AAA - Key Persons


Clifford Brush

Cliff worked as a Peer Reviewer for the U.S. Department of Education, Charter Schools Program. He is a Consultant in Education Accreditation, Improvement, & Management focusing on school accreditation, improvement, and management. Leading accreditation and school improvement site visit teams and drafting accreditation recommendation reports for schools in several countries. He served as the director, grants, and compliance in Portland Oregon Public Schools, he directed managers of federal grants programs. He lead district compliance activities. Drafted reports to federal and state agencies. Consulted on responses to student, parent, and agency complaints.

Dr. Kevin D. Gallagher

Dr. Kevin has a Ph.D. in Agricultural Entomology from University of California at Berkeley in 1988, worked as a Training, Education and Development consultant at the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), International Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), He was awarded for Van den Bosch Award from the University of California for work on IPM education (1995) and R. Sen Award, the highest honor for field work on development of community programs.

Dr. Mary Giblin

Dr Mary, Ph.D. Microbiology (University College Dublin) is a Member of ILAC Accreditation Working Group 10 as part of the Accreditation Issues Committee, she is an international presenter, lecturer and trainer in the application of International Quality Standards ISO 17025 and ISO 17020 and Guidance Document ILAC G19 to Crime Scene Examination and Forensic Science, she is working as an Accreditation Assessor of forensic organizations to ensure compliance with the technical requirements of International Quality Standards and has over 25 years' experience in the areas of accreditation, and Forensic Science

Dr. Rana Allam

Job Titles:
  • Pediatrician
Dr. Rana is a pediatrician who joined the General Authority for Healthcare Accreditation and Regulation (GAHAR) as Head of the Standards Research and Development Department in 2020 where she leads the process of preparing the organization for the international external evaluation (IEEA) from the International Society for Quality in Healthcare (ISQua) and obtaining accreditation certificates to meet the scope of different types of healthcare facilities. Prior to Dr.Allam spent ten (10) years in the quality field as an accreditation consultant for preparing organizations to obtain the JCI accreditation and she successfully obtained the accreditation awards. In this role, she was involved in the development of new global accreditation standards, during the period of her employment, GAHAR achieved ISQua accreditation for six different accreditation standards handbooks and innovated the introduction of person-centered care standards focused on experience, value, and integration.

Dr. Ronald Fite

Served as a Continuous Improvement Instructor for the North Carolina Community College System , Prior, he served as an Instructor for Rowan Cabarrus Community College. He was nominated by The American Society for Quality (ASQ) to serve as a preliminary round judge for the ITEA (International Team Excellence Awards), served as an advisor to the Boy Scouts of America to promote Lean as a new merit badge, served on the Board of Directors for the AHEA (Adult Higher Education Association). Currently, he serve on the Board of Directors for the United Quality Management Institute

Dr. Shakti Derbar

Dr. Shakti, MHA has more than 15 years of experience in the area of quality and medical accreditation, he was responsible for providing expertise in accreditation standards laws, and regulations as well as assessing and monitoring the corporate Accreditation Program for many health care organizations in USA, India, and Gulf countries. Dr. Shakti had a Master of Healthcare Administration, National University, San Diego CA, he is an approved member of leaders excellence Harvard square and certified Lean six sigma green belt.

Kristine Corradetti Smith

Kritine is a healthcare professional with many years of diversified experience in various settings including multi-hospital system leadership, clinical and ambulatory care, patient safety, quality and regulatory/accreditation. Most recent experience includes regulatory consulting for various organizations, accreditation and regulatory oversight for large Academic and multi-hospital health systems, leading readiness planning, corrective action plan implementation, policy development, incident management, NIAHO and Lead ISO healthcare surveyor. Kristine is graduated from George Washington University and the director of regulations and accreditation in Penn state health

Michael Peters

Job Titles:
  • CEO of Lazarus Alliance Certification
Michael Peters is the CEO of Lazarus Alliance Certification, he has served as an independent information security consultant, executive, researcher and author. He is an internationally recognized and awarded security expert with years of IT and business leadership experience and many previous executive leadership positions. Peters is the serial entrepreneur and innovator behind the IT Audit Machine", Policy Machine", Cybervisor", Your Personal CXO" information security network, the Security Trifecta" philosophy, Survival Guidance series of audit protocols, and the globally-popular Holistic Operational Readiness Security Evaluation. (HORSE) Project. He has also been responsible for a plethora of innovations, efficiencies and business enhancements for his employers throughout his career. As the author of multiple publications, books as well as thousands of social media networking, professional network syndication, and industry feature publications. He has contributed significantly to curriculum development for graduate degree programs in information security, advanced technology, cyberspace law, and privacy, and to industry standard professional certifications.