AccredX 2025 Speakers

  • 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

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Roundtable Discussion Leaders

  • 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

  • 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

  • Tiffany Howe, MBA, CSFA, CST, FAST

    ARC/STSA Board of Directors
    Vice President for Teaching and Learning
    Western Dakota Technical College
    Partner for PAC Prominence
    Standard II

  • Lacie Couzin, PhD, RN

    Professor Dean,
    School of Health Sciences
    Dean, School of Public Affairs & Social Services
    Ivy Tech Community College Recruiting and Supporting Adjunct Faculty
    Standard III

  • Melanie Graves, MBA, CST

    Program Director/ Department Chair
    Surgical Technology Austin Community College Curriculum Sequencing
    Standard III

  • Korrine Anderson, MHHS, BSAS, CST

    Program Director/Assistant Professor 
    Surgical Technology Program and Sterile Processing Program
    Division of Health and Wellness Sciences
    Lorain County Community College

    Building Sterile Processing Pathways
    Standard III

  • Shauna Harper, BSAS, CST

    Clinical Coordinator
    Surgical Technology Program and Sterile Processing Program
    Division of Health and Wellness Sciences
    Lorain County Community College
    Building Sterile Processing Pathways
    Standard III

  • Candice Spencer, AAS, KCSA, CDEI, CST

    Clinical Externship Coordinator
    Meridian Institute of Surgical Assisting
    Nashville, TN
    How to Evaluate Students at Clinical
    Standard IV

  • Theresa Sorgen- Burleson, MBA, BSHA, CST

    Assistant Professor
    Health Science Division Director, 
    Surgical Technology Program Director, 
    Health Services Program Director,
    Central Service Program Director,
    University of Saint Francis, IN
    A Day in the Life of a Site Evaluator

  • Robin Y. Jenkins, CAE, ICE, CCP

    CEO, NBSTSA
    Credentialing Organizational Updates
    Standard IV

  • Amy Goracke, BS, LSFA, CSFA, CST

    Surgical First Assist Program Director
    Southeast Community College
    Lincoln, NE
    Resources to Grow an SA Program
    Standard III