ACCAHC Special Interest Groups (SPIGs) are established to foster a regular pattern of interdisciplinary activity between executive staff and key board members for ACCAHC member groups. Meetings enable participants to learn from each other and better identify and foster action which is aligned with ACCAHC’s core mission.

Council of Colleges/Schools Special Interest Group (CC SPIG)

Alliance for Massage Therapy Educators

• Stan Dawson, DC, CMT, CNMT, Board Member
• Pete Whitridge, LMT, President

American Massage Therapy Association-Council of Schools

• Colleen Leeders, Industry Relations Program Manager
• Cherie Monterastelli, RN, MS, LMT
• Chris Studebaker, Director of Government and Industry Relations
• Cynthia Ribeiro, LMT, President

Association of Accredited Naturopathic Medical Colleges

• Coquina Deger, Managing Editor & Web Marketing Consultant
• Karen E. Howard, Executive Director
• Guru Sandesh S. Khalsa, ND, President

• David O'Bryon, J.D. Executive Director
• Mark Zeigler, DC, President

Association of Midwifery Educators

• Kristen Effland, LM, CPM, Administrative Coordinator

Council of Colleges of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine

• David M. Sale, JD, LLM, Executive Director
• Elizabeth Goldblatt, PhD, MPA/HA, Past President

Traditional World Medicine (Observer)

• John Kepner MA, MBA, Executive Director, International Association of Yoga Therapists

Accrediting Agencies Special Interest Group (AA SPIG)

Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine

• William Goding, MEd, RRT, Interim Executive Director
• Catherine Niemiec, JD, LAc, Vice-Chair
• Carla Wilson, MA, DAOM, LAc, Past-Chair

Commission on Massage Therapy Accreditation

• Dale Healey, DC, Commissioner
• Lisa Helbig, LMT, Commissioner
• Jan Schwartz, MA, Past-Chair
• Kate Zulaski, Executive Director

• S. Ray Bennett, Director of Accreditation Services
• Joseph Brimhall, DC, Past-President
• David Wickes, MA, DC, Past-Council Chair

• Marcia Prenguber, ND, Past-Chair
• Daniel Seitz, JD, MAT, Executive Director

• Sandra Bitoni Stewart, Executive Director
• JoAnne Myers-Ciecko, MPH, Executive Director
• Kristi Ridd-Young, MS, ICCE Vice-President
• Holly Scholles, CPM, LDM, MA, President

Traditional World Medicine (Observer)

• John Kepner, MA, MBA, Executive Director International Association of Yoga Therapists
• Ann McKay, RN-BC, MA, HN-BC, DHM, CCH, President Council for Homeopathic Certification

Certification and Testing Organizations Special Interest Group (CT SPIG)

National Board of Chiropractic Examiners

• Mark G. Christensen, PhD, Assistant Executive Director and Director of Testing
• Horace C. Elliott, Executive Vice President

• David Canzone, DOM, Chair, Board of Commissioners
• Kory Ward-Cook, PhD, MT (ASCP), CAE, Chief Executive Officer

• Christa Louise, MS, PhD, Executive Director
• Elizabeth Pimentel, ND, Board Member

• Ida Darragh, CPM, President and Director of Testing

Traditional World Medicine (Observer)

• Ann McKay, RN-BC, MA, HN-BC, DHM, CCH, President Council for Homeopathic Certification

Traditional World Medicine/Emerging Professions SPIG (TWM-EP SPIG)

Ayurvedic Medicine

• Felicia Tomasko, RN, President, California Association of Ayurvedic Medicine

Homeopathy

• Tamara Dalton, Vice-President, Accreditation Commission for Homeopathic Education in North America
• Ann McKay, RN-BC, MA, HN-BC, DHM, CCH, President Council for Homeopathic Certification
• Heidi Schor, President, Accreditation Commission for Homeopathic Education in North America

Yoga

• Nicole Mitchell
• Laura Burch

Yoga Therapy

• John Kepner, MA, MBA, Executive Director, International Association of Yoga Therapists