Our Board
ICET Board Members subscribe to the goals 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
Carol Hordatt Gentles (Term ending World Assembly 2027)
The University of the West Indies (Mona), Jamaica
Treasurer/Secretary (2-Year term)
Deborah Eldridge (Term ending World Assembly 2024)
USA
Board Chairperson (2-Year Term)
Sarah Younie (Term ending 2025)
De Montfort University, England
Chairperson-Elect of the Board (2-Year Term)
Joseph Divala (Term ending 2025)
University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Linda La Velle (Term ending World Assembly 2025)
Bath Spa University, England
Regional Vice President Africa (2-Year Term)
Joseph Divala (Second term - through to World Assembly 2024)
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 (Second Term- through to World Assembly 2023)
Australian Catholic University, Australia
Regional Vice President Latin America and the Caribbean (2-Year Term)
Mariana Coolican (Second term ending World Assembly 2024)
Social Protection Policy Specialist at UNICEF, Equatorial Guinea
Regional Vice President-North America
Deborah Eldridge (Term ending World Assembly 2024)
USA
Regional Vice President-Europe
Roman Svaricek (Second Term ending World Assembly 2023)
Masaryk University, Czech Republic
Board of Directors
AFRICA
Dr. Tola Olujuwon (Second term ending World Assembly 2026)
Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, South Africa
Mr. Akwasi S Addae-Boahene
Chief Technical Adviser of the Transforming Teaching, Education and Learning (T-TEL) Ghana
AUSTRALIA / ASIA / PACIFIC
Jo Smith (First Term ending World Assembly 2023)
The University of Auckland, New Zealand
Professor Larissa McLean Davies
Deputy Dean, Faculty of Education, University of Melbourne
EUROPE
Smadar Donitsa-Schmidt ( Second term ending World Assembly 2026)
Kibbutzim College of Education, Israel
Joanna Madalinska-Michalak (Second Term ending World Assembly 2023)
University of Warsaw, Poland
Tanya Ovenden-Hope (First Term ending World Assembly 2023)
Plymouth Marjon University, England
Marjon University, Cornwall
ARAB STATES
Dr. Yousra al Sinani
Associate Professor, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman
NORTH AMERICA
Christy Tirrell-Corbin (Second Term ending World Assembly 2025)
University of Maryland, USA
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
Sandra Robinson (First Term ending World Assembly 2023)
The University of the West Indies, Cavehill, Barbados
EX OFFICIO
American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE)
(Term ending World Assembly 2028)
Mapping Educational Specialist Know How (MESH)
UK (Term ending World Assembly 2025)
Universities Council for the Education of Teachers (UCET)
UK (Term ending World Assembly 2025)