Dr. Vernon Allwood
Dr. Nathan Avani
William Brescia
Dr. Marcia Canton
Dr. Linda Coy
Jesse Dansbe
Meet the IMA Board of Directors
IMA Executive Board of Directors
Catherine Cordova, Ph.D., is the Associate Director of Student Engagement at Florida SouthWestern State College. In her position, she promotes mentoring practices by overseeing the Peer Mentor Program and its incorporation in a first-year seminar course. She has been creating and directing mentoring programs for the past 6 years. Through her oversight, peer mentor programs were initiated in 3 living-learning communities, 3 academic programs, the student-athlete learning center, and a library support program at Florida Gulf Coast University. Catherine continues researching and learning about mentoring best practices and has earned her Ph.D. at the University of South Florida. She is IMA President, and an IMA Certified Mentoring Consultant.
Lisa Fain is the CEO of Center for Mentoring Excellence and a global speaker on the power of mentoring to create inclusive workplaces. A former management-size employment attorney and corporate DEI leader, Lisa is driven by her belief that creating working relationships across difference make for better lives, better workplaces and a better world. She lives in Seattle, WA and loves to explore the US Pacific Northwest with her husband and two teenage daughters.
Roger B. Fillingim, PhD is a Distinguished Professor in the University of Florida (UF) College of Dentistry and Director of the UF Pain Research & Intervention Center of Excellence. Also, in an effort to build a culture at UF that values excellence in mentoring, in 2013 Dr. Fillingim established the University of Florida Clinical and Translational Science Institute’s (CTSI) Mentor Academy, which provides training for faculty in best mentoring practices. Dr. Fillingim has a longstanding commitment to mentoring and has successfully mentored numerous graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty members. He also directs an institutional training grant that supports postdoctoral training in pain and aging research and leads the UF Center for Advancing Minority Pain and Aging Science, which supports career development for early career faculty members conducting pain and again research. In 2016, he was recognized for his mentoring contributions when he received the University of Florida, Office of Postdoctoral Affairs, Postdoc Mentoring Award.
IMA Board of Directors
Kathleen Sciarappa, Ph.D.
Mentor Training Facilitator; National Certified Mentor
151 Tremont St., Boston, MA 02111
Ratified August 2019
Nancy Phenis-Bourke, Ed.D.
Past President
National Association of Elementary School Principals Mentor Coach; Active member on public and private nonprofit boards; IMA Mentor Training Coordinator and Facilitator
6471 S Fox Chase,
Pendleton, IN 46064
Julie Fredenburg
Chair, Accreditation Committee
Julie Fredenburg
Champaign, IL
Ratified 2016-2020, 2020-2024
Brenda Marina, Ph.D.
Past President; Retired Higher Education Professor and Administrator; Peer reviewer for the International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education
Linda Searby, Ph.D.
Past Secretary-Treasurer; Associate Clinical Professor of Educational Leadership, University of Florida
Donna Augustine-Shaw, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Dept. of Educational Leadership Kansas State University & Associate Director, Kansas Educational Leadership Institute (KELI)
Ratified March 2018
2535 Dundee Ln.
Salina, KS 67401
David Clutterbuck, Ph.D.
Visiting Professor of Coaching & Mentoring, Henley Business School, Oxford Brookes, Sheffield Hallam, York St. John, UK; Distinguished Fellow, Th Conference Board; Co-Dean, Global Team Coaching Institute; Practice Lead, Coaching and Mentoring International
Ratified December 2013
Woodlands, Tollgate, Maidenhead,
Berks UK SL6 4 LJ
Andrea Engler, Ed.D.
Senior Executive Director of Student Transitions and Success, Indiana University/Purdue University at Indianapolis (IUPUI)
Ratified 2017-2021, 2021-2025
815 W. Michigan Street UC 2001D
Indianapolis, IN 46202
Robert Garvey, Ph.D.
Managing Partner, The Lio Partnership
Ratified November 2014
13 Blakeney Place
York YO10 3HZ
UK
Skype: robert.garvey7
Twitter: RobertGarvey6
LinkedIn
Carol Riley
Past Secretary-Treasurer 2014-2016; 2016-Retired Associate Executive Director-National Association of Elementary School Principals; 2020 IMA Conference Chair;
Ratified 2013-2017, 2018-2022
15221 Fog Mountain Circle
Haymarket, VA 20169
Laura Lunsford, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Psychology, Campbell University, Buies Creek, NC.
Ratified 2017-2021, 2021-2025
Taylor Hall 205, P.O. Box 369
Buis Creek, NC 27506
Miriam Marguerita Gomez Witmer, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Educational Foundations; Director, Color of Teaching Mentoring Program, Millersville University, Millersville, PA
2017-2021
Ratified November 2017
Stayer 405
Millersville University
Millersville, PA 17551 USA
Ben Kutsyuruba, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Educational Policy, Leadership, and School Law
Queens University, Ontario, Canada
Duncan Hall, A 324
Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7M 5R7
Audrey Murrell, PhD
Professor of Business Administration, Psychology, Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh
Ratified August 2021
International Ambassador Members
Anna Sofia Saldanha
International Ambassador Member; Professional Translator, Translation, Proofreading, Editing, Post-Editing, and Mentoring; English, Spanish, & Portuguese
Ratified December 2018
Jane Lewes
International Ambassador Member; Director, The Learning Consultancy, Wales, UK.
Ratified January 2020
Ajay Kelkar
International Ambassador Member;Co-Founder Hansa Cequity.PCC; Leadership Coach. Mumbai, India
Nigel Cumberland
Nigel is the co-Founder of The Silk Road Partnership and is a corporate mentor, executive coach and facilitator who has worked with leaders in the United Nations, The World Bank Group, Fortune 500 groups including Google, Dell and Standard Chartered Bank, as well as in the Public Sectors of countries such as the UAE.
Ratified November 2020
Meenalochani Kumar (Meena Kumar)
Learning & Leadership development, Organization Development, Business HR
Ratified November 2020
Lyle Hamm (Steamer)
Lyle “Steamer” Hamm is an associate professor of educational administration and leadership in the Faculty of Education at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton.
Ratified August 2021
Kinga Káplár-Kodácsy, PhD
Kinga Káplár-Kodácsy PhD is assistant professor at Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Hungary, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Institute of Research on Adult Education and Knowledge Management.
Ratified August 2021
National Ambassador Members
Emeritus Board Of Directors
Maurice T. Davis
Dr. Nora Dominguez
Truls Engstrom
Jan Hall
Dr. David James
Dr. Frances Kochan
Margo Murray
Dr. Charles Allen Sadberry, Sr.
Dr. Linda Stromei
Martha Warfield
Dr. Katherine Wilcox
Dr. Nancy Phenis-Bourke