Educational Advisors Inc. - Accreditation and Compliance Guidance

KRISTINA STROM

FINANCIAL AID

The owner of Choice Consulting & Training Services, Inc., located in Cleveland, Ohio, Kristina Strom has worked in financial aid for more than 20 years. She has worked with all types of institutions across the United States, including for-profit, private and public institutions with varied educational offerings, from cosmetology to computer to flight schools, to graduate level institutions. She works with clock hour, non-term, non-standard term and term programs, and has provided consulting to many institutions initially seeking accreditation and Title IV participation. Choice Consulting specializes in training, file review, and ongoing policy and procedure evaluation and development. Ms. Strom has also served as a volunteer on-site team evaluator for ACCET accreditation visits, and has been a consultant to the ACCET Accrediting Commission for 12 years.back to top

PAUL BOTT, Ed.D.

NATIONAL AND REGIONAL ACCREDITATION, ADMINISTRATION, ONSITE REVIEWS 

Dr. Bott retired as a professor and Professional Studies Department chair at California State University, Long Beach, where he was a faculty member for 31 years. Prior to his tenure at California State, he taught in secondary and community college programs and served as a combat engineer in the U.S. Army. Dr. Bott is the author of two texts which are widely used in occupational education teacher preparation, “Teaching Your Occupation to Others: A Guide to Surviving the First Year” and “Testing and Assessment in Occupational and Technical Education.” He has served on three statewide task forces to determine standards for teacher preparation in California and on the board of several Long Beach community-based organizations. He has also been active in professional and fraternal organizations including membership in the Association of Career and Technical Education since 1969 and the National Association of Industrial and Technical Teacher Educators since 1976. He is a life member of Phi Kappa Phi, the higher education honors society. Dr. Bott served two terms as a public commissioner for ACCSC, the last year as Chair, and he has volunteered as an ACCSC education specialist on numerous on-site evaluations at member schools. Dr. Bott serves as a trustee of a major publicly-held university. He holds an Ed.D. from UCLA, an M.A. from UCLA, a B.V.E. from California State University, Los Angeles, an A.A. from Santa Monica College and has pursued teacher training at UCLA. Dr. Bott serves as editorial board member of several journals, including the Journal of Emergency Management. His interests include regional and national accreditation issues, educational policy, and cultural issues. back to top

SUSANNA HANCOCK

ABHES & ACICS ACCREDITATION, ALLIED HEALTH PROGRAMS

Susanna Hancock joins the Educational Advisors Inc. EXPERTeam™ of consultants with over 25 years of medical experience behind her. Recently retired from American Institute of Health Technology (AIHT) in Boise, Idaho, as the Associate Campus Director, she found that she still had “more to give” and enjoys a good challenge. Susanna held many positions at AIHT such as: instructor, medical assistant program director, admissions representative, admissions director, and medical programs director. She received her Associate Degree in Medical Office Management in the evening while managing her students and faculty. Susanna has a desire to use her expertise to better the medical education system, represent medical professionals through certification and accreditation organizations and assist students in becoming the best in their field. She is a medical program evaluator for two accrediting agencies: Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES) and Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS). She is running unopposed for her third - three year term as a Board Director of a 43,000 membership medical certification organization known as American Medical Technologists (AMT) out of Chicago, IL. Susanna is a past AMT Proctor chair, AMT Position Writing Committee, and Education, Qualification, and Standard Committee representative for Certified Office Lab Technologist (COLT). She writes quarterly articles for the AMT Events Publication. She holds several credentials through AMT which include: a certified Registered Medical Assistant (RMA), Registered Phlebotomy Technologist (RPT) and Certified Office Laboratory Technician (COLT) and one credential with American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA) which is a Certified Medical Assistant (CMA). She also reviews manuscripts for three publishing companies: Elseveir, Delmar and Lippincott and is called upon to give lecture presentations at seminars, workshops, conventions and schools. Susanna is honored to be a part of EAI's EXPERTeam™ of consultants. back to top

TERRY GUTHRIE

ACICS, ABHES & ACCSC ACCREDITATION

Terry Guthrie retired as Vice President of Accreditation of Kaplan Higher Education Corporation in 2006 after 36 years of experience in the proprietary school field. During this period, he worked with eight different regional and national accrediting agencies as well as numerous state licensing agencies. He spent 23 years as major owner and president of a school in Dayton, OH. On selling the school he joined the predecessor company to Kaplan Higher Education Corporation where he spent 13 years in charge of accreditation and state compliance. During his time in the proprietary school field, he spent six years as a commissioner for ACCSC, served on numerous school evaluation visits for ACICS, ABHES and ACCSC, served on appeals panels for ABHES and ACCSC and served on various accreditation committees. Terry possesses a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from Ohio University and a Masters of Business Administration Degree with management and accounting specialties from Wright State University. back to top

DR. LOUISE TIMMER

KAREN KEDEN

SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION, EDUCATION MANAGEMENT, WRITING/EDITING, ONSITE REVIEWS