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
Michelle Grenier, PhD, CAPE
NCPEID President (2020-2022)
Professor Emeritus, University of New Hampshire
Adjunct Professor, University of South Carolina
Cindy Piletic, PhD, CAPE
NCPEID President-Elect (2018-2022)
Professor, Western Illinois University
[email protected]
Adam Pennell, PhD, CAPE
Interim treasurer (2021-2022)
Assistant Professor, Pepperdine University

Ali Brian, PhD, CAPE
NCPEID Vice President-Elect (2020-2023)
Associate Professor, University of South Carolina
[email protected]

Erin Siebert, PhD, MPH
NCPEID Secretary (2020-2022)
Assistant Professor, San Jose State 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]

T. Nicole Kirk, PhD
NCPEID Member at Large (2020-2022)
Assistant Professor, University of Georgia
[email protected]

Amy Oliver
NCPEID Student Representative (2020-2022)
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
[email protected]
Heather A. Katz
NCPEID Student Representative (2021-2023)
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Timothy D. Davis, PhD, CAPE
NCPEID APENS Chair (2020-2024)
Associate Professor, State University of New York Cortland
[email protected]

Deborah R. Shapiro, PhD
NCPEID Research Consortium Chair (2021-2023)
Professor, Georgia State University
[email protected]
Ann-Catherine Sullivan, PhD
NCPEID Historian (2021-2023)
Associate Professor, Norfolk State University
[email protected]

Suzanna Dillon, PhD, CAPE
NCPEID Advocacy Chair (2018-2021)
Associate Professor, Texas Woman's University
[email protected]

Emily Gilbert, PhD
NCPEID Awards Chair (2020-2022)
Assistant Professor, State University of New York Cortland
[email protected]
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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