ASAHP Accreditation Committee
ASAHP Membership Accreditation Resource Persons*
American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Commission on Collegiate
Nursing Education (CCNE)
Linda F. Samson
Dean, College of Health Professions
Professor of Nursing and Health Administration
Governors State University
(Past service as peer reviewer)
Accreditation Commission for Audiology Education (ACAE)
Linda Seestedt-Stanford
Dean, College of Health and Human Sciences
Western Carolina University
(Member, Board of Directors)
Accreditation Council on Pharmacy Education (ACPE)
J. Chris Bradberry
Dean, School of Pharmacy and Health Profession
Creighton University Medical Center
(current site evaluator; previously served on the Board of Directors)
American Dietetic Association (ADA) Commission on Accreditation for Dietetics
Education (CADE)
David D. Gale
Dean, College of Health Sciences
Eastern Kentucky University
(Board of Directors)
American Occupational Therapy Association/ Accreditation Council for
Occupational Therapy Education (AOTA/ACOTE)
K. Della Ferguson
School of Health Professions and Education
Utica College
(Was the non-OT on the committee that drafted the new accreditation guidelines.)
American Physical Therapy Association/Commission on Accreditation in Physical
Therapy Education (APTA/CAPTE)
Hugh W. Bonner
Dean and Professor
State University of New York
Upstate Medical University
College of Health Professions
(Site visitor)
Gregory H. Frazer
Dean and Professor
John G. Rangos Sr. School of Health Sciences
Duquesne University
(On-site reviewer since 1991; served 6 years on the Commission; served 3 years as Chair
of the PT panel)
Beverly J. Schmoll
Professor and Dean, College of Health Science and Human Service
University of Toledo
(Has served on CAPTE and serves as team leader on site visits)
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Council on Academic
Accreditation (CAA) in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology
Linda Petrosino
Dean of the College of Health and Human Services
Bowling Green State University
(Site visitor for 15 years; served a term on the Council; served on the ASHA site visitor
training committee)
Richard E. Talbott
Dean, College of Allied Health Professions
University of South Alabama
(Serves on CAA, has chaired many standing committees; chaired the site visitor training
team)
National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Science (NAACLS)
Hugh W. Bonner
Dean and Professor
State University of New York
Upstate Medical University
College of Health Professions
(Board of Directors)
David D. Gale
Dean, College of Health Sciences
Eastern Kentucky University
(Board of Directors)
Randall S. Lambrecht
Dean and Professor
College of Health Sciences
The University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee
(Chair of the Doctoral Review Committee)
Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP)
Hugh W. Bonner
Dean and Professor
State University of New York
Upstate Medical University
College of Health Professions
(Board of Directors)
Gregory H. Frazer
Dean and Professor
John G. Rangos Sr. School of Health Sciences
Duquesne University
(Board of Directors)
David D. Gale
Dean, College of Health Sciences
Eastern Kentucky University
(Board of Directors)
CAAHEP - Committee on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC)
(To become: the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care.)
Hugh W. Bonner
Dean and Professor
State University of New York
Upstate Medical University
College of Health Professions
(Previously served on Board of Directors)
Council on Accreditation for Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs (COA)
Cecil B. Drain
Dean, School of Allied Health Professions
Virginia Commonwealth University
Medical College of Virginia Campus
Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology (JRCERT)
Sarah S. Baker
Interim Associate Dean, University College
Indiana University School of Medicine
Associate Professor, Radiologic Sciences Department
(Current site visitor; previously served on the Board; past-president of ASRT)
Carole A. Sullivan
Dean Emeritus
College of Allied Health
Department of Allied Health Sciences
The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
(Past service as site visitor and team chair: 1977-1996)
National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC)
Shelley F. Conroy
Dean and Professor, College of Health Professions
Armstrong Atlantic State University
(Served 10 years on the Evaluation Review Panel; 14 years as peer evaluator and team
chair for site visits; Member of the Task Force on Global Nursing
Education/Accreditation)
Linda F. Samson
Dean, College of Health Professions
Professor of Nursing and Health Administration
Governors State University
(Peer reviewer; member of Evaluation Review Panel; member of task force that
developed DNP accreditation standards)
* This accreditation resource person list was compiled by the ASAHP Accreditation
Committee after a call for volunteers was issued to the ASAHP membership. The
names appearing on this list consist of those members who responded that they
agreed to have their names listed to be contacted by members who may want to
contact them to discuss particular accreditation questions or issues that they are
facing. This list does not imply authority to speak on behalf of the accrediting bodies
listed or any degree of expert qualification in the area.
December 31, 2008