Leadership and governance

Leadership and Governance

AAC’s work is supported by responsible leadership, governance bodies, expert review, and administrative coordination.

These arrangements help maintain accountability, procedural clarity, and trust across AAC’s accreditation, validation, and external review activities.

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Leadership Team

AAC’s leadership supports institutional strategy, operations, coordination, communication, and external engagement.

Dmitri Nersesyan

Chief Executive Officer

Dmitri Nersesyan

nersesyand@aac-global.org

Dmitri Nersesyan works at the intersection of higher education, artificial intelligence, quality assurance, accreditation, institutional strategy, and international educational development and cooperation.

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As Chief Executive Officer of AAC, he leads the agency’s strategic development as an international quality assurance and accreditation body, with a particular focus on cross-border education, digital transformation, AI governance, and AI-enabled institutional frameworks. He is also the founder of INSELECT, an AI and EdTech ecosystem focused on helping education-facing solutions become more visible, credible, and institution-ready.

Ricky Madison

Chief Operating Officer

Ricky Madison

madisonr@aac-global.org

Ricky Madison is a pharmacist, educator, entrepreneur, and higher education leader with experience across pharmaceutical science, education, accreditation-related activity, and institutional operations.

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As Chief Operating Officer of AAC, he supports operational coordination, institutional communication, and the development of effective review processes. He has contributed to accreditation-related work through leadership and roles connected with IACBE and ACCET.

Governance responsibilities

How Leadership and Governance Support AAC’s Work

AAC governance distributes responsibilities across leadership, academic governance, specialized commissions, expert panels, and administrative coordination.

Leadership and Administration

Supports institutional strategy, operations, communication, external engagement, and coordination.

Academic Governance

Provides academic and quality assurance perspective through AAC’s academic governance arrangements.

Decision-Making Bodies

Specialized commissions consider review outcomes and decisions within their respective mandates.

Expert Review Panels

Experts review evidence, engage with institutions or providers, and prepare findings.

Decision-making

Specialized Commissions

AAC’s specialized commissions are parallel decision-making bodies, each operating within its respective mandate.

Accreditation

Accreditation Commission

Considers accreditation reviews and formal accreditation decisions within AAC procedures.

AI-Native University Accreditation

AINU Accreditation Commission

Considers AI-Native University Accreditation reviews and decisions for higher education institutions.

AI+QA Validation

AI+QA Validation Commission

Considers AI+QA Validation reviews for non-university organizations, including AI/EdTech providers, platforms, systems, solutions, services, and other education-facing providers.

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About AAC

Learn about AAC’s institutional profile, mission, quality assurance approach, and structure.

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Academic Board

Explore AAC’s academic governance and quality assurance perspective.

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Recognition and International Presence

Review AAC’s public recognition, memberships, partnerships, and international affiliations.

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Questions About AAC Leadership or Governance?

Institutions, experts, partners, and interested organizations are welcome to contact AAC for information about governance, accreditation, review procedures, or cooperation.

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