AIGAC Blog

AIGAC has had a whirlwind inaugural year. Since it’s official “door-opening” in May, AIGAC has:

• Launched and expanded its web site.
• Set-up four functioning committees.
• Drafted and approved its by-laws.
• Held its first elections and expanded its Board of Directors.
• Published two issues of its quarterly newsletter.
• Established a members-only Google group.
• Developed a brochure for members.
• Grown to just over forty members.
• Become the go-to organization for members of the press looking for information about graduate admissions consulting.

As we look to 2008, I want to congratulate and welcome the new members of AIGAC’s Board of Directors:

• Stacy Blackman, Stacy Blackman Consulting.
• Anna Ivey, Anna Ivey Admissions and Career Counseling.
• Jeremy Shinewald, MBA Mission.

We look forward to 2008 with confidence that it too will be a year of “firsts” and growth.

To members of the admissions and applicant community, best wishes for a Happy and Healthy New Year!

The AIGAC Board has established 4 committees to handle AIGAC’s affairs.

The committees are:

• Communications, headed by Linda Abraham of Accepted.com, which manages AIGAC’s Web site, Google groups, blog, and internal and external communications generally.
• Events, chaired by Graham Richmond of Clear Admit, is planning AIGAC’s 2008 AIGAC Annual Conference and other professional educational programs.
• Governance, headed by Maxx Duffy of Maxx Associates, develops and manages documents, policies and guidelines (e.g., by-laws) that shape and direct organizational operations, rules and adherence to regulations.
• Membership, chaired by Ricardo Betti of MBAEmpresarial, oversees membership matters including membership recruitment, member satisfaction, member application and review process, and use of the Stamp of Excellence.

AIGAC members, please let the chairs of these committees know which committees you would like to participate in.