2025-2026 Trueblood Seminars Committee

Charge

Assist the Deloitte Foundation in conducting the Trueblood Seminars. Specifically:

  • In conjunction with the Deloitte Foundation, assess the prior year’s seminar, consider continuous improvement ideas, and arrange to have the seminars conducted and administered.

Membership

  • Given their role in developing future program content, the committee is to be comprised of members who have recently attended the Trueblood Seminars.
  • Members of the committee are nominated by the Deloitte Foundation Representative from among recent attendees of the Trueblood Seminars and approved by the AAA Management Team.
  • The Deloitte Foundation Representative selects the upcoming year’s committee chair or co-chairs from among the current year’s committee members.

Meetings

  • The committee meets virtually or in person prior to or during the AAA Annual Meeting.
  • Trueblood Seminars Sessions 1 will be held February 2026.
  • Trueblood Seminars Sessions 2 will be held February 2026.

Responsibilities

  • Fulfill the committee charge as above.
  • If the Chair has any questions about the charge or responsibilities of this committee, s/he should contact the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or the committee’s Board of Directors Liaison.
  • The Chair must submit at least one report per year to the Board of Directors by June 30. This report should include accomplishments and suggested modifications and should be sent to the AAA President, the committee’s Board of Directors Liaison, and Governance Manager, Barbara Gutierrez (barbara.gutierrez@aaahq.org).

Members

Name / Affiliation

Contact

Term Length

Term Expires

Co-Chair
Karen Ton
Villanova University


karen.ton@villanova.edu

 
1


08/2026

Co-Chair
Jose (Jay) Vega
Stephen F. Austin State University


jvega1313@gmail.com


1


08/2026

Scott Jackson
University of Nevada-Las Vegas    

scott.jackson@unlv.edu
 

1

08/2026

Sarah Judge
Indiana University - Bloomington

judgesa@iu.edu
 

1

08/2026

Laetitia Blanchard Marzouka
University of Miami

lblanchard@miami.edu
 

1

08/2026

Christy Nielson
The University of Mississippi

cnielson@olemiss.edu
 

1

08/2026

Kathy Shoztic 
Deloitte Foundation

kshoztic@deloitte.com

1

08/2026

AAA Professional Staff Liaison
Erlinda Jones
Senior Director, Meetings and Governance
Ex-Officio Nonvoting Member

Erlinda@aaahq.org

 

 

Board of Directors Liaison
Mark Beasley
North Carolina State University    
2025-2026 AAA President

mark_beasley@ncsu.edu


1


08/2026