Our Board


ICET Board Members subscribe to the purposes of ICET and make contributions to the improvement of the education of professional educators through research, teaching, and leadership in their country or region. They hold positions in schools, higher education, government or the private sector.


Board of Directors Executive Committee

President (5-Year Term)
James O'Meara (Term Ending  World Assembly 2022)
Professor, Dean, Texas A&M International 
USA

Board Chairperson (2-Year Term)
Dr. Carol Hordatt Gentles (Term ending World Assembly 2021)
University of the West Indies
Jamaica

Chairperson-Elect of the Board

TBA

Immediate Past-Board Chairperson   (2-Year Term)       
Reyes Quezada (Term ending World Assembly 2021)
Professor, University of San Diego
USA

Regional Vice President Africa  (2-Year Term)

 Professor Maropeng Modiba (Second Term- through to World Assembly 2020 - pending approval 2019 Board Meeting)
University of Johannesburg
South Africa

Regional Vice President Arab States  (2-Year Term)

Vacant

Regional Vice President-Australia / Asia / Pacific  (2-Year Term)
Dianne Cullen (through 2019 WA)
Australian Catholic University
Australia

Regional Vice President Latin America and the Caribbean  (2-Year Term)
Dr Martha Prata-Linhares (Second Term ending  2020 WA)
Universidade Federal Do Tringulo Mineiro
Brazil

Regional Vice President-North America

Vacant

Regional Vice President-Europe          
Dr. Roman Svaricek (Second Term ending  World Assembly 2021)
Masaryk University
Czech Republic


Board of Directors (3-Year Term)

Africa

Assoc. Professor Joseph Divala (First Term ending World Assembly 2019)
University of Johannesburg
South Africa

Mariana Coolican (First Term ending World Assembly 2020)
Social Protection Policy Specialist at UNICEF
Equatorial Guinea

Dr. Tola Olujuwon ( First term ending World Assembly 2022)
University of Johannesburg
South Africa

Australia / Asia / Pacific

Dr. Sumalee Sungsri (First Term ending World Assembly 2020)
Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University
Thailand 

Europe

Professor Laila Niklasson (Second Term ending World Assembly 2021)
Mlardalen University
Sweden

Dr.Sc. Joanna Madalinska-Michalak (First Term ending World Assembly 2020)
University of Warsaw
Poland

Dr. Linda La Velle ( First term ending World Assembly 2020)
Plymouth University
United Kingdom

Prof. Smadar Donitsa-Schmidt ( First term ending World Assembly 2022)
Kibbutzim College of Education
Israel

Arab States

Dr Otherine Johnson Neisler (Second Term ending  World Assembly 2021)
Senior Research Consultant, Sultan Qaboos University
Oman

North America

Dr. Christy Tirrell-Corbin (First Term ending World Assembly 2021)
University of Maryland 
USA

Dr. Deb Eldridge (First Term ending World Assembly 2021)
Academic Vice Presisent of Teachers College  Western Governors University
USA

Latin America  and the Caribbean

Dr. Maria da Graa Mizukami (Second Term ending World Assembly 2018)
Presbyterian University Mackenzie & Federal University of So Carlos
Brazil

Dr. Carol Hordatt Gentles (Second Term ending World Assembly 2021)
University of the West Indies
Jamaica

Ex Officio (Limit of 5)

Mapping Educational Specialist Know How (MESH)
UK (Term ending  World Assembly 2019)

Universities Council for the Education of Teachers (UCET) 
 UK (Term ending  World Assembly 2019)

American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education 
(Term ending World Assembly 2021)