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Executive Council Members |
Executive Council Members
Dr. Sampan SilapanadBusiness Alliance Development, Delta Electronics Company Co-Chairman of the World Association for Cooperative & Work-Integrated Education (WACE) President of the Thai Association for Cooperative Education (TACE) President of the Electronic & Computer Employer’s Association (ECEA). Co-Chair (Industry) Term: 3 years | Ms. Judie Kay
Vice Chair, Programs & Partnerships, WACE , Co -Chair of the WACE Global Strategy Council and lead WACE Global Challenge program. She has extensive experience of over 20 years in WIL . Co founder / Past President Australian Collaborative Education Network (ACEN), ACEN .Honorary Fellow of RMIT University. Member of WACE since 2000.
Term: 3 years | Joe HenhoefferExecutive Officer of Co-operative and Experiential Education (CEE) at the University of Waterloo. He is a Chartered Professional Accountant (Ontario). Before joining the University of Waterloo, Joe has worked in audit and assurance services as well as knowledge mobilization at an international accounting firm. Joe has been involved with Co-operative and Experiential Education for four years. Term: Appointed Treasurer
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Dr. Karsten Zegwaard | Professor Ulrika Lundh Snis
Professor of Informatics specializing in Work-integrated Learning (WIL), leads University West’s WIL academic environment, balancing education, research, and collaboration to address societal challenges. Her research involves over 25 externally funded projects and resulting in more than 100 scientific publications. She teaches and supervises doctoral students in WIL, having guided 12 dissertations and currently overseeing three doctoral candidates. Term: 3 years |
Anne FannonDirector of the Work-Learn Institute, University of Waterloo, Canada. She has been actively involved in CEWIL Canada and served as President of the Association in 2016/17 during which time she led the association in an expansion of its mandate. She currently serves as CEWIL’s co-chair of Government and External Relations and has been active member of WACE for 10 years. Term: 1 year | Dr. Jenny Fleming Head of Academic Partnerships and a Senior Lecturer in the School of Sport and Recreation at Auckland University of Technology (AUT), New Zealand. She has been extensively involved in WIL for over 25 years. She is currently on the executive of the WACE International Research Committee, in the role as Co-chair Grants and Awards. She is the immediate Past President of Work-integrated Learning New Zealand and chairs the WIL steering group at AUT. Term: 1 year | Ian Sladen Currently serves as Drexel University’s Vice President of Cooperative Education and Career Development. He provides leadership for the Steinbright Career Development Center through vision and strategic direction for cooperative education and career services programs. He has been a WACE member since 2018 and current Global charter Member. Term: 1 year |
Bahri Toper CO-OP & Career Center Director at Bahcesehir University-Istanbul. He has global experience with extensive career development, university-business relations and HR/workforce planning expertise at national and international levels. Currently leading CO-OP program -with 2700 partner companies- at Bahçeşehir University-Istanbul with an innovative approach. Term: 2 years | Rikichi Izumiya Deputy Director, Finance Division, Vice Chair, International Exchange Committee and Deputy Secretary General, International College of Technology, Kanazawa. Rikichi has 20 years of experience in university operations and administration. During this time, developed and managed international exchange programs, established new graduate schools, obtained joint research projects with companies and the government, and directed educational reforms at Kanazawa Institute of Technology (KIT) and International College of Technology, Kanazawa (ICT). Term: 2 years | Dr. Roelien Brink Director Cooperative Education at Tshwane University of Technology (TUT). She is the Universities South Africa (USAf) Chair for the Learning in Practice Community of Practice (LiPCoP) working group. She is a member of the USAf World of Work Strategy group and the USAf representative at the SASCE board. She is involved with research on WIL that is being conducted in Ireland and South Africa. She is the lead researcher for WorkIntegrated Learning South Africa under the auspice of THENSA (WILSA) on an environmental scan research of WIL landscape in SA. She is also the interim Director for the newly established Association for WIL. Term: 2 years |
