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.
President (5-Year Term)
James O'Meara (Term Ending World Assembly 2022)
Professor, Dean, Texas A&M International
USA
Board Chairperson (2-Year Term)
Carol Hordatt Gentles (Term ending World Assembly 2021)
University of the West Indies
Jamaica
Chairperson-Elect of the Board
Linda La Velle ( Term ending World Assembly 2021)
Bath Spa University
England
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)
Joseph Divala (First Term- through to World Assembly 2022)
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 2021)
Australian Catholic University
Australia
Regional Vice President Latin America and the Caribbean (2-Year Term)
Mariana Coolican (First Term ending World Assembly 2022)
Social Protection Policy Specialist at UNICEF
Equatorial Guinea
Regional Vice President-North America
Deb Eldridge (First Term ending World Assembly 2022)
Academic Vice President of Teachers College Western Governors University
USA
Regional Vice President-Europe
Roman Svaricek (Second Term ending World Assembly 2021)
Masaryk University
Czech Republic
Africa
Dr. Tola Olujuwon ( First term ending World Assembly 2022)
Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education
South Africa
Australia / Asia / Pacific
Jo Smith (First Term ending World Assembly 2023)
The University of Auckland,
New Zealand
Europe
Professor Laila Niklasson (Second Term ending World Assembly 2021)
Mlardalen University
Sweden
Smadar Donitsa-Schmidt ( First term ending World Assembly 2022)
Kibbutzim College of Education
Israel
Joanna Madalinska-Michalak (Second Term ending World Assembly 2023)
University of Warsaw
Poland
Sarah Younie (First Term ending World Assembly 2023)
De Montfort University
England
Tanya Ovenden-Hope (First Term ending World Assembly 2023)
Plymouth Marjon University, England
Marjon University, Cornwall
Arab States
Otherine Johnson Neisler (Second Term ending World Assembly 2021)
Senior Research Consultant, Sultan Qaboos University
Oman
North America
Christy Tirrell-Corbin (First Term ending World Assembly 2021)
University of Maryland
USA
Latin America and the Caribbean
Sandra Robinson (First Term ending World Assembly 2023)
The University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston
Jamaica
Ex Officio (Limit of 5)
American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
(Term ending World Assembly 2021)
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)