Computing Accreditation Commission (CAC)

CAC Executive Committee

CAC Chair

Barbara Price
Georgia Southern University

CAC Chair-Elect

David W. Cordes
University of Alabama

CAC Past Chair

Harold Grossman
Clemson University

CAC Vice Chair-Operation

Stan Thomas
Wake Forest University

CAC Public Commissioner

Paul Wesley Blackmon

CAC Board Liaison Representative

David P. Kelly

CAC Members-at-Large

James H. Aylor
University of Virginia

William J. Dixon
Ernst & Young, LLP

Jim Leone
Rochester Institute of Technology

Lois Mansfield
Raytheon Company

Judith L. Solano
University of North Florida

CAC Committee Chairs

Consistency Committee

Harold Grossman
Clemson University

Criteria Committee

Judith L. Solano
University of North Florida

Documents Committee

Lois Mansfield
Raytheon Company

Nominating Committee

James H. Aylor
University of Virginia

Training Committee

Harold Grossman
Clemson University

CAC Commissioners

Magdy Bayoumi
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
CSAB Representative since 2012 (Term 1)

Curtis A. Carver
University System of Georgia
CSAB Representative since 2008 (Term 5)

Geoffrey Dick
North Georgia College and State University
CSAB Representative since 2012 (Term 1)

Barbara Doyle
Jacksonville University
CSAB Representative since 2009 (Term 4)

Ronald P. Doyle
IBM Corporation
CSAB Representative since 2008 (Term 5)

Anthony J. Duben
Stephen F. Austin State University
CSAB Representative since 2012 (Term 1)

Larry A. Dunning
Bowling Green State University
CSAB Representative since 2012 (Term 1)

Dick Fairley
Colorado Technical University
CSAB Representative since 2011 (Term 2)

Robert Friedman
University of Washington
CSAB Representative since 2012 (Term 1)

Dick Gayler
Kennesaw State University
CSAB Representative since 2010 (Term 3)

Teofilo F. Gonzalez
University of California at Santa Barbara
CSAB Representative since 2008 (Term 5)

Chia Y. Han
University of Cincinnati
CSAB Representative since 2011 (Term 2)

George C. Harrison
Norfolk State University
CSAB Representative since 2012 (Term 1)

Iraj Hirmanpour
Consort Institute
CSAB Representative since 2012 (Term 1)

Stephen Y. Itoga
University of Hawaii at Manoa
CSAB Representative since 2011 (Term 2)

Elva J. Jones
Winston-Salem State University
CSAB Representative since 2009 (Term 4)

Kadathur B. Lakshmanan
State University of New York at Brockport
CSAB Representative since 2010 (Term 3)

Cary Laxer
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
CSAB Representative since 2010 (Term 3)

Blaise W. Liffick
Millersville University of Pennsylvania
CSAB Representative since 2011 (Term 2)

Timothy E. Lindquist
Arizona State University-Polytechnic Campus
CSAB Representative since 2009 (Term 4)

Loretta Moore
Jackson State University
CSAB Representative since 2011 (Term 2)

Michael J. Oudshoorn
Montclair State University
CSAB Representative since 2009 (Term 4)

Lorraine M. Parker
Virginia Commonwealth University
CSAB Representative since 2010 (Term 3)

Shari Plantz-Masters
Regis University
CSAB Representative since 2012 (Term 1)

Jon A. Preston
CSAB Representative since 2012 (Term 1)

Srinivasan Ramaswamy
ABB Corporate Research Center
CSAB Representative since 2009 (Term 4)

Donna Reese
Mississippi State University
CSAB Representative since 2009 (Term 4)

Han Reichgelt
Southern Polytechnic State University
CSAB Representative since 2009 (Term 4)

Harry L. Reif
James Madison University
CSAB Representative since 2008 (Term 5)

Mary Ann Robbert
Bentley College
CSAB Representative since 2012 (Term 1)

John L. Schnase
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
CSAB Representative since 2008 (Term 5)

Stephen B. Seidman
Texas State University-San Marcos
CSAB Representative since 2010 (Term 3)

Stephanie Smullen
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
CSAB Representative since 2010 (Term 3)

Edward J. Sobiesk
United States Military Academy
CSAB Representative since 2008 (Term 5)

Neelam Soundarajan
The Ohio State University
CSAB Representative since 2010 (Term 3)

Massood Towhidnejad
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
CSAB Representative since 2012 (Term 1)

Kim W. Tracy
Northeastern Illinois University
CSAB Representative since 2010 (Term 3)

Deborah Anne Trytten
University of Oklahoma
CSAB Representative since 2012 (Term 1)

Yaakov Varol
University of Nevada-Reno
CSAB Representative since 2011 (Term 2)

Pearl Y. Wang
George Mason University
CSAB Representative since 2012 (Term 1)

Mary Jane Willshire
Capella University
CSAB Representative since 2011 (Term 2)

Mudasser Fraz Wyne
National University
CSAB Representative since 2010 (Term 3)

Jenq-Foung Yao
Georgia College & State University
CSAB Representative since 2012 (Term 1)


CAC Alternate Member

Lynn M. Peterson
The University of Texas at Arlington
CSAB Alternate Representative since 2011

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Howard University was the first historically black college or university to have ABET-accredited programs. ABET's predecessor, the Engineers' Council for Professional Development, accredited three engineering programs there in 1937.