Purpose

The Initial Accreditation Committee (IAC) oversees the acceptance of eligibility 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 thirty-two and forty 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 schools served by the Committee 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

Joyce Strawser, Seton Hall University

IAC Y Vice Chair

Barry Burgan, Bond University

IAC Z Vice Chair

Joe Phillips, Seattle University

IAC Y Members

Andreas Altmann, MCI Management Center Innsbruck
Raju Balakrishnan, University of Michigan - Dearborn
Murray Dalziel, University of Baltimore
Jenny Darroch, Farmer School of Business, Miami Business
Assaad Farah, American University in Dubai
Frank Ghannadian, The University of Tampa
Thami Ghorfi, ESCA Ecole de Management
Ross James, University of Canterbury
Jiye "Jerry" Mao, Renmin University of China
Rowena Ortiz-Walters, St. Mary's University
Ansgar Richter, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
Denise Rotondo, Canisius College
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
Jeffrey Brown, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign
Roberto Curci, Dominican University
Thomas Froehlicher, Rennes School of Business
Donald Gibson, Manhattan College
Hassan HassabElnaby, Northern Kentucky University
Che Ruhana Isa, University of Malaya
Kyeong-Won Kim, Sejong University
Djuro Njavro, Zagreb School of Economics and Management
Ralpah Palliam, American University of Kuwait
David Sollars, Washburn University
Ira Weiss, North Carolina State 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])