Board Nominations

The 2011 board nominations are as follows:


LINDA FRANK

Director of Veteran and Military Education, Empire State College
Nominated for President Elect

Ms. Linda Frank is the Director of Veteran and Military Education at Empire State College where she manages military and veterans education programs and services across the college’s 35 locations, including the Center for Distance Learning, which serves students online in New York, nationally and internationally. Ms. Frank previously served as Director of Corporate and Military Programs in the college’s Center for Distance Learning for more than a decade, where she was responsible for the operations of all military programs including eArmyU, GoArmyEd, the Career Non-Commissioned Officers (NCO) Degrees Program, Navy College Program Distance Learning Partnership (NCPDLP), and the Air Force’s Air University Associate to Baccalaureate Cooperative (AU-ABC).

In addition to overseeing the daily operations of several programs, Ms. Frank works to raise awareness of our service members and veterans’ services to our country. She voluntarily coordinates an Adopt-a-Platoon program at Empire State College, and has organized several shipments of packages to deployed platoons. She was recognized for her service and contribution to the college in 2006 when she was named the recipient of the Empire State College Foundation Award for Excellence in Professional Service.
Linda Frank serves as the Vice President for Institutions on the Council of College and Military Educators (CCME) Executive Board. She is also the CCME liaison to the National Association of Institution and Military Education Services (NAIMES).
Ms. Frank holds an M.A. in Social Policy with a concentration in Education Policy.

JOYCELYN GROOT

Dean of Military & Contract Education Programs, Coastline Community College
Nominated for Vice President of Institutions

Joycelyn Groot was recently named the Dean of Military and Contract Education Programs at Coastline Community College. She has been employed with the Coast Community College District, a 3-college district in Orange County, California for more than 25 years and has been with Coastline for more than 10 years.

In her tenure throughout the district, Joycelyn has held several positions gaining her vast experience and knowledge about the community college system. In her most recent position, Joycelyn oversees military and corporate/workforce education programs locally, nationally, and internationally. She was recognized for her leadership when she was named Coastline’s 2007 Manager of the Year. The programs she oversees have received numerous awards both in the military and corporate arenas. Joycelyn is serving her 3rd year on the CCME Board, and also serves on the GoArmyEd Advisory Board, and the ACE AARTS/SMART Advisory Committee.

She lives in Irvine, California with her two daughters, Megan 21 and Kelsie 15.

MICHAEL HEBERLING

President, Baker College Center for Graduate Studies
Nominated for Secretary Elect

Dr. Michael Heberling is President of the Baker College Center for Graduate Studies. He would like to become the secretary so that he can be more actively involved in the CCME organization and its operations. This year he served on the CCME Agenda Planning Committee for the Nashville Conference. He feels that he can make a significant contribution to the CCME mission based on his extensive association with many facets of military education:

He understands what it is like to be a military student. He received his bachelor’s degree and officer commission at Cornell University through its Air Force ROTC program. After attending three different graduate schools (as a result of PCS moves), he finally obtained his master's degree from the University of Northern Colorado using the GI Bill while stationed at Ellsworth AFB and assigned to the 77th Bomb Squadron. He then received a PhD degree through an Air Force-sponsored doctoral program at Michigan State University.

Dr. Heberling has been a military institution administrator. At the Air Force Institute of Technology [AFIT], he served on the faculty, as a program director and as a department head. He retired from the Air Force after his AFIT assignment as a Lieutenant Colonel.
He also has extensive civilian institution administrative experience dealing with military students. As President of the Baker College Center for Graduate Studies, Dr. Heberling is responsible for all of the graduate programs, three of which are offered online: the Master of Science in Information Systems, the MBA and the Doctor of Business Administration. There are over 500 military students attending Baker College.


L. DIAN STOSKOPF

Senior Advisor, Indtai, Inc. and Academic Explorer
Nominated for Secretary Elect

L. Dian Stoskopf was a distinguished Army leader in the Department of Defense Voluntary Education Program serving U.S. Army troops faithfully as their Director of the Army Continuing Education System (ACES) from January 1997 until her retirement from government service in 2007. Ms. Stoskopf recently joined Indtai, Inc. and Academic Explorer as a Senior Advisor where she advises and counsels senior management on a broad range of military education and related information technology matters, and spearheads the development of new education counseling and technology initiatives. Ms. Stoskopf previously served as a Principal within the Technology Management Services – Defense Services and Solutions for ICF International, Fairfax, VA.

Ms. Stoskopf has made an indelible mark on her profession. Her experience is broad and diverse. She promotes lifelong learning opportunities and sharpens the competitive edge of adult learners through education. A few of her accomplishments and recognitions are detailed below:

In response to a 1999 request from the Secretary of the Army to develop an educational program to attract new recruits to the Army, Ms. Stoskopf envisioned eArmyU, a program that uses technology to enable soldiers to complete degree requirements online, “anytime, anyplace”. Serving over 79,000 active soldier participants, eArmyU revolutionized Army education and served as a premier online learning program for a new generation of soldiers. The program received 15 awards for innovation and effectiveness. Ms. Stoskopf advanced the eArmyU model and applied it to the resource-intensive process for issuing tuition assistance (TA) dollars. The eArmyU model became the basis for a centralized, standardized TA management system that launched in 2006 at www.GoArmyEd.com. GoArmyEd brings TA benefits to a wider range of soldiers 24/7, resulting in less time away from duty and visibility for real-time management of TA funds across the Army. GoArmyEd services over 150 colleges and universities and provides over 186,200 soldiers the opportunity to enroll in over 297,100 college courses annually. It also won two awards shortly after implementation.

Ms. Stoskopf received the highest civilian award for peacetime service, the Decoration for Exceptional Civilian Service. She has also received the Commander’s Award for Civilian Service (2), Superior Civilian Service Award, and the Commendation Certificate for Operation Desert Shield, sponsored by Headquarters Department of Army; Lifetime Achievement Award and the John Brian Service and Leadership Award sponsored by the Council of College & Military Educators; Kathryn G. Frost Award for Exceptional and Innovative Leadership in Continuing Education sponsored by the Commission on Military Education and Training/American Association of Adult and Continuing Education; and the James F. Nickerson Medal of Merit, sponsored by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities.

Ms. Stoskopf is a native of Great Bend, KS. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in 1964 at Kansas State Teachers College, now Emporia State University, Emporia, KS, and earned her Master of Science there in 1965. Ms. Stoskopf is a Hopkins Fellows in Change Management, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, holds a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies – Human Services, Boston University, Boston, MA, and is a graduate of Army Management Staff College, and Management of Life Long Education, Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Boston, MA.