The members of the ACEJMC Accrediting Committee meet once a year in the spring to review site-visit team reports. The Committee examines the reports thoroughly and makes recommendations for accrediting actions. The recommendations are forwarded to the Accrediting Council, which makes all final accrediting decisions. The Accrediting Committee has 15 members. The Accrediting Council president serves as an ex-officio voting member of the Committee.

Rafael Lorente, Chair
Dean, Professor of the Practice
Philip Merrill College of Journalism
University of Maryland
College Park, Md.
rafael.lorente@acejmc.org
(Term expires 2028)

‍Diana Martinelli, Vice Chair
‍Widmeyer Professor
Reed School of Media and Communications
West Virginia University
Morgantown, W.Va.
diana.martinelli@acejmc.org
‍(Term expires 2028)

Andrew Alexander
Board Chair
Foothills Forum
Sperryville, Va.
andy.alexander@acejmc.org
andyalexander1@me.com
(Term expires 2028)

‍Cristina L. Azocar
Professor, Incoming Chair
Department of Journalism
San Francisco State University
San Francisco, Calif.
cazocar@sfsu.edu
(Term expires 2027)

‍Kim Baca
President/CEO
KB Consulting
Albuquerque, N.M.
kim@kbacaconsulting.com
(Term expires 2028)

‍Tim Bajkiewicz
‍Associate Professor, Journalism Sequence Coordinator
Richard T. Robertson School of Communication
Virginia Commonwealth University
tbajkiewicz@vcu.edu
(Term expires 2029)

‍Peter Bhatia
Professional in Residence
Bellisario College of Communications
Pennsylvania State University
peterkbhatia@gmail.com
(Term expires 2028)

‍Laura T. Coffey
President
Society for Features Journalism
Seattle, Wash.
laura.coffey@gmail.com
(Term expires 2027)

Vince Duffy
News Director
Michigan Public
Ann Arbor, Mich.
vduffy@umich.edu
(Term expires 2027)

Kenn Gaither
Dean
School of Communications
Elon University
Elon, N.C.
tgaither@elon.edu
(Term expires 2029)

Kristin Gilger
Professor Emerita
Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Arizona State University
Phoenix, Ariz.
kristin.gilger@asu.edu
(Term expires 2027)

Jackie Jones
Dean
School of Global Journalism & Communication
Morgan State University
Baltimore, Md.
jacqueline.jones@morgan.edu
(Term expires 2027)

Gracie Lawson-Borders
Professor, Dean Emerita
Cathy Hughes School of Communications
Howard University
Washington, D.C.
gracie.lawsonborders@howard.edu
(Term expires 2028)

Mark Nylander
Principal
Nylander + Partners
Cleveland, Ohio
mcnylander@gmail.com
(Term expires 2028)

‍‍Cheryl Procter-Rogers
APR, Fellow PRSA, MCC
Executive Coach, President and CEO
A Step Ahead Consulting and Coaching LLC
Chicago, Ill.
cheryl@cherylprocterrogers.com
(Term expires 2029)