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Commission on Lifelong Learning

The Commission on Lifelong Learning:

Helps guide the activities of the Center for Lifelong Learning and its programs.

Advises the staff on lifelong learning trends and other matters pertaining to its programs and services.

Reviews policy statements, guidelines, and principles of good practice on adult learning issues and, where appropriate, submits recommendations for Board action.

Programs within the Center for Lifelong Learning include

• Military Programs, including Military Evaluations, Military Installation Voluntary Education Review, and military registries (for the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps).
• Corporate Programs, including the College Credit Recommendation Service, Credit by Examination Program, and civilian registries (a series of computerized educational recordkeeping systems that list ACE-evaluated courses).
• Research related to adults and their access to and success in higher education. 

Commission membership primarily includes campus CEOs, joined by other representatives from higher education institutions and educational associations.

Commission Chair

Sandra L. Kurtinitis, President, The Community College of Baltimore County (MD)
Term Ending June 30, 2010

ACE Staff

James Selbe, Assistant Vice President, Lifelong Learning
William Xenakis, Director of Military Installation Voluntary Education Review (MIVER)
Cynthia Bruce, Director, Military Evaluations
Susan Huggins, Associate Director, Program Evaluations
Sydney Krome, Assistant Director, MIVER program
Mary Beth Lakin, Associate Director, Special Projects
Deborah Warin, Director, College Credit Recommendation Service

Term Ending June 30, 2010

Deborah M. DiCroce, President
Tidewater Community College (VA)

Mauri Ditzler, President
Monmouth College (IL)

William B. Drake, Jr., President
Midway College (KY)

Rockne Freitas, Chancellor
Hawai'i Community College

David L. Levinson, President
Norwalk Community College (CT)

Anita D. McDonald, Chancellor
Pennsylvania State University–DuBois

Regina S. Peruggi, President
Kingsborough Community College
City University of New York

Ronald P. Sexton, Chancellor
Montana State University–Billings

Jesse R. Smith, President
Jones County Junior College (MS)

Term Ending June 30, 2011

Livingston Alexander, President
University of Pittsburgh at Bradford (PA)

Robin E. Baker, President
George Fox University (OR)

C. Alvin Bowman, President
Illinois State University

Joseph S. Brosnan, President
Delaware Valley College (PA)

David R. Decker, President
Franklin University (OH)

Charlene M. Dukes, President
Prince George's Community College (MD)

Steven C. Ender, President
Grand Rapids Community College (MI)

Jonathan C. Gibralter, President
Frostburg State University (MD)

Sandra S. Harper, President
Our Lady of the Lake College (LA)

Lee D. Lambert, President
Shoreline Community College (WA)

Wright L. Lassiter, Chancellor
Dallas County Community College (TX)

Robert G. Martin, President
Institute of American Indian and Alaskan Native Culture and Arts Development (NM)

Glenn D. Mroz, President
Michigan Technological University

Robert L. Potts, Chancellor
Arkansas State University

Linda M. Thor, President
Rio Salado College (AZ)

Term Ending June 30, 2012

Christa E. Adams, President
Owens Community College (OH)

Susan C. Aldridge, President
University of Maryland University College

Hilda M. Colón Plumey, Chancellor
University of Puerto Rico at Humacao

Elaine Johnson Copeland, President
Clinton Junior College (SC)

Alan Davis, President
Empire State College, State University of New York

John F. Ebersole, President
Excelsior College (NY)

Robert Gervasi, President
Quincy University (IL)

Joyce B. Hedlund, President
Eastern Maine Community College

Patricia C. Hsieh, President
San Diego Miramar College (CA)

Larry R. Kaiser, President
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Paul P. Pai, President
Saint Louis Community College at Meramec (MO)

Jo Ann Wilson, President
Virginia College (AL)

Special Appointment

Nicholas H. Allen, Provost Emeritus and Collegiate Professor
University of Maryland University College

Lee Bash, Dean, College for Working Adults
William Penn University (IA)

Sharon L. Blackman, Executive Associate Vice Chancellor
Educational Affairs for Retention and Workforce Development
Dallas County Community College District (TX)

Judith L. Kuipers, President
Fielding Graduate University (CA)

Jerome H. Sullivan, Executive Director
American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (DC)