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 Accredited 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

Joe Phillips, Seattle University

IAC Y Vice Chair

Thami Ghorfi, ESCA Ecole de Management

IAC Z Vice Chair

Hassan HassabElnaby, Northern Kentucky University

IAC Y Members

Keryn Chalmers, Monash Business School, Monash University
Per Cramer, University of Gothenburg
Jenny Darroch, Farmer School of Business, Miami Business
Assaad Farah, American University in Dubai
Frank Ghannadian, The University of Tampa
Ross James, University of Canterbury
Mohamed Madi, United Arab Emirates University
Jiye "Jerry" Mao, Renmin University of China
Rowena Ortiz-Walters, St. Mary's University
Balaji Rajagopalan, University of Missouri
Ansgar Richter, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
Denise Rotondo, Queens University of Charlotte
Vishal Talwar, Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad
Ahmad Tootoonchi, University of Tennessee at Martin
Venky Venkatachalam, University of Massachusetts Boston
Yunzeng Wang, University of California Riverside
Charles Whiteman, Pennsylvania State University
Rama Yelkur, Texas Woman's University

IAC Z Members

Donald Andrews, Southern University and A&M College
Fikru Boghossian, Morgan State University
Don Capener, Marshall University
Feng Gengzhong, Xi'an Jiaotong University
Donald Gibson, Saint Mary's College of California
Che Ruhana Isa, University of Malaya
Kyeong-Won Kim, Sejong University
Anthony Nelson, North Carolina Central University
Djuro Njavro, Zagreb School of Economics and Management
Barry O'Mahony, Abu Dhabi University
Ralph Palliam, American University of Kuwait
Hanna-Leena Pesonen, University of Jyväskylä
Jackie Rees Ulmer, Ohio University
David Sollars, Washburn University
Christy Weer, Salisbury University
Marilyn Wiley, University of North Texas
Scott Young, Western Washington University
Yugang Yu, University of Science and Technology of China

Staff Liaison

Suzanne Mintz ([email protected])