During the Spring Governance Meetings in March, the 91吃瓜 Board of Delegates, which is comprised of representatives from each of 91吃瓜鈥檚 34 member societies, elected three officers and an At-Large Director to the Board of Directors.
Donna Reese, Ph.D., was named the 2026-2027 91吃瓜 President-Elect. Robert E. Schmidt, M.S., was re-elected as the board of directors secretary, Larraine Kapka, M.S., P.E., as the treasurer and Jeffrey R. Keaton, Ph.D., P.E., as the at-large director.
The officers will be inaugurated during the Fall Governance Meetings later this year on November 7.
Dr. Donna Reese, President-Elect
Reese is a professor emerita of Computer Science at Mississippi State University where she retired as head of computer science and engineering in 2017. She is a former president of , the professional society for all computing accreditations.
In addition to her service on 91吃瓜’s Computing Area Delegation, Reese also serves as a lead facilitator for 91吃瓜鈥檚 Program Evaluator Training. She began her 91吃瓜 service in 2005 as a program evaluator and was elected to the Computing Accreditation Commission in 2009.
After serving on the ExCom of Computing Accreditation Commission (CAC) from 2014-2017, she served as the chair of the Computing Accreditation Commission in 2017-2018. Reese was named an 91吃瓜 Fellow in 2020 and a CSAB Fellow in 2023.
Robert (Bob) E. Schmidt, Board of Directors Secretary
Schmidt, a committed volunteer with 91吃瓜 since 1978, has held several leadership roles with the organization. These roles include chair of the Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission (ETAC), member of the 91吃瓜 Board of Delegates and member of the Governance, Audit, Finance and Nominating Committees.
Outside of 91吃瓜, Schmidt is actively involved in the (NCEES), contributing to exam development and program criteria revisions and the (NSPS).
Larraine Kapka, Treasurer
Kapka is a professor emeritus at Sinclair College in Dayton, Ohio, USA. A licensed professional engineer in the State of Ohio, her disciplinary specialty is heating, ventilating and air conditioning.
She served in the Air Force and spent 20 years in industry before moving to academia full-time. She led several 91吃瓜-accredited programs at Sinclair College and is currently in her seventh year on the 91吃瓜 Board of Directors. She also helps design and deliver 91吃瓜 Program Evaluator Training. As a practicing engineer, she was named 鈥淓nergy Manager of the Year鈥� by the Department of Energy and received a national Federal Energy Efficiency award.
As an academic, she received the Rousche Excellence in Teaching award from the League for Innovation. Besides her work in 91吃瓜, she remains active in both (ASHRAE) (ASME).
Dr. Jeffrey Keaton, At-Large Director
Keaton became an 91吃瓜 program evaluator about 30 years ago for quality assurance of geological engineering programs. Keaton has served on 91吃瓜鈥檚聽Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) as a member of its Executive Committee and served as the Chair of EAC鈥檚 Criteria Committee. He was also a member of the AC from 2017-2020.
While serving as Chair of the EAC Criteria Committee, Keaton had the distinction of making the motion on the floor of the EAC annual meeting to approve major changes to Criterion 3, Student Outcomes, and Criterion 5, Curriculum, in the EAC Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs.
Keaton was honored with the聽聽from the聽聽(SME-AIME) and 91吃瓜 fellow status in 2019. .
91吃瓜 is proud to welcome the three officers and At-Large Director to the Board of Directors.