Currently Elected Officers
The governing body for NCPEID is comprised of a 5-member Executive Committee and a 10-member Board of Directors. Included within this governing body are the president, immediate past president or president-elect, vice president, treasurer, secretary, four members at-large, historian, APENS chair, awards chair, research consortium chair, and two student representatives.
Executive Committee
Deborah R. Shapiro, PhD
NCPEID President (2022-2024)
Professor, Georgia State University
[email protected]

Michelle Grenier, PhD, CAPE
NCPEID Past President (2020-2022)
Professor Emeritus, University of New Hampshire
Adjunct Professor, University of South Carolina

Ali Brian, PhD, CAPE
NCPEID Vice President (2020-2023)
Associate Professor, University of South Carolina
Pamela Beach, PhD
NCPEID Vice President (2022-2024)
Professor, State University of New York Brockport
Adam Pennell, PhD, CAPE
Treasurer (2022-2023)
Assistant Professor, Pepperdine University
Alexandra Stribing, PhD
Secretary (2022-2023)
Assistant Professor, Kean University
[email protected]
Board of Directors

Andrea Taliaferro, PhD
NCPEID Member at Large (2021-2023)
Associate Professor, West Virginia University
[email protected]

Melissa Bittner, PhD
NCPEID Member at Large (2019-2022)
Assistant Professor, California State University, Long Beach
[email protected]

Amanda Young, PhD, CAPE
NCPEID Member at Large (2020-2022)
Assistant Professor, California State University, Long Beach
[email protected]
E. Andrew Pitchford, PhD, CAPE
NCPEID Member at Large (2022-2024)
Assistant Professor, Iowa State University
[email protected]

Ross D. Jordan
NCPEID Student Representative (2022-2024)
The Ohio State University
[email protected]
Heather A. Katz
NCPEID Student Representative (2021-2023)
University of Wisconsin-Madison
[email protected]
Timothy D. Davis, PhD, CAPE
NCPEID APENS Chair (2020-2024)
Associate Professor, State University of New York Cortland
[email protected]
Ann-Catherine Sullivan, PhD
NCPEID Historian (2021-2023)
Professor, Norfolk State University
[email protected]

Suzanna Dillon, PhD, CAPE
APENS Executive Director (2022-2023)
Associate Professor, Texas Woman's University
[email protected]
Beth Foster, PhD, CAPE
NCPEID Research Chair (2022-2023)
Associate Professor, West Chester University, PA

Emily Gilbert, PhD
NCPEID Awards Chair (2020-2022)
Assistant Professor, State University of New York Cortland
[email protected]
Kayla Abrahamson
NCPEID Social Media Chair
West Virginia University
Myung Ha (Mason) Sur, PhD
NCPEID Website Manager
Clinical Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina
Numerous prominent leaders in the academic disciplines of Adapted Physical Education/Activity and Therapeutic Recreation have served as president of the Consortium. Many of these past presidents are authors of the scholarly textbooks and significant research/demonstration projects that serve as the foundations for effective physical activity and recreation programming for individuals with disabilities.
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