Claudia Zacharias, MBA, CAE, president and CEO of the Board of Certification/Accreditation (BOC), was elected chair of the Institute for Credentialing Excellence (ICE) board of directors. The announcement was made at the ICE Annual Meeting in Portland, Oregon, and a ceremonial gavel was passed to her.
Earlier this year, Zacharias was reelected to the ICE board for a second three-year term. She has served as secretary-treasurer for the past two years and will serve as board chair for the first year of the current term.
ICE is a professional membership association that advances credentialing through education, standards, research, and advocacy to ensure proficiency across professions and occupations. The National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA), ICE’s accrediting body, evaluates certification programs to ensure the health, welfare, and safety of the public through the assessment of professional competency. To date, NCCA has accredited about 300 programs from more than 120 organizations. All of BOC’s O&P certification programs are NCCA accredited.
