Purpose

The Initial Accreditation Committee (IAC) oversees the acceptance of unit applications, approves the initial Self-Evaluation Report (iSER), guides institutions in the implementation of the plans and oversees processes for initial business accreditation. The ultimate responsibility of the Committee is to ensure consistency of Accreditation Standards application and equity of recommendations across teams and across programs reviewed.

Structure

IAC is composed of between 32 and 40 members, half of who serve on each of the IAC's two operating subcommittees (IAC-Y and IAC-Z). The two subcommittees are headed by a single IAC chair with vice chairs appointed to each subcommittee. The subcommittees are responsible for dealing with the accreditation caseload.

Committee member assignments reflect the composition of the Accreditation Council and consider geographical area, type of institution, and experience with accreditation. Committee members are appointed by the Vice Chair-Chair Elect (who shall preside as Board Chair during the year for which the appointments are made). Committee members may be current or former business school administrators, faculty members and corporate executives. The IAC Chair and Vice Chairs are business school administrators from AACSB accredited Organizations. Normally, committee members serve staggered three-year terms, up to a maximum of two terms. Normally, the IAC chair and vice chairs serve two consecutive one-year terms, and must be reappointed to these roles on an annual basis.

Chair

Hanna-Leena Pesonen, University of Jyväskylä

IAC Y Vice Chair

Keith Willoughby, University of Saskatchewan

IAC Z Vice Chair

Barry O'Mahony, Abu Dhabi University

IAC Y Members

Allen Amason, Georgia Southern University
Anthony Brabazon, University College Dublin
Keryn Chalmers, Monash Business School, Monash University
She-I Chang, National Chung Cheng University
Robin Cheramie, Kennesaw State University
Per Cramer, University of Gothenburg
Himadri Das, International Management Institute, Delhi
Qiao Liu, Peking University
Kangjuan Lyu, SILC Business School, Shanghai University
Mohamed Madi, United Arab Emirates University
Jacqueline Mozrall, Rochester Institute of Technology
Finbarr Murphy, University of Limerick
Thomas Payne, Tennessee Technological University
Joan Phillips-Hernandez, Northern Illinois University
Denise Rotondo, Queens University of Charlotte
Juan Carlos Sosa, Universidad Ana G. Mendez - Gurabo
Michael Weber, Florida Southern College
Rama Yelkur, Texas Woman's University

IAC Z Members

Anne Balazs, University of Toledo
Atish Chattopadhyay, Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad
Don Capener, Utah Valley University
Kalok Chan, City University of Hong Kong
Gengzhong Feng, Xi'an Jiaotong University
Scott Grawe, Mississippi State University
Mark Higgins, Scranton University
Jean-Philippe Muller, International University of Monaco
John Navin, Ohio Northern University
Anthony Nelson, North Carolina Central University
David Oglethorpe, Cranfield University
Maryam Omari, Edith Cowan University
Ralph Palliam, American University of Kuwait
Jackie Rees Ulmer, Ohio University
Sridhar Sundaram, California State University at Fullerton
Venky Venkatachalam, University of Massachusetts Boston
Christy Weer, Salisbury University
Amy Zeng, Suffolk University

Staff Liaison

Suzanne Mintz (suzanne.mintz@aacsb.edu)