Speakers: WSCUC ARC2026

Sal Khan
Founder and CEO
Khan Academy

Joshua Travis Brown
Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurial Leadership in Education, Johns Hopskins University
Fellow at the Center for Skills, Knowledge, and Organizational Performance (SKOPE), University of Oxford

Laura Hubbard
NACUBO Board Chair and Vice President for Finance and Administration
University at Buffalo, State University of New York

Tom Harnisch
Vice President for Government Relations
State Higher Education Executive Officers Association

Maria Toyoda
President
WASC Senior College and University Commission

Tracy Poon Tambascia
Chair, WASC Senior College and University Commission
Professor, University of Southern California

Bob Wise
Education Advocate
Global Science of Learning Education Network (GSoLEN)

Stephanie Huie
Vice President
WASC Senior College and University Commission

Christopher Oberg
Executive Vice President
WASC Senior College and University Commission

John Hausaman
Vice President
WASC Senior College and University Commission

Iqbal Atwal
Director, ASPIRE Grant
California State University, Stanislaus

Michael Barr
Associate Vice President, Academic Affairs
The Chicago School

Kito Barrow
Associate Professor
The Chicago School

Divya Bheda
Director, Educational Assessment
Santa Clara University

Andrea Bing
Director of Accreditation & Assessment, Title IX/504 Coord.
UC Law San Francisco

William Brown
Provost
The Chicago School

Sonny Calderon
Vice President, Academic Affairs
New York Film Academy

Teri Cannon
Higher Education Consultant/Founding President, Minerva University, retired
Teri Cannon LLC

Matthew Case
Interim Assistant Vice Chancellor, Institutional Research & Analyses
CSU Office of the Chancellor

Marie Cini
Provost
University of the People

Ellen Baker Derwin
Associate, Substantive Change
WASC Senior College and University Commission

Jonathan Dodrill
Dean, College of Undergraduate Studies
The Chicago School

Melea Fields
AVP Accreditation/ALO, Licensure & State Authorizations
The Chicago School

Adia Garrett
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, School of Public Service
National University

Sara Gast
Deputy Executive Director of the Carnegie Classifications
American Council on Education

Annabelle Goodwin
Inclusive Excellence/Diversity Officer
National University

Anthony Guida
Partner
Duane Morris LLP

Mushtaq Gunja
Executive Director, Carnegie Classifications
American Council on Education

John Hausaman
Vice President
WASC Senior College and University Commission

Thomas Hopewell
Provost and Chief Academic Officer
The Master's University

Stephanie Huie
Vice President
WASC Senior College and University Commission

Duan Jackson
Systemwide Director Student Advising Initiatives
CSU Office of the Chancellor

Michael Le
Chief Data Officer
Cal Poly Humboldt

Emily Magruder
Director, Innovative Teaching and Future Faculty Development
California State University, Office of the Chancellor

Maureen Maloney
Vice President
WASC Senior College and University Commission

Lezlee Matthews
Director of Co-Curricular Learning, Educational Equity and Assessment
San Jose State University

Katie McAllister
Vice President - Chief Learning Officer
WASC Senior College and University Commission

Kara Moloney
Senior Assessment Specialist
UC Davis

Michele Nealon
President
The Chicago School

Christopher Oberg
Executive Vice President
WASC Senior College and University Commission

Pamela Ong
Director of Data and Research
Association of Independent California Colleges & Universities

Susan Opp
Vice President
WASC Senior College and University Commission

Michael Powers
Education Compliance and Policy Advisor
Duane Morris LLC

Tiffany Rodriguez
Chief Academic Officer
American College of Healthcare Sciences

Vivian Sanchez
WASC Senior College and University Commission International Accreditation Committee Chair, Chancellor/CEO
University of St Augustine for Health Sciences

Sharlene Sayegh
Director of Institutional Assessment & ALO
California State University, Long Beach

Ted Scholz
Vice President of Academic Affairs
The Chicago School

Casey Shapiro
Director of the Assessment of Student and Instructor Experience
UCLA Teaching and Learning Center

Melissa Simnitt
Senior Strategic Specialist – Assessment & Accreditation
California State University, San Marcos

Jasmine Sims
ASPIRE Research Analyst
California State University, Stanislaus

Harold Stanislaw
Professor of Psychology
California State University, Stanislaus

Tracy Poon Tambascia
Chair, WASC Senior College and University Commission
Professor, University of Southern California

Ainhoa Uribe Otalora
Vice-Rector for Internationalization
Universidad San Pablo CEU

Miguel Valenzuela
Director, Accreditation, Licensure, and State Authorizations
The Chicago School

Amy Wallace
Vice President
WASC Senior College and University Commission

Michael Westerfield
Associate Substantive Change
WASC Senior College and University Commission

Michael Iorio
Associate Professor, Bachelor of Science in Radiation Sciences Program Director
Loma Linda University

Ying Iverson
Chief Academic Officer and Vice President of Academic Affairs
Westcliff University

Melinda Jackson
Dean of Undergraduate Education
San Jose State University

Laila Jallo
Professor
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona(CPP) - Pomona, CA

Ben Juliano
Director, Assessment and Program Review
California State University, Chico

Kevin Kaatz
Director of General Education
CSU East Bay

Daniel Kaczmarek
Director, Student Life Assessment and Research
University at Buffalo

Kryztofr Kaine
Sr. Manager, Institutional Advancement and Community Relations
Colleges of Law

Sowmya Kannan
Director, Education and Workforce Development
IBM

Kristen Kearns
Director of Institutional Effectiveness and Assessment
St. Patrick's Seminary and University

Peter Kigwilu
Director Quality Assurance
United States International University - Africa

Rosemary Knab
Director
New Jersey Center for Teaching and Learning

Nicole Kontak
Assistant Dean, Curricular & Academic Affairs
University of Arizona

Tiana Kraus-Kozioł
Director of Assessment & Institutional Effectiveness
Palo Alto University

Teresa Kuruc
Vice President, Faculty Affairs & ALO
University of Arizona Global Campus

Tracy Kurzy
University Registrar and Director of Assessment
American Jewish University

Jibril Latif
Dean
Bayan Online

Michael Le
Chief Data Officer
Cal Poly Humboldt

Lisa LeBoeuf
Associate Provost of Accreditation and Continuous Improvement
Reach University

Madia Levin
Professor
National University

Shelia Lewis
Provost/ALO
Touro University Worldwide

Erika Liljedahl
Department Chair
The Chicago School

Pamelyn MacDonald
Professor & Academic Program Director
National University

Bobbi Makani
Executive Director of the Career Center
San Jose State University

Bree Maldonado
Dean of Students
United States University

Ashim Malhotra
Vice President, Institutional Effectiveness and Accreditation
California Northstate University

Lezlee Matthews
Director of Co-Curricular Learning, Educational Equity and Assessment
San Jose State University

Valerie McDaniel
University of the Pacific

Shaniece McGill
Vice Provost of Student Life and Dean of Students
Saybrook University

Amy McKinney
Dean of Students, Stockton Campus
Stanislaus State University

Anamika Megwalu
Assessment and Engineering Librarian
San Jose State University

Yosef Mendelsohn
Senior Professional Lecturer, Depaul University
DePaul University

Valerie Mendelsohn
President
Mendelsohn Solutions LLC

Mark Meritt
Professor, Department of Rhetoric and Language
University of San Francisco

Jo Meuris
Associate Professor of Animation
Loyola Marymount University

Julie Miceli
Managing Partner
Husch Blackwell

Mustahsan Mir
Vice-Chancellor for Institutional Planning and Effectiveness
Ajman University

Joanne Mitchell
Associate Provost of Educational Effectiveness and Enrollment Management
Otis College of Art and Design

Cynthia Maria Montaudon Tomas
Dean of College of Business
UPAEP, A.C.

Emily Moradel
Strategy and Innovation Director
Universidad Zamorano

Elizabeth Morris
Associate Provost for Educational Effectiveness
California Baptist University

Ken Nelson
Director, IE
Loma Linda University

Ashley Nielsen
Recent Doctoral Graduate
National University

Sean Nufer
Senior Director of Teaching and Learning
The Community Solution Education System

Susan Olszewski
Dean of Faculty
New Jersey Center for Teaching and Learning

Patricia Paez
Dean
CETYS University

Christi Palacat
Institutional Analyst
University of Hawai'i-West O'ahu

Laura Palucki Blake
Assistant Vice President for Institutional Research and Effectiveness
Harvey Mudd College

Marlena Pangelinan
Vice Provost for Institutional Effectiveness
University of Guam

Gina Park
Senior Data Strategist
California State University, Fullerton

Robyn Parker
Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs
Saybrook University

Lisa Parker
Partner
Husch Blackwell

Sreenivasulu Pattipati
Associate Dean and ALO
California Health Sciences University

Jane Peng
Academic Dean
Logos Evangelical Seminary

Brenda Perea
Senior Program Manager
Public Interest Technology

Tamara Phelan
Professor
University of the Pacific

Glenn Phillips
Senior Insights Consultant
Watermark Insights

Christine Poindexter Harris
Assistant Vice President, Accreditation, Assessment & Regulation
The Community Solution Education System

AJ Prager
Managing Director
Hilltop Securities Inc.

Huston Pullen
Chair of Innovation and Program Development, College of Business
Westcliff University

Victoria Quijano
Chief Academic Officer
EDvance College

Priya Raman
Director of Academic and Institutional Effectiveness
San José State University

Sherry Rieder
Associate Professor
National University

Gaby Robinson
Assessment Coordinator
Otis College of Art and Design

Teshia Roby
Associate Provost, Academic Innovations and Programs
Cal Poly

Tiffany Rodriguez
Chief Academic Officer
American College of Healthcare Sciences

Maria Rodriguez
Associate Director of Faculty Support and Development
National University

William Roesner
Director, Academic Operations
Westcliff University

Amanda Romero
Interim Assistant Provost/Chair, Department of Social Work
Mount Saint Mary's University, Los Angeles

Ja Ne't Rommero
Associate Vice President of Academic Effectiveness
Pacific Oaks College

Barry Ryan
President (retired)
Woodbury University

Charles Sands
Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
California Baptist University

Ruby Sangha-Rico
Interim Associate Vice President, Student Success Services
Fresno State

Lucille Sansing
Senior Consultant
The Registry

Danielle Sassman
Associate Provost, Institutional Effectiveness
American Jewish University

Christiane Schubert
Assistant Professor of Medical Education, Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Loma Linda University

Rita Sedani Pesartic
Director of Institutional Research
West Coast University

Seema Shah-Fairbank
Professor and Faculty Associate of Assessment
Cal Poly Pomona

Hazar Shehadeh
Associate Professor/Lead Faculty
University of Arizona Global Campus

Laura Sliwinski
Sr. Director of Doctoral Affairs and Academic Resources
Westcliff University

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