The document summarizes the board members of the World Association for Online Education (WAOE) following their September 17, 2012 meeting. It lists the president, vice president, and various coordinator and officer positions. The president is now Prof. Steve McCarty of Osaka Jogakuin College and University in Japan, replacing Nick Bowskill of the University of Glasgow. It provides names and affiliations for over 20 board member positions.
4. Heartfelt thanks to…
Nick Bowskill, University of Glasgow
President, WAOE (2008- August 2012)
For his dynamic leadership, vision and
contributions to WAOE
5. Meet the Board Members
• President: Prof. Steve McCarty, Osaka
Jogakuin College and University, Japan
• Vice-President: Dr. John Afele, U.S.-
West Africa Group, Tunisia / Ghana
• Membership Chair: Dr. Ramesh
Sharma, Indira Gandhi National Open
University, India
• Executive Secretary: Dr. Jodi
Richardson-Delgado, Mesa Community
College, USA
• Treasurer: Mike Holmwood, retired
Division Chair, Langara College, Canada
6. Board Members…
• Chief Technology Officer: Victoria
Ramirez, EFL Teacher / Designer,
Mexico
• Cyber-Parliamentarian: Michael
Warner, Tempe HS / Embry-
Riddle Aeronautical University,
USA
• Publicity Coordinator: Dr. Begum
Ibrahim, MARA Institute of
Technology, Malaysia
7. Board Members…
• Program Coordinator:
Dr. Nellie Deutsch,
faculty member,
University of Phoenix,
Canada
• Program Officer: John
Spiers, Adjunct Lecturer
in Business, USA
8. Board Members…
• Research Coordinator:
Prof. Adam Acar,
Communication, Kobe City
University of Foreign
Studies, Japan
• Research Officer: Dr.
Michael Thomas,
Language Learning
Technologies, University of
Central Lancashire, UK
9. Board Members…
• Publications Coordinator / Managing
Editor: Dr. David Sidwell, Utah State
University, USA
• Journal Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Rozhan
Idrus, Open & Distance Learning,
Universiti Sains Malaysia
• Associate Editor: Regi Adams, Director
of Knowledge Management, Apollo
Group, USA
• Associate Editor: Ibrar Bhatt, PhD
candidate, University of Leeds, UK
10. Board Members…
• Officer At-Large: Dr. Gary
Wixom, Assistant
Commissioner, Utah System of
Higher Education, USA
• Officer At-Large: Kapil Sharma,
Head, Post Graduate Dept. of
Business Administration, JDB
College for Girls, Government
of Rajasthan, India