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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Michelle Grenier, PhD, CAPE

NCPEID Past President (2020-2022)

Professor Emeritus, University of New Hampshire

Adjunct Professor, University of South Carolina

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 Pamela Beach, PhD

NCPEID Vice President (2022-2025)

Professor & Associate Dean, Rochester Institute of Technology

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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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Board of Directors

Melissa Bittner, PhD

NCPEID Member at Large (2023-2025)

Associate Professor, California State University, Long Beach

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Amanda Young, PhD, CAPE

NCPEID Member at Large (2020-2022)

Assistant Professor, California State University, Long Beach

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Andrew Pitchford, PhD, CAPE   

NCPEID Member at Large (2022-2024)

Assistant Professor, Oregon State University

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Layne (Laynie) Case, PhD

NCPEID Member at Large

Assistant Professor, California State University, Chico

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Wellington De Luna Vazquez

NCPEID Student Representative (2023-2025)

Georgia State University

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Jill Spohn, CAPE

NCPEID Student Representative (2024-2026)

University of North Carolina, Greensboro

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TDavisphoto2.jpg - 1.73 MbTimothy D. Davis, PhD, CAPE

NCPEID APENS Chair (2020-2024)

Associate Professor, State University of New York Cortland

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Scott McNamara, PhD, CAPE

NCPEID Historian (2023-2025)

Assistant Professor, University of New Hampshire

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Suzanna Dillon, PhD, CAPE

Policy and Advocacy Committee Co-Chair (2022-2025)

Professor, Texas Woman's University

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Beth Foster, PhD, CAPE

NCPEID Research Chair (2022-2023)

Associate Professor, West Chester University, PA

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Samantha Ross, PhD

NCPEID Awards Chair (2023-2026)

Assistant Professor, University of Utah

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Kayla Abrahamson

NCPEID Social Media Chair

West Virginia University

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Myung Ha (Mason) Sur, PhD

NCPEID Website Manager

Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

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Past Presidents

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.