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
 Iva Obrusnikova, PhD, CAPE
NCPEID President
Professor
University of Delaware
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 Deborah R. Shapiro, PhD
NCPEID Past President (2022-2024)
Professor
Georgia State University
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 Pamela Beach, PhD
NCPEID Vice President (2022-2025)
Professor & Associate Dean
Rochester Institute of Technology
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Chih-Chia (JJ) Chen, PhD, CAPE
NCPEID Vice President-Elect (2024-2025)
Assistant Professor
Iowa State University
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Adam Pennell, PhD, CAPE
Treasurer (2022-2026)
Associate Professor
Pepperdine University
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Kimberly Shepherd, CAPE
Secretary (2024-2026)
Practitioner
Carson City Schools
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 Timothy D. Davis, PhD, CAPE
NCPEID APENS Executive Director (2020-2024)
Associate Professor
State University of New York Cortland
[email protected]
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Board of Directors
Melissa Bittner, PhD
NCPEID Member at Large (2023-2025)
Associate Professor
California State University, Long Beach
[email protected]
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 Layne (Laynie) Case, PhD
NCPEID Member at Large
Assistant Professor
California State University, Chico
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Lindsay Ball, PhD
NCPEID Member at Large (2024-2026)
Assistant Professor
State University of New York Cortland
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Tara McCarthy
NCPEID Member at Large (2024-2026)
Adapted Physical Education Teacher
Cooperative Association for Special Education
[email protected]
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 Wellington De Luna Vazquez
NCPEID Student Representative (2023-2025)
Georgia State University
[email protected]
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 Jill Spohn, CAPE
NCPEID Student Representative (2024-2026)
University of North Carolina, Greensboro
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Leah Ketchenson, PhD, CAPE
APENS Committee Chair (2024-2028)
Associate Professor
Wayne State University
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Lauren Bean, PhD
Social Media Manager (2024-2026)
Assistant Professor
State University of New York Brockport
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 Scott McNamara, PhD, CAPE
NCPEID Parliamentarian (2023-2025)
Assistant Professor
University of New Hampshire
[email protected]
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 Suzanna Dillon, PhD, CAPE
Policy and Advocacy Committee Co-Chair (2022-2025)
Professor
Texas Woman's University
[email protected]
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 Beth Foster, PhD, CAPE
NCPEID Research Chair (2022-2023)
Associate Professor
West Chester University
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 Samantha Ross, PhD
NCPEID Awards Chair (2023-2026)
Assistant Professor
University of Utah
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 Myung Ha (Mason) Sur, PhD
NCPEID Website Manager
Assistant Professor
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
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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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