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UPCEA.edu: About the Association: Board of Directors

UPCEA Board of Directors (2012-2013)

The UPCEA Board of Directors directs the affairs of the Association, determines its policies, and advances its goals, except as otherwise provided in the Association's Bylaws. The Board meets three times each year in January, April, and June.

The composition of UPCEA's Board:

  • President
  • President-Elect
  • Treasurer
  • Immediate Past President
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • 5 Regional Representatives
  • 4 Commission Chairs
  • Communities of Practice Council Chair
  • Membership/Regional Cabinet Chair
  • Opportunity and Equity Chair
  • Professional Development Chair
  • Directors At-Large

There are three Board Commitees:

  • Executive
  • Finance
  • Strategic Planning

The UPCEA Board of Directors directs the affairs of the Association, determines its policies, and advances its goals, except as otherwise provided in the Association's Bylaws. The Board meets three times each year in January, April, and June.

 

Officers
 

President
Thomas Gibbons
Dean, School of Continuing Studies
Northwestern University
339 East Chicago Ave.,
Suite 609
Chicago, IL 60611
312.503.1152
tgibbons@northwestern.edu

President-Elect
Karen Sibley
Dean, Continuing Education
Brown University
Box T
42 Charlesfield St.
Providence, RI 02912
401.863.1236
karen_sibley@brown.edu

Past President
Jim Shaeffer
Associate Vice Provost for Outreach & Engagement
James Madison University
MSC 6906
395 South High Street
Harrisonburg, VA 22807
540.568.4251
http://shaeffjm@jmu.edu

Interim Secretary/Treasurer

Bill McClure
Executive Director, Division of Continuing & Professional Ed
University of Massachusetts Amherst
100 Venture Way, Suite 222
Hadley, MA 01035-9430
413.545.2111
billmcclure@contined.umass.edu

Chief Executive Officer

Bob Hansen
CEO
UPCEA
1 Dupont Circle, NW
Suite 615
Washington, DC 20036
202.659.3130
rhansen@upcea.edu


 

Directors At-Large
 

Nelson Baker
Dean – Professional Education
Georgia Institute of Technology
84 5th Street NW
Atlanta, GA 30308-1031
404.894.9658
nelson.baker@pe.gatech.edu

Rob Manuel
Associate Provost and Dean of the School of Continuing Studies
Georgetown University
3307 M Street, NW, Suite 202
Washington, DC 20057
202.687.5400
rlm52@georgetown.edu

Cathy Sandeen
Dean
University of California-
Los Angeles
Continuing Ed & UCLA Extension
10995 Le Conte Avenue
Suite 770
Los Angeles, CA 90024-1333
310.825.5551
csandeen@unex.ucla.edu

David Schejbal
Dean, Continuing Education/ Outreach/E-Learning
University of Wisconsin-Extension
5602 Research Park Blvd.,
#300
Madison, WI 53719-1277
608.262.2478
david.schejbal@uwex.edu
 

**** Four additional At-Large Directors will be added after Leadership Committee meets and members vote


 

Committee Leadership

Network Senate Chair
Burt Bargerstock

Director, Communications & Information Technology
University Outreach and Egagement
Michigan State University
Kellogg Center
219 S. Harrison Road
Room 93
East Lansing, MI 48824-1022
517.353.8977
bargerst@msu.edu

Network Senate Chair-Elect
Marshall Schott

Assistant Vice President
University of Houston
111 C.N. Hilton Hotel & College
Houston, TX 77204-3051
713.743.0749
mschott@central.uh.edu

Membership Regional Cabinet Chair
Emily C. Richardson

AVP, Boundless Learning
Stetson University
4201 N. Woodland Blvd.
Unit 8185
Deland, FL 32723
386.822.7518
ecrichar@stetson.edu

Diversity & Inclusiveness Committee Chair
Bea Gonzalez

Dean
University College/ Summer@Syracuse
Syracuse University
700 University Ave.
Syracuse, NY 13244-3806
315.443.3259
bgonzale@uc.syr.edu

 

Regional Representatives
 

UPCEA Central
David Stewart

Associate Dean
Kansas State University Division of Continuing Education
116 College Court Building
Manhattan, KS 66506
785.532.5644
ads@ksu.edu

UPCEA Mid-Atlantic
Joe Ugras

Dean
LaSalle University
1900 West Olney Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19141
215.951.1240
ugras@lasalle.edu

UPCEA New England
Sybil Smith
Executive Director
Brandeis University
415 South Street, MS 084
Waltham, MA 02454-9110
781.736.3443
sysmith@brandeis.edu

UPCEA South
Beth Laves
Associate Vice President
Western Kentucky University
2355 Nashville Road
Bowling Green, KY 42101
270.745.5308
beth.laves@wku.edu

UPCEA West
Janet Gifford
Associate Director
Division of Continuing Education
Linfield College
2255 NW Northrup St.
Portland, OR 97210
503.413.7056
jgiffo@linfield.edu
 

 

 

 

 


 







 
 
 
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