Council for Higher Education Accreditation
Donations deductibleCouncil for Higher Education Accreditation's network
20 people2 organisationsi20 people and 2 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (20). Violet dotted lines (2) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
20 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 20 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gena Glickman Chair | Chair | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Anthony Munroe | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Antoine Garibaldi | Company secretary | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Carlos Santiago | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Catherine Wehlburg | Director (As of July) | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Cesar Maldonado | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Colette Pierce Burnette | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Cynthia Spiers | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Darell Cain | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| David Schmidt | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Dottie King | Vice Chair | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| F Javier Cevallos | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Joseph Brimhall | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Kassandra Ardinger | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Lester Newman | Member at Large | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Lori Williams | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Pauletta Brown Bracy | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Robert Clark | Treasurer | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Sharon Devivo | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Timothy Letzring | Director (As of July) | 2024 | 2 yrs |
Officers and senior leadership
14 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Brian Christopher Kelley | Director of Ciqg | 2018 |
| Caroline Chang | VP - Research & Policy Analysis | 2020 |
| Cynthia Jackson-Hammond | President | since 2022 |
| Jahan Culbreath | Director of Federal Relations | since 2022 |
| James Willis | Executive Vice President | since 2020 |
| Jan Friis | VP-Government Affairs | since 2018 |
| Jeffrey Abbott | VP-Finance and Administration | since 2018 |
| Judith Eaton | President Emeritus | since 2018 |
| Kathleen Ford | Website Manager | since 2020 |
| Loretta Waldron | VP for Recognition Services | since 2023 |
| Lori Schroeder | VP - Recognition | since 2020 |
| Michelle Claville | VP for Research and Policy Analysis | since 2023 |
| Thomas Cornacchia | VP-Recognition | since 2018 |
| Timothy Willard | Sr. Dir. of Comms. (Until Dec 2022) | since 2022 |
Pay and hours
year to 30 June 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cynthia Jackson-Hammond | President | 50 | $444k | $79k | |
| Jan Friis | Senior VP for Government Affairs | 35 | $251k | $45k | |
| Michelle Claville | VP for Research and Policy Analysis | 35 | $180k | $24k | |
| Loretta Waldron | VP for Recognition Services | 35 | $174k | $37k | |
| Jahan Culbreath | Director of Federal Relations | 35 | $124k | $29k | |
| Kathleen Ford | Website and Technology Manager | 35 | $119k | $29k | |
| Jeanne Hamrick | Director of Communications | 35 | $116k | $29k | |
| Joel Espinoza | Special Assistant | 35 | $102k | $27k | |
| Dottie King | Vice Chair(Thru June);chair | 1 | $0 | ||
| Gena Glickman | Chair(Thru June);imm. Past Chair | 1 | $0 | ||
| F Javier Cevallos | Director(Thru June);vice Chair | 1 | $0 | ||
| Colette Pierce Burnette | Director(Thru June);treasurer | 1 | $0 | ||
| Robert Clark | Treasurer (Thru June) | 1 | $0 | ||
| Antoine Garibaldi | Secretary | 1 | $0 | ||
| Kassandra Ardinger | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Pauletta Brown Bracy | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Joseph Brimhall | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Darell Cain | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Sharon Devivo | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Jonathan Gueverra | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Michael Horowitz | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Timothy Letzring | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Cesar Maldonado | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Lester Newman | Director (Thru June) | 1 | $0 | ||
| Eduardo Ochoa | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Derionne Pollard | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Carlos Santiago | Director (Thru June) | 1 | $0 | ||
| David Schmidt | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Cynthia Spiers | Director (Thru June) | 1 | $0 | ||
| Catherine Wehlburg | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Lori Williams | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Anthony Munroe | Director(Thru June);member at Large | 1 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Council for Higher Education Accreditation
- EIN
- 521994352
- Address
- 1 Dupont Cir Nw Ste 510, Washington, DC, 20036-1135
- State
- District of Columbia
- Mission
- The council is dedicated to serving students and their families, colleges and universities, sponsoring bodies, governments and employers by promoting academic quality through formal recognition of higher education accrediting bodies and coordinates and works to advance self-regulation through accreditation. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- B99 Education
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Education
- Size band
- 7 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 1996
- Principal officer
- Nasser Paydar (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 February 1997
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 6, latest 2024
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥8years on the filingsGena Glickman
≥8years on the filingsLester Newman
≥8years on the filingsRobert Clark
≥6years on the filingsAntoine Garibaldi
Latest return
year to 30 June 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 June 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $8.5m
- Total liabilities
- $2.4m
- Net assets or fund balances
- $6m
- Contributions and grants received
- $38k
- Program service revenue
- $3.1m
- Employees
- 11
- Volunteers
- 46
State registration
1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.Council For Higher Education Accreditation likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: DC Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection (DLCP), corporate registrations (opendata.dc.gov). Licence: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: DC DLCP. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- District of Columbia
- Entity type
- Domestic Nonprofit Corporation
- Status
- Active - In Good Standing
- Formed
- 4 September 1996
- Registered agent
- National Registered Agents Inc. (city and state not held)