MEET OUR CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

The ATP conference committees are the backbone of this event and is 100% volunteer based. The conference has three committees that play a huge role in setting the vision of the conference. These committees are the Executive Committee, Program Committee, and Marketing Committee. These committee members and ATP leadership (including the Board of Directors and ATP staff) work tirelessly on all aspects of conference planning. These committees include people from all facets of the assessment world, guaranteeing content of interest to a wide range of industry professionals. Meet these individuals below.

 

Executive Committee

 

Conference Chair

Isabelle Gonthier, PhD, ICE-CCP

Isabelle Gonthier, Ph.D., is the Senior Vice President of Assessment Services at PSI Services, where she oversees the psychometric, test development, and language assessment development teams within the global credentialing organization. She has been highly engaged in the testing and credentialing industry for almost 20 years. Over the course of her career, Dr. Gonthier has managed and overseen the development and administration of large-scale licensure and certification examinations and assessment tools for various professions in the healthcare, financial, and IT sectors. She brings her unique perspective of being both a test sponsor and a testing services provider to the work she does across the testing industry, including her volunteer work with various industry associations.

 

Conference Vice Chair

Brodie Wise

Brodie has over 24 years in the technology field with a focus in the online assessment industry. His primary expertise is in partner relations, new business development, market development, and operational efficiencies. He is a known industry influencer with ATP, the IT Certification Council (ITCC,) and the Performance Testing Council (PTC). He served as the ATP Marketing Chair from 2018 – 2020, and he will be the ATP Conference Chair in 2024.

 

Program Chair

Bridget Herd

Bridget is a results-oriented professional with over 20 years of success in all aspects of program management, including marketing, development, launch, and program transition. As the leader of program management and the project management office, Bridget makes certain that the service expectations of all clients are met or exceeded by her team of expert program managers. Bridget has an added focus of bringing ongoing process improvement and quality assurance to the company’s growing business.

Bridget is also responsible for leadership of Pearson VUE’s “Innovation through Partnership” program, which involves evaluating, integrating, and managing vendors and their technologies to supplement Pearson VUE’s system capabilities. Her in-depth understanding of clients’ testing challenges—resulting from direct oversight of their programs—allows her to leverage technology partners who can both meet client needs and integrate well with our internal processes. Bridget possesses a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire and a Master of Business Administration Degree from the University of St. Thomas.

 

Program Vice Chair

Melissa Nosik

Melissa R. Nosik, PhD, BCBA-D, ICE-CCP is the Deputy CEO of the Behavior Analyst Certification Board and oversees the Testing and Operations Departments at the organization. Dr. Nosik received her doctorate in 2013 from the University of Nevada, Reno. During her 8-year tenure at the BACB, Dr. Nosik has assisted with the development of a technician-level credential which is delivered bi-modally and has grown to 140K active certificants since its inception in 2015. Overall, the BACB, a rapidly growing certification organization, manages approximately 190K certificants worldwide who are practitioners in behavior analysis. Dr. Nosik is a Certified Credentialing Professional through the Institute of Credentialing Excellence. Her professional interests include credentialing, measurement and assessment development, public policy, mentorship practices, dissemination, and employee retention and management practices. Dr. Nosik has 15 years of experience in ABA clinical practice and has trained behavior analysts both in the United States and internationally. She has served as a board member and organized professional conventions for the Tennessee, Nevada, and Colorado Associations for Behavior Analysis. Dr. Nosik has worked in the credentialing profession for 8 years and serves on the International Credentialing Task Force for the Institute for Credentialing Excellence.

 

Marketing Chair

Stephanie Dille

Stephanie Dille is Chief Marketing Officer at Meazure Learning (formerly ProctorU and Yardstick Assessment Strategies), a tech-enabled provider of online proctoring and assessment. She brings over 25 years of testing industry experience and leadership to her role and currently leads a full-service, integrated marketing team across digital, brand, web, design, content marketing and proposals.

Prior to joining ProctorU, Stephanie was head of global marketing at Pearson VUE and prior to that spent time in both corporate and clinical assessment. She is a strong supporter of industry organizations including ATP, ITCC and ICE and currently serves as Chair for the ATP Marketing Committee. She has been involved in various roles with ATP throughout her tenure, including serving on its Board of Directors. Stephanie holds a BA in Psychology from University of Minnesota and MBA in Marketing from University of St. Thomas.

 

Joy Matthews-Lopez

Certification / Licensure Chair
President and Senior Psychometrician, JML Measurement and Testing Services

Joanna Solomon

Industrial / Organizational Chair

Tracey Nicholson

Education Chair
Regional Vice President, Curriculum Associates

Hazel Wheldon

Clinical Chair
CEO, Multi-Health Systems Inc. (MHS)

Jenn McNamara

Innovation Fast-Pitch Chair
Vice President Serious Games, BreakAway Games

Alina von Davier

Past Board Chair (2022)
Chief of Assessment, Duolingo

Divyalok Sharma

India – ATP Chair
Vice President, Business Development, India & SAARC, Pearson VUE

Jeff Marsh

Security Chair
Test Security Manager, Ascend Learning

Changua Rich

Asia – ATP Chair
Principal Research Scientist, ACT

Ada Woo

Workforce Credentialing Chair

Ashok Sarathy

ATP Board Chair (2023)

Neil Wilkinson

Europe ATP Chair

 

Program Committee

 

Bridget Herd

ATP Program Chair
Senior Vice President of Program Management and Project Management Office, Pearson VUE

Melissa Nosik

Program Vice Chair
Deputy CEO of the Behavior Analyst Certification Board

Isabelle Gonthier

Conference Chair
Senior Vice President of Assessment Services, PSI Online

Stephanie Dille

Marketing Chair
Chief Marketing Officer, Meazure Learning

Naomi Umezawa

Asia – ATP Vice Chair

Hazel Wheldon

Clinical Chair
CEO, Multi-Health Systems Inc. (MHS)

Divyalok Sharma

India – ATP Chair
Vice President, Business Development, India & SAARC, Pearson VUE

Kimberly Swygert

Health SIG Vice Chair
Director, Test Development Innovations, NBME

Amy Riker

ATP EdTech and Accessibility Vice SIG Chair
Vice President, Government Affairs, Panorama Education

Bill West

Certification / Licensure Vice Chair

Pamela Becker

Security Vice Chair

Chase Winterberg

I/O Vice Chair

Kimberly Nei

Workforce Skills Credentialing Vice Chair

 

 

 

Marketing Committee

 

Stephanie Dille

Marketing Chair
Chief Marketing Officer, Meazure Learning

Isabelle Gonthier

Conference Chair
Senior Vice President of Assessment Services, PSI Online

Brodie Wise

Conference Vice Chair
Executive Vice President, Business Development and Marketing, ITS

Melissa Nosik

Program Vice Chair
Deputy CEO of the Behavior Analyst Certification Board

Liberty Munson

Member
Director of Psychometrics, Microsoft

Vita Greco

Member
Director of Psychometric Services, Professional Testing Corporation

Julie Boyce

Member
Product Marketing Manager, Meazure Learning

Sarah Lyman

Member
Senior Marketing Manager, Pearson VUE

Justin Sprague

Member
Digital Marketing Coordinator, Questionmark

Amy Riker

Member
Vice President, Government Affairs, Panorama Education

Rachel Schoenig

Member
Founder and CEO, Cornerstone Strategies, LLC

Amanda Rutter

Member
Marketing Manager, Internet Testing Systems (ITS)

Ben Brady

Member
Marketing Manager, BTL Surpass Inc.

Kristin Bernor

Member
Global Marketing and Communications, QuestionMark

Nathalie Tejada

Member

Kelsi Maher

Member