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WAOE Elected and Appointed Directors 


  • President (1998-2007, 2012-)
    Prof. Steve McCarty, Osaka Jogakuin College & University, Japan 
  • Vice-President (2012-)
    Dr. John Afele, U.S.-West Africa Group, Tunisia / Ghana
  • Treasurer (2007-)
    Mike Holmwood, Retired Division Chair, Langara College, Canada
  • Membership Chair (2008-)
    Dr. Ramesh Sharma, Indira Gandhi National Open University, India
  • Executive Secretary (2012-)
    Dr. (Ms.) Jodi Richardson-Delgado, Mesa Community College, U.S.
  • Chief Technology Officer (2012-, appointed, term at Board discretion) 
     Ms. Victoria Ramirez, EFL teacher / Designer, Mexico
  • Cyber-Parliamentarian (1998-)
    Michael Warner,Tempe HS / Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., USA
  • Publicity Coordinator (2012-, elected Director since 2008) 
      Dr. (Ms.) Begum Ibrahim, MARA Institute of Technology, Malaysia
  • Publications Coordinator (2012-)
    Dr. David Sidwell, Utah State University, U.S.
  • Research Coordinator (2012-) 
      Assoc. Prof. Adam Acar, Kobe City University of Foreign Studies, Japan
  • Research Officer (2012-) 
         Dr. Michael Thomas, University of Central Lancashire, UK
  • Program Coordinator (2012-)  
      Dr. (Ms.) Nellie Deutsch, University of Phoenix, Canada
  • Program Officer (2012-) 
         John Spiers, Adjunct Lecturer in Business, U.S.
  • Journal Editor-in-Chief (2012-) 
      Dr. Rozhan Idrus, Open & Distance Learning, Universiti Sains Malaysia
  • Associate Editor (2012-) 
          Dr. (Ms.) Aiden Yeh, Wenzao Ursuline College of Languages, Taiwan
  • Associate Editor (2012-) 
       Regi Adams, Director of Knowledge Management, Apollo Group, U.S.
  • Associate Editor (2012-) 
       Ibrar Bhatt, PhD candidate, University of Leeds, UK
  • Associate Editor (2012-)  
          Dr. S.K. Pulist, Deputy Director, Distance Education Council, IGNOU, India 
  • Officer At-Large (2012-)
    Dr. Gary Wixom, Assistant Commissioner, Utah System of Higher Education, U.S.
  • Officer At-Large (2012-) 
       Dr. Kapil Sharma, Grad. Dep't Head, JDB College for Girls, Rajasthan Gov't, India