International Association of Special Education
Fostering a Global Exchange of Ideas and Information
Board of Directors
The IASE Board of Directors is composed of the following officers: president, president-elect, past president, secretary, acting secretary-treasurer and three members-at-large. The officers serve a two-year term. This Board of Directors began their terms on January 1, 2025
Daniel McCarthy, MSW, PPSC, LCSW
President, International Association of Special Education (IASE)
Senior Research Associate
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Co-director, Global Resource Center for Inclusive Education
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Co-director, Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on HCBS, University of Minnesota
Renata Ticha, Ph.D
Past President
Carolyn Lindstrom, Ed. D
President-Elect
Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology & Early Childhood, Black Hills State University
Rudia W. Kihura, Ph.D.
Secretary
Researcher, Office of Global Social Work, College of Public Service & Community solutions
Division of Education Leadership& Innovation/Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Senior Sustainability Scientist, ASU College of Sustainability
Iris Drower, Ph.D.
Assistant Secretary/Treasurer
Charles University, Prague, Faculty of Education,Professor
University of Minnesota, The Institute on Community Integration (ICI) at the University of Minnesota, Faculty Member
University of West Bohemia, Faculty of Education, Faculty Member
Jan Šiška, Ph.D.
Member-At-Large, Czech Republic
Intermediate school coordinator at Spj sadhana school, Mumbai, India
Veteran of SPJ Sadhana school for the past 19 years and has trained moderately and severely impaired students in the age group 12-16 years.
Tejal Kothari
Member-At-Large, India
Josue Niyokwizigirwa
Member-At-Large, Burundi
Ph.D. Candidate, Iowa ELL Teacher, at College Community School District, Iowa
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Past & Current IASE Board Members and Committee Members with Local Dignitaries at the July 2016 Grand Opening
Featured in the photo above: Front row from left: Roni Chavez, Mary Kaphwiti, Mary Gale Budzisz. Back row from left: Karen Nave, Henry Mwambani, Marg Csapo, Iris Drower, Paul Chathanda, Zandile Nkabinde, Damiano Z, and Beatrice Adera