GRE® Board

The GRE Board as a Link to the Graduate Community

The GRE® Board oversees GRE tests, services and research in consultation with its committees. It establishes all policies for the GRE Program, which ETS administers.

ETS provides information, technical advice, and professional counsel to the Board and develops proposals to achieve its program, research, and service goals.

The GRE Board was formed in 1966 as an independent board and is affiliated with the Association of Graduate Schools (AGS) and the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS).

The GRE Board consists of 18 appointed members, four AGS appointees, four CGS appointees, and ten at-large appointees. In addition, the CGS president is an ex officio member of the board. The term of office is four years.

There are five standing committees of the GRE Board:

• Executive Committee – empowered to make interim decisions and set the agenda for board meetings
• Research Committee
  • establishes long-range planning strategies related to research
  • considers proposals for new research
  • monitors the progress of all research projects
  • allocates designated GRE Board funds for research projects
• Services Committee
  • monitors all GRE operating services
  • identifies long-range planning strategies involving the development of new services
• Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee
  • considers new program services and long-range planning strategies for minority students
  • monitors ongoing minority-related GRE programs (including the Fee Reduction Program and GRE Search Service)
  • evaluates research proposals and ongoing research projects as they affect minorities
• Finance Committee – considers and makes recommendations for action on all GRE budget and finance issues

The GRE Board typically meets three times a year and oversees GRE tests, services and research in consultation with these committees.

The committees typically meet three times a year to monitor, organize, and develop projects and services intended to enhance the GRE Program's usefulness to students, institutions and higher education in general.

2012–13 Graduate Record Examinations Board 

• Douglas Boudinot, Virginia Commonwealth University
• Andrew Comrie, University of Arizona
• Karen DePauw (Chair Elect), Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• Debasish Dutta, University of Illinois
• Frankie Felder, Clemson University
• Jacqueline Huntoon, Michigan Technological University
• Nancy Marcus, Florida State University
• Abigail Panter, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Douglas Peers, University of Waterloo
• Lynne Pepall, Tufts University
• Janet Rutledge, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
• Henning Schroeder, University of Minnesota
• Lewis Siegel, Duke University
• Debra Stewart (ex officio), Council of Graduate Schools
• Susan Stites-Doe, The College at Brockport, State University of NY
• Lisa Tedesco (Chair), Emory University
• Karen Weddle-West, University of Memphis
• James Wimbush (Past Chair), Indiana University

2012–13 GRE Executive Committee 

• Karen DePauw, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• Frankie Felder, Clemson University
• Abigail Panter, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Debra Stewart (ex officio), Council of Graduate Schools
• Susan Stites-Doe, The College at Brockport, State University of NY
• Lisa Tedesco (Chair), Emory University
• James Wimbush, Indiana University

2012–13 GRE Finance Committee 

• Andrew Comrie, University of Arizona
• Karen DePauw (Chair), Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• Lisa Tedesco, Emory University
• Karen Weddle-West, University of Memphis
• James Wimbush, Indiana University

2012–13 GRE Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee 

• Dean Campbell, North Carolina A&T State University
• Andrew Comrie, University of Arizona
• Karen DePauw, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• Frankie Felder (Chair), Clemson University
• Maureen Grasso, University of Georgia
• Carlos Grijalva, University of California, Los Angeles
• Jennifer Keane-Dawes, University of Maryland Eastern Shore
• Beth Olivares, University of Rochester
• Janet Rutledge, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
• Lisa Tedesco, Emory University
• James Wimbush, Indiana University
• Sweeney Windchief, University of Utah

2012–13 GRE Research Committee 

• Douglas Boudinot, Virginia Commonwealth University
• Karen DePauw, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• Fritz Drasgow, University of Illinois
• Debasish Dutta, University of Illinois
• Abigail Panter (Chair), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Michael Rodriguez, University of Minnesota
• Henning Schroeder, University of Minnesota
• Lewis Siegel, Duke University
• Debra Stewart, Council of Graduate Schools
• Lisa Tedesco, Emory University
• Karen Weddle-West, University of Memphis
• James Wimbush, Indiana University

2012–13 GRE Services Committee 

• Karen DePauw, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
• Chontrese Doswell-Hayes, Howard University
• Edelma Huntley, Appalachian State University
• Jacqueline Huntoon, Michigan Technological University
• Nancy Marcus, Florida State University
• Douglas Peers, University of Waterloo
• Lynne Pepall, Tufts University
• Robert Roer, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
• Susan Stites-Doe (Chair), The College at Brockport, State University of NY
• Lisa Tedesco, Emory University
• James Wimbush, Indiana University