Leadership
The Board of Directors is the policy-making and strategy-approving body for HETL and is responsible for ensuring HETL fulfills its stated values, mission, and vision.
HETL Constitution and Bylaws
Board of Directors for 2012-2013
Officers:
Co-chair, Executive Director and Editor: Patrick Blessinger, USA
Co-chair and President: Dr. Charles Wankel, USA
Vice-president and president-elect: Dr. John Anchan, Canada
Treasurer: Dr. David P. Bugay, USA
Secretary: Dr. Donizetti Louro, Brazil
Non-officers:
Deborah Arnold, France
Dr. John Carfora, USA
Dr. Phil Gravestock, UK
Dr. Olga Kovbasyuk, Russia, HETL President – 2011-2012
Dr. Mandla Makhanya, South Africa
Dr. Kgomotso Masemola, South Africa
Dr. Harriet Shenkman, USA
Dr. Denise Stockley, Canada
GOVERNANCE
Dr. John P. Anchan, Canada
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Professor and Associate Dean, Faculty of Education, University of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Deborah Arnold, France
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Personal profile
Project manager, Vidéoscop-Université Nancy 2; Executive Committee member, EDEN (European Distance and E-learning Network); Steering Committee member, Media & Learning conference, Brussels; expert to the European Commission on ICT for education.
Patrick Blessinger, USA, Executive Director (CEO and standing member of the Board of Directors)
director@hetl.org
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Higher education leader, researcher, author; Founder and Executive Director of The International HETL Association; Founder and Executive Editor of The International HETL Review and Portal; Research Fellow, St. John’s University (New York); Fulbright Scholar (US Department of State); Governor’s Teaching Fellow (Institute of Higher Education, University of Georgia, USA).
Dr. David P. Bugay, USA
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Vice Chancellor, Human Resources and Business Services at South Orange County Community College District, California; Board of Directors for Association for California Community College Administrators (ACCCA) and management development advisor.
Dr. John Carfora, USA
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Associate Vice President for Research, Advancement, and Compliance for the Office of Academic Affairs at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.
Dr. Phil Gravestock, UK
LinkedIn profile
Head of Learning Enhancement & Technology Support (LETS) at University of Gloucestershire
Dr. Olga Kovbasyuk, Russian Federation
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Founder, Director at Global Learning Center; Associate Dean, International Relations at KSAEL; Founder, Manager, Reasearch Consultant at Non-Government School (Language, Culture, Leadership, Community Service).
Dr. Donizetti Louro, Brazil
LinkedIn profile
Personal site
Scientific Coordinator of the Centre of Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Technology in Computing Department at PUC-SP; Head of Study Group of the Simulation Applied to Experiential Education SAEEx; Executive Director of the Brazil Digital Media.
Dr. Mandla Makhanya, South Africa
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Principal and Vice Chancellor, The University of South Africa (Unisa); Executive Committee member, 2012-2013, International Council for Open and Distance Education.
Dr. Kgomotso Michaelangelo Masemola, South Africa
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Professor Kgomotso Masemola, PhD (Sheffield, U.K.)
Associate Professor: English, Department of English Studies, University of South Africa (UNISA); Former Head of English Department at North-West University (MC); Reviewer for Literator Journal & Journal of Literary Studies; Former Chair of Quality Assurance Committee, Faculty of Education, Walter Sisulu University.
Dr. Harriet Shenkman, USA
Personal profile
Director, Center for Teaching Excellence and First-Year Community, Office of Academic Affairs, and former chairperson and deputy chairperson of the Department of Education and Reading, Bronx Community College, The City University of New York.
Dr. Denise Stockley, Canada
LinkedIn profile
Associate Director and Educational Developer at the Center for Teaching and Learning and Associate Professor of Education at Queen’s University.
Dr. Charles Wankel, USA
LinkedIn profile
Academia profile
Dr. Wankel has completed forty books and numerous articles. He is an emedia leader, running several listservs for the Academy of Management. One current prominent project is his Contemporary Management crowdsourced textbook (Palgrave Macmillan).