AccredX 2025 Speakers
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Korrine Anderson, MHHS, BSAS, CST
Stacking Success: Building Sterile Processing Pathways into Surgical Technology
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Dan Batsie
Set Up Your Students for Success
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Chris Blevins, BS, AAS-ST, CST, FAST
Reality Check: Reversing Pop Culture’s Narrative to Support Retention
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Jerad Claytor, MSHE, CST
Program Director Training: Pre-Conference Workshop
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Lacie Couzin, PhD, RN
It Takes a Campus: Resources That Make a Difference
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Janice Grewatz, MS.Ed, CSPDT, CSFA, CST, FAST
Site Evaluator Training: Pre-Conference Workshop
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Shauna Harper, BSAS, CST
Stacking Success: Building Sterile Processing Pathways into Surgical Technology
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Dr. Christopher Hirschler, PhD, MCHES
It Takes a Campus: Resources That Make a Difference
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Melanie Graves, MBA, CST
Pre-Conference Program Director Training
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Robin Y. Jenkins, CAE, ICE, CCP
NBSTSA
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Ron Kruzel, MA, CAE, CST, FAST
Organization Collaboration - Working Together to Support Our Educators
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Jodi Licalzi, BA
Organization Collaboration – Working Together to Support Our Educators
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Jennifer Lloyd, BS, CST, HCM
Program Director Training: Pre-Conference Workshop
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Michael Morrison, MPH, CTP, CSFA, ACLS
Scrubbed In, Stressed Out, and Still Teaching: The Art of Precepting
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Kristy Pierce, BS, CST
Site Evaluator Training: Pre-Conference Workshop
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Gina Scarboro, DBA, MMSc, CAA
Organization Collaboration-Working Together to Support Our Educators
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Tatum Schulz-Fischbach, MA, CSA
Operation: Breakout! Innovative Skill Assessment Through Simulation and Sport
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Theresa Sorgen-Burleson MBA, BSHA, CST
Pre-Conference Site Evaluator Training
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Antoinette Trujillo-Fergus, MBA, CRCST, CST
Pre-Conference Artificial Intelligence (AI) Training
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Katherine Zeller, MA, CSA
Operation: Breakout! Innovative Skill Assessment Through Simulation and Sport
Roundtable Discussion Leaders
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Christy Baily-Byers, MBA, APR
Director of Education ARC/STSA
DE/Separate Instructional Site, Standards I-V -

Heather Bieske, MHA-ED, CST
AST Manager of Continuing Education
CEs & Resources, Standard III -

Jay Chambers, BS, CST
VP, ARC/STSA Board of Directors
Assistant Professor of Surgical Technology
Nashville State Community College
Obtaining Grant Funding - Enhance Program Resources and Funding Opportunities, Standard III -

Ron Kruzel, MA, CAE, CST, FAST
Executive Director ARC/STSA
Ask the Staff, Standards I-V -

Jodi Licalzi, BS
Executive Director
AST – CEs & Resources, Standard III -

Kristy Pierce, BS, CST
Accreditation Manager, ARC/STSA
Preparing for a Site Evaluation, Standards I-V -

Emily Runions, MaED, CSPDT, CST, FAST
Business Development Manager
Platinum Educational Group
Testing Assessment, Standard IV -

Gina Scarboro, DBA, MMSc, CAA
Executive Director, CAAHEP
CAAHEP Updates -

Antoinette Trujillo-Fergus, MBA, CRCST, CST
ARC/STSA Board Directors
Program Director, Department Chair, Clinical Coordinator, Instructor, Surgical Technology, Pike Peak State College, CO
Sterile Processing Program 411