WASC Commission
About
Commission Meetings
Winter: January 26-27, 2026
Spring: April 27-28, 2026
Summer: June 29-30, 2026
The purpose of the Commission is to foster excellence in elementary, secondary, adult and postsecondary institutions, and supplementary education programs. The Commission encourages school improvement through a process of continuing evaluation and recognizes institutions through granting accreditation to the schools that meet an acceptable level of quality in accordance with the established criteria.
The responsibilities of the Commission are:
- Establish bylaws for the governance of the Commission
- Establish criteria for accreditation
- Grant accreditation
- Maintain adequate financial resources
- Maintain complete and accurate records of accreditation reviews and actions
- Perform other functions consistent with the bylaws and operational guidelines
- Participate in accreditation visits.
WASC Commissioners
(listed by the organizations they represent)
- Officers
- Linda Norman, Ed.D., Chairperson
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Katherine Thorossian, Ed.D., Vice Chairperson
Odie J. Douglas, Immediate Past Chair
- Association of California School Administrators
- Ward Andrus, Ed.D.
- Moohay Choe, Ed.D.
- Kevin Collins, Ed.D.
- Caroline Cota, Ed.D.
- Odie J. Douglas, Ed.D.
- Christine McCormick, Ed.D.
- Eric Mooney, Ed.D.
- Association of Christian Schools International
- Matt Hannan
- California Association of Independent Schools
- Jeff Davis, Ed.D.
- California Association of Private School Organizations
- Toby Elmore, Ed.D.
- California Congress of Parents and Teachers, Inc. (PTA)
- Candi Kern
- California Department of Education
- Monique McWayne
- Alesha Moreno-Ramirez
- California Federation of Teachers
- Julie Cruz
- California School Boards Association
- Christopher (Kit) Oase, D.A.
- California Teachers Association
- Marty Fricke
- Charter Schools
- Jason Sample
- Sherry Segura, Ph.D.
- East Asia Regional Council of Schools
- Jim Gerhard, Ed.D.
- Hawaii Association of Independent Schools
- Jeanne Wilks
- Hawaii Complex Area Superintendent
- Stacey Bello
- Hawaii Government Employees' Association
- Janice Blaber
- Hawaii Private Teacher
- Melissa Handy
- Hawaii State Department of Education
- Andrea Fukumoto
- Hawaii State Teachers Association
- Karin “Kalena” D. Hansen del Rey
- National Lutheran School Accreditation
- Christy Wood, Ed.D.
- Pacific Islands
- Vacancy
- Pacific Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
- James P. Willis II, Ed.S.
- Postsecondary Education
- Jennifer Owens
- Public Members
- Katherine Thorossian, Ed.D.
- Livingston (Jack) Wong
- Western Catholic Educational Association
- Gregory Dhuyvetter
- Anna-Lisa George
- Linda Norman, Ed.D.
- Teresa Schwabauer