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USHEC Staff & Faculty

USHEC is administered by the board of directors along with the executive leadership members to work together towards achieving its mission. The entire staff and faculty members at USHEC are striving to maintain the standards of an institute for the individuals associated with it to help them achieve enhanced credentials for professional practice.

Board of Directors

Chairman

Zachary C. Mendoza

Vice Chairman

Peter L. Hall

President and Chief Executive Officer

Kevin Woods

International Affairs

Edward J. Patterson

Dean

Martha Charles

Accreditation Director

Dr. Alfredo Santillan

Executive Leadership

Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer

Zachary C. Mendoza

Vice President, Strategy and Innovation

Roy Byrum

Executive Vice President and Chief Membership Officer

Philip K. Martin

Assistant Vice President Membership

Valerie S. Lloyd

Chief Knowledge Officer

William Borden

Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer

Larry Higgins

Senior Vice President and Chief Officer, Asia Pacific

Paul Finch

AMERICAN HEC STAFF

Albert Forestor

Vice President for Research and Policy Analysis

She joined United States Higher Education Commission in November 2017. Prior to that, she served as the Director of Operations at the Wharton University, U.S. department of education and the University of Pennsylvania.

Cole McKenzie

Data Management Coordinator

He joined United States Higher Education Commission in September 2019. Recently he served as the Head of Administration Operations at the Myers Institute of Science and also held an administrative position at the Jacksonville University.

Nadine Petrova

Special Assistant to the President

Nadine joined United States Higher Education Commission in October 2011. She has served as an executive assistant at companies including Hildebrandt Associates, Baker Reynolds, Magnus 8 Inc. and Roger Wyatt Global.

Ashley Constance

Vice President for Government Affairs

Constance joined United States Higher Education Commission in Dec 2011 from Grand Analytics Services, Inc. where she was Assistant Vice President of Administration. She has also served as district administrator for a UET Pennsylvania.

Joel Friis

Print and Digital Content Administrator

He joined United States Higher Education Commission in February 2019. He previously served as Digital Content Manager for Codus Technology Association. He also has held digital content and graphics positions at the South Texas University of North Hampton.

James Ford

Membership and Information Administrator

He joined United States Higher Education Commission in Sept 2014. He previously served as Information Administrator for Advance Marketing, Inc. He also has served in administrative positions for the Saint John's Technical University.