Accrediting Council

ACEJMC’s member associations represent educators and professional practitioners.

The Accrediting Council is composed of representatives of professional and educational organizations, and up to three public members. The Council president is a non-voting member.

The Accrediting Council usually meets twice a year. It considers accrediting decisions at a meeting in the spring; the fall semester meeting is devoted to policies and other considerations. The Accrediting Council makes all final accrediting decisions.

Del Galloway, President, ACEJMC
Public relations leader, retired
912 F Street, NW, #700
Washington, DC 20004
(202)360-0279
cdelgalloway@gmail.com
(Term expires 2025)

Greg Pitts, Vice President, ACEJMC
Professor, School of Journalism and Strategic Media
Middle Tennessee State University, 1301 E. Main St., Murfreesboro, TN 37132
(615)494-8925
greg.pitts@mtsu.edu
(Term expires 2025)
Representing:
Broadcast Education Association

Sonny Albarado
Editor-in-Chief, Arkansas Advocate
33018 Turkey Trail, Paron, AR 72122
(501)551-8811
spjsonny@gmail.com
Representing:
Society of Professional Journalists

Dorothy Bland
Professor
Mayborn School of Journalism
University of North Texas
1155 Union Circle, #311460
Denton, TX 76203-5017
(940)565-4917
Mobile: (970)222-8990
Dorothy.bland@unt.edu
Representing:
Association for Education in Journalism
and Mass Communication
(Term expires: 2027)

LaSharah S. Bunting
CEO/Executive Director
Online News Association
1111 North Capitol Street NE, Second Floor
Washington, DC 20002
lasharah@journalists.org
Representing:
Online News Association

Jenny Buschhorn
AAF’s National Education Executive Council
Associate Professor
School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Texas State University
601 University Drive
San Marcos, TX 78666-4684
(512)917-4625
buschhorn@txstate.edu
Representing:
American Advertising Federation

Michael Cherenson
Executive Vice President Public Relations
SCG Advertising
  & Public Relations
100 S. Jefferson Road, Suite 204
Whippany, NJ 07981
(973)597-5104
Mobile: (973)919-6228
mcherenson@successcomgroup.com
Representing:
Public Relations Society of America 

Heidi de Laubenfels
Founder & CEO
Arcus Pace, Inc.
2033 2nd Ave., Suite 703
Seattle, WA 98121
Heidi@ArcusPace.com
Public Member
(Term expires 2025)

Rosanna M. Fiske
APR, Fellow PRSA
Corporate Communications Consultant
Coral Gables, FL
(305) 582-0868
rosanna.fiske@gmail.com
Representing:
Public Relations Society of America

Steve Geimann
Bloomberg News, retired
1309 C St. NE
Washington, D.C. 20002-6441
(202)255-7447
teamgeimann@gmail.com
Public Member
(Term expires 2024) 

Michel Haigh
Professor
School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Texas State University
601 University Drive
Old Main Building 102
San Marcos, TX 78666-4684
(512)245-7238
mmh204@txstate.edu
Representing:
Broadcast Education Association

Denise Hill
APR
Vice President
Corporate Communications and Community Relations
Lowe’s
1000 Lowes Boulevard
Mooresville, NC 28117
denise.hill@lowes.com
Representing:
Public Relations Society of America 

J. Suzanne Horsley
Associate Professor
Department of Advertising and Public Relations
College of Communication and Information Sciences
The University of Alabama
Box 870172
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0172
(205)348-8304
horsley@apr.ua.edu
Representing:
Association for Education in Journalism
   and Mass Communication
(Term expires 2025)

Mark Lodato
Dean
S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
Syracuse University
215 University Place,
Syracuse, NY 13244
(315)443-1909
mlodato@syr.edu
Representing:
Association of Schools of Journalism
and Mass Communication
(Term expires 2026)

Herbert Lowe
Senior Lecturer
Department of Journalism
College of Journalism and Communications
University of Florida
PO Box 118400
Gainesville, FL 32611
(352)294-1399
loweh@ufl.edu; LinkedIn/in/herbertlowe
Representing:
National Association of Black Journalists

Chris McCollough
Ayers Family Endowed Chair
   of Journalism and Mass Communication
Department of Communication
Jacksonville State University
700 Pelham Road North
Jacksonville, AL 36265-1602
cmccollough@jsu.edu
(256)782-5331
Representing:
Association for Education in Journalism
   and Mass Communication
(Term expires 2027) 

Felicia McGhee
Associate Dean, Professor
School of Journalism & Graphic Communication
Florida A & M University
510 Orr Drive, Suite 4009
Tallahassee, FL 32307
(850) 562-2354
felicia.mcgheehilt@famu.edu
Representing:
Association of Schools of Journalism
   and Mass Communication
(Term expires 2027)

Andrea Miller
Dean
Gaylord College
University of Oklahoma
395 W. Lindsey, Norman, OK 73019
(405)325-1117
andrea.miller@ou.edu
Representing:
Association of Schools of Journalism
   and Mass Communication
(Term expires 2027)

Jessica Pucci
Senior Associate Dean
Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Arizona State University
555 N. Central Ave. Suite 302
(602)496-5066
jepucci@asu.edu
Representing:
Association for Education in Journalism
and Mass Communication
(Term expires 2026)

Dan Shelley
President
Chief Executive Officer
Radio-Television Digital News Association
National Press Building
529 14th St. NW, Suite 1240
Washington, DC 20045
(212)246-3872
dan@rtdna.org
Representing:
Radio-Television Digital News Association

Jason Shepard
Interim Dean
College of Communications
California State University, Fullerton
2600 Nutwood Ave., Suite 400
Fullerton, CA 92831
(657)278-5301
jshepard@fullerton.edu
Representing:
Association of Schools of Journalism
   and Mass Communication
(Term expires 2026)

Richard Woods
Senior Vice President, Retired
Corporate Affairs
Capital One Financial Corporation
New York, NY 10128
Richardawoods3@gmail.com
Representing:
Page Society