Officers

IACEE is governed by its Council and, between annual Council meetings, its Executive Committee. The Council consists of the representatives of the four classes of Institutional membership, representatives of the Individual Members, the President, the Past President, the General Chair of the next World Conference, and the non-voting Secretary General. The administrative home for IACEE is in Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America. 

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IACEE COUNCIL ROSTER 2021-2024

The IACEE Council for 2021-2024 was accepted by acclamation on 26 May 2021 during General Assembly at the 17th World Conference. 

The Council Member listing below is in alphabetical order. An asterisk (*) next to a name indicates a Member of the IACEE Executive Committee, which consists of eight members.

Dr. Tamer Atabarut
Bogazici University
Istanbul, Turkey
atabarut@boun.edu.tr

*Dr. Nelson C. Baker
IACEE Secretary General
Dean, Professional Education
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
nelson.baker@pe.gatech.edu
n.baker@iacee.org 
 
*Ragna Ann Berge
IACEE Vice President, Processes & Systems
Head of Section, Center for Continuing and Professional Development
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Trondheim, Norway
ragna-ann.berge@ntnu.no
 
Edward G. Borbely
Engineering Professional Development
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
borbely@wisc.edu
 
*Dr. Patricia Caratozzolo
IACEE Vice President, Member Engagement and Communications
Tecnologico de Monterrey
Monterrey, Mexico
pcaratozzolo@tec.mx
 
Sabrina Casucci
University at Buffalo, SUNY
Buffalo, New York, USA
scasucci@buffalo.edu

*Dr. Soma Chakrabarti
IACEE President
Education Resources Team Leader
ANSYS Granta Education Division
Cambridge, UK
soma.chakrabarti@iacee.org 

*Anita Chawla
Engageli
Indiana, USA
anita@engageli.com

*Wang Cheng
IACEE Vice President, Business Development
Outstanding Education Investment Group
Beijing, P.R.China 
wangcheng@chinanet.gov.cn
 
*Dr. Yakut Gazi
IACEE Vice President, Global Initiatives
ASEE Representative
Associate Dean, Learning Systems, Professional Education
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
yakut.gazi@pe.gatech.edu
 
Marc Goossens
Executive Director, European Society for Engineers & Industrialists
Brussels, Belgium
marc-goossens@skynet.be
 
Dr. Aniko Kalman
Associate Professor in Adult Education and Lifelong Learning, Institute of Applied Pedagogy and Psychology
Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Budapest, Hungary
drkalmananiko@gmail.com
 
Patricio Montesinos Sanchis
Director, Centro Formación Permanente
Universidad Politécnica de Valencia
Valencia, Spain
pmontesi@cfp.upv.es 
 
Dr. Bente Norgaard
SEFI Representative
Associate Professor
Aalborg University
Aalborg, Denmark
bente@plan.aau.dk

*Robert Prakash
Stanford University
Stanford, California, USA
robertprakash@stanford.edu

*Yenan Qian
CACEE Representative
Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, P.R.China
Beijing, China
Qianyenan@chinahrt.com

*Kim A. Scalzo
IACEE Past President
Executive Director, Open SUNY
The State University of New York
Albany, New York, USA
kim.scalzo@suny.edu
 
Katriina Schrey-Niemenmaa
Academic Engineers and Architects in Finland-TEK
Senior Lecturer, Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences
Helsinki, Finland
katriina.schrey@gmail.com

Ellen Sjoer
Professor Sustainable Talent Development
at The Hague University of Applied Sciences (De Haagse Hogeschool)
Delft University of Technology (TU Delft)
e.sjoer@tudelft.nl 
e.sjoer@hhs.nl

Tony Smith
University of Tasmania
Tasmania, Australia
tony.smith@utas.edu.au

*Dr. Lisa Stephens
General Conference Chair, 18th World Conference - IACEE 2022
Assistant Dean, SEAS Online Education
School of Engineering & Applied Sciences
University at Buffalo, SUNY
Buffalo, New York, USA
stephens@buffalo.edu



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1. 1989-1995 John P. Klus University of Wisconsin - Madison, USA
2. 1995-1998 Javier Jimenez Espriu UNAM, Mexico
3. 1998-2001 Frank E. Burris University of California, USA
4. 2001-2004 Alfredo Soeiro University of Porto, Portugal
5. 2004-2008 Mervyn E. Jones Imperial College London, UK
6. 2008-2009 Flemming K. Fink Aarhus University, Denmark
7. 2009-2014 Nelson C. Baker Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
8. 2014-2016 Kim Scalzo State University of New York, USA
9. 2016-2021 Soma Chakrabarti University of Delaware, US; University of Wisconsin-Madison, US; ANSYS Granta, UK