Meet the Commissioners

The Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education (COAMFTE) is made up of  professional members and public members. Professional Commission members must be senior marriage and family therapy educators or clinicians. Public members represent the interests of the general public and are not professional marriage and family therapy educators, supervisors or practitioners.

David VanDyke
PhD, LMFT

Chair
Wheaton College

Sara E. Blakeslee Salkil,
PhD, LMFT  

Commissioner
Abilene Christian University 

Aaron Norton,
PhD, LMFT

Commissioner
Texas Woman's University

Heather Katafiasz,
PhD, IMFT

Chair Elect
University of Akron, OH

Jaclyn Cravens Pickens,
PhD, LMFT  

Commissioner
Texas Tech University


Nancy Shankle,
PhD

Public Member
Rellis University System

Blake Berryhill, 
PhD, LMFT

Commissioner
University of Alabama

Darren Moore,
PhD, LMFT 

Commissioner
Northwestern University 

Michael Westerfield 
PhD

Public Member
Moore, SC