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Maintenance of Accreditation Committee (MAC)

Purpose
The Maintenance of Accreditation Committee (MAC) oversees
applications for maintenance of accreditation for business programs. The committee ensures that the Accreditation Standards are applied consistently, and that recommendations are equitable across teams and across the programs reviewed.

Structure
The Maintenance of Accreditation Committee is comprised of a minimum of nine members and a maximum of 18 members plus a chair appointed by the Board Vice Chair-Chair Elect. One member of the Committee will be chosen by the Board Vice Chair-Chair Elect to serve as Vice Chair of the Committee. The MAC Chair is a business or accounting administrator from an AACSB accredited institution. Committee members may be present and former business and accounting administrators from AACSB accredited institutions, faculty members from accredited institutions, and corporate executives. Committee members serve staggered three-year terms. Normally the MAC Chair serves two consecutive one-year terms.  

Chair:  Robert D. Reid, James Madison University
Vice Chair: Linda A. Livingstone, Pepperdine University
  Fatima Barros, Universidade Católica Portuguesa
  Lawrence M. Benveniste, Emory University
  John Elliott, Baruch College-The City University of New York
  Linda U. Hadley, Columbus State University
  Ellen Harshman, Saint Louis University
  Barron H. Harvey, Howard University
  Dan Himarios, The University of Texas at Arlington
  Curt Hunter, The University of Iowa
  Jim Jiambalvo, University of Washington
  Peter Lindstrom, University of St. Gallen
  Carlos Losada, ESADE
  Dan Muzyka, University of British Columbia
  George Tsetsekos, Drexel University
  James K. Weeks, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
  Dan L. Worrell, University of Arkansas
Staff Liaison:  Lucienne Mochel