Board of Directors

   IMA Executive Board of Directors

LISA Z. FAIN

President

CEO, Center for Mentoring Excellence

 

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BEN KUTSYURUBA

President-Elect

Associate Professor of Educational Policy, Leadership, and School Law Queens University, Ontario, Canada

 


 


 
ROGER FILLINGIM

Secretary-Treasurer

Clinical Psychologist & Distinguished Professor, University of Florida (UF) College of Dentistry and Director of the UF Pain Research & Intervention Center of Excellence.; Director, The Mentor Academy in the Clinical and Translational Science Institute.

IMA Board of Directors



DONNA AUGUSTINE-SHAW

Associate Professor, Dept. of Educational Leadership Kansas State University & Associate Director, Kansas Educational Leadership Institute (KELI)

Ratified March 2018

 

 

CATHERINE CORDOVA 

Past President; Director of Community Engaged Learning

Ratified 


 
ANDREA ENGLER

Senior Executive Director of Student Transitions and Success at IUPUI Indianapolis, Indiana 

Ratified 2017-2021, 2021-2025

   

JULIE FREDENBURG

Assistant Director of Student Placement and Proficiency Testing at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 

Ratified

 

 

 

 

MIRIAM MARGUERITA GOMEZ WITMER

Associate Professor of Educational Foundations; Director of the Future Educator Academy; Editor of IMA Connect and Nominations Committee; Mentor Training Facilitator

Ratified November 2017



BRENDA MARINA

Past President; Retired Higher Education Professor and Administrator; Peer reviewer for the International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education

Ratified 

 

 

KINGA KÁPLÁR-KODÁCSY

Kinga Káplár-Kodácsy Ph.D. is an assistant professor at Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Hungary, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Institute of Research on Adult Education and Knowledge Management.

Ratified August 2021

MARY BARBARA TRUBE

Dissertation Mentor & Contributing Faculty - Walden University, 
International Mentor - China, Canada, United States English Immersion (CCUEI)
President, Mentor, Coach - Platonium Mentoring and Coaching Consultants, Professor Emerita of Education & - Ohio University 

Ratified June 2022

 
 

KARIN POLIFKO

Principal, Strategic Light Consulting; Associate Professor and Chair at ATSU

Ratified June 2022

   

RENEE GREEN

Director of Leadership Development and Student Success in the Lundy-Fetterman School of Business, Director of the Center for Peer Mentorship, certified facilitator for the Truist Emerging Leadership Certification 

Ratified June 2022

CAROL RILEY

Ratified 2013-2017, 2018-2022

KATHLEEN SCIARAPPA

Mentor Training Facilitator; National Certified Mentor

Ratified August 2019

   

 

Associate Board Members



LYLE HAMM (STEAMER)

Lyle “Steamer” Hamm is an associate professor of educational administration and leadership in the Faculty of Education at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton.

Ratified August 2021

 



NORO ANDRIAMANALINA

Assistant Vice Provost for Graduate and Postdoctoral Initiatives; Graduate Faculty in Organizational Leadership, Policy and Development, University of Minnesota

Ratified April 2023

 
JUSTYNA MARKS

EMCC Practitioner Mentoring Program Manager, HR Manager, Facilitator, Trainer. CliftonStrengths Coach and accredited consultant for Extended DISC and SHL tools.

Ratified June 2024

 

 AUDREY MURRELL

Professor of Business Administration, Psychology, Public and International Affairs; University of Pittsburgh, Katz Graduate School of Business, and College of Business Administration

Ratified December 2023

 CLINT PATTERSON

 Assistant Director of Mentoring and Graduate Education, Center for Teaching Excellence at Texas A&M University

Ratified June 2024

IOLANDA VOLPE 

Language expert, educational content writer in English, Spanish and Italian. Former teacher, administrator, Mentoring Program facilitator, Pre K-12

Ratified June 2024

 

MEENALOCHANI (MEENA) KUMAR

She is a Linkedin Top voice in Mentoring, Talent Management, Leadership, Executive Coaching and a certified Gallup, NeuroLeadership and Mindfulness coach. She uses “Systems Thinking”, “Pattern analysis” and “Transactional Analysis” as her “ Go to” pillars to drive business transformation. Design simplicity and contextualisation in Organizational effectiveness, Learning and Leadership architecture are her forte. She is a speaker and a recognised woman Leader. She believes in interdisciplinary learning and in the interconnectedness of life to a holistic career. 

Ratified December 2024

 
 

  

Emeritus Board Of Directors

Dr. Vernon Allwood

Dr. Nathan Avani

William Brescia

Dr. Marcia Canton

Dr. Catherine Cordova

Dr. Linda Coy

Jesse Dansbe

 

Maurice T. Davis

Dr. Nora Dominguez

Truls Engstrom

Jan Hall

Dr. David James

Dr. Frances Kochan

Dr. Brenda Marina

Margo Murray

Dr. Charles Allen Sadberry, Sr.

Dr. Linda Searby

Dr. Linda Stromei

Martha Warfield

Dr. Katherine Wilcox

Dr. Nancy Phenis-Bourke