleges and universities throughout the nation in designing quality CBE programs.