The CAA is composed of 18 members—including a public member, as well as academic and practitioner members, who represent the professions of audiology and speech-language pathology.
Susan Gordon-Hickey (Chair)
2021–2024
Academic-Audiology
University of South Alabama (Mobine, Alabama)
Valerie Brosius
2022–2025
Practitioner-SLP
Community Physical Therapy (Moline, Illinois)
Chimezie Chidi
2024–2027
Practitioner-SLP
Celebrations Speech Group, Inc. (Brentwood, California)
Maurice Goodwin
2024–2026
Practitioner-SLP
Texas Voice Center (Houston, Texas)
Jean Gordon
2021–2024
Academic-SLP
University of Iowa (Iowa City, Iowa)
Memorie Gosa (Chair-Elect)
2021–2024
Academic-SLP
University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, Alabama)
Annette Hurley
2024–2027
Academic-Audiology
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center (New Orleans, Louisiana)
Shatonda Jones (Vice Chair for Speech-Language Pathology)
2022–2025
Academic-SLP
St. Bonaventure University (St. Bonaventure, New York)
Carol Koch
2023–2026
Academic-SLP
Samford University (Hoover, Alabama)
Dorian Lee-Wilkerson
2024–2027
Academic-SLP
Hampton University (Hampton, Virginia)
Valeria Matlock
2024–2027
Academic-Audiology
Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee)
Alyssa Needleman (Vice Chair for Audiology)
2022–2025
Academic-Audiology
Nova Southeastern University (Ft. Lauderdale, Florida)
Amanda Picioli
2023–2026
Academic/Practitioner-Audiology
Rochester Institute of Technology (Rochester, New York)
Mary Reeves
2021–2024
Public Member
Henderson, Nevada
Cynthia Richburg
2024–2026
Academic-Audiology
Wichita State University (Wichita, Kansas)
Alison Scheer-Cohen
2023–2026
Academic-SLP
California State University San Marcos (San Marcos, California)
Heidi Slager
2022–2025
Practitioner-Audiology
U. Michigan Hearing Rehabilitation Center (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
Alan Smith
2023–2026
Academic-SLP
University of Louisville (Louisville, Kentucky)
Gretchen Ehret Hoshaw
Staff Ex Officio
Chief Accreditation Officer
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) (Rockville, Maryland)
Erica Williams
Council for Clinical Certification (CFCC) Chair and Ex Officio to CAA
Arizona State University (Phoenix, Arizona)
Radhika Aravamudhan
2023–2025
Vice President for Academic Affairs in Audiology
ASHA BOD Liaison
Salus University (Elkins Park, Pennsylvania)
Barbara Rodriguez
2022–2024
Vice President for Academic Affairs in Speech-Language Pathology
ASHA BOD Liaison
University of New Mexico (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
Halima Bayoh
Accreditation Program Manager
Bryant Harvin
Accreditation Program Manager
Kailen Holland
Accreditation Coordinator and CAA Recorder
Kelvin Mulembe
Accreditation Program Manager
Kate Parks
Manager, Accreditation Program Effectiveness
Allen Read
Director of Accreditation Operations
Kelly Velasquez
Director of Accreditation for Site Visit Operations
Maia Williams
Director of Accreditation for Policy and Education
General questions about accreditation: accreditation@asha.org
Questions related to applications and annual reports: CAAReports@asha.org