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Karen LaMarsh

Dr. Karen LaMarsh is a dedicated advocate for high-quality continuing and professional education, serving as the Chief Accreditation Officer for IACET. In this role, she leads the accreditation process, ensuring its integrity and effectiveness while supporting the organization’s strategic and operational goals. She is responsible for recruiting, training, and mentoring the Commission, managing application reviews—including appeals and denials—and overseeing accreditation workshops and webinars. Karen has been facilitating IACET workshops for over ten years.

With a strong commitment to maintaining the rigor of the ANSI/IACET Standard, Karen strives to make the accreditation process both meaningful and accessible. She brings over 20 years of experience in continuing education at two universities, as well as expertise in internal auditing. Karen holds an engineering degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology and earned her Master’s and Doctorate in Adult Education from the University of Georgia.

Jim Cook

Jim Cook is a continuing education and training leader in both the government and private sectors.

His expertise includes creating, managing, and growing continuing education businesses through effective strategic planning, management, leadership, and budgeting.

Jim has sucessfully led three organizations through the IACET Accreditation process.

Jim has been an IACET Commissioner for over five years. He has reviewed dozens of Initial and Re-Accreditation Applications.

Jim enjoys training adults by getting them involved, showing them the value and relevance of the material in the course, and allowing everyone to share their experiences.