Christy Baily-Byers, MBA, APR
Christy Baily-Byers, MBA, APR, serves as the Associate Executive Director of the Accreditation Review Council on Education in Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (ARC/STSA), leading the development and delivery of accreditation-related educational programming and outreach activities.
Prior to joining the ARC/STSA, she served on the staff of two institutional accreditors, where she was responsible for distance education initiatives, site visits, and developing and leading training programs.
Christy worked in higher education as a faculty member and university administrator for more than 20 years at Southern Methodist University, Texas Woman’s University, the University of Hartford, the University of Memphis, and Nova Southeastern University. She was named Rotunda Outstanding Professor at SMU, and Outstanding Faculty Advisor by the Public Relations Student Society of America.
Christy lives in South Carolina with her amazing kids, two grands, and their three liver-spotted Dalmatians.