GRE® Board

The GRE Board as a Link to the Graduate Community

The Graduate Record Examinations® (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 16 appointed members, four AGS appointees, four CGS appointees, and eight at-large. In addition, the CGS president is an ex officio member of the board, as is the immediate past chair 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
• Minority Graduate Education 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.

2011 – 12 Graduate Record Examinations Board 

• Patricia Bishop, University of Central Florida
• Douglas Boudinot, Virginia Commonwealth University
• Andrew Comrie, University of Arizona
• Karen DePauw, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• Debasish Dutta, University of Illinois
• Frankie Felder, Clemson 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
• Lewis Siegel, Duke University
• Debra Stewart (ex-officio), Council of Graduate Schools
• Susan Stites-Doe, The College at Brockport, State University of NY
• Andrew Szeri, (Past Chair), University of California, Berkeley
• Lisa Tedesco (Chair Elect), Emory University
• David Thissen, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Karen Weddle-West, University of Memphis
• James Wimbush (Chair), Indiana University

2011 – 12 GRE Executive Committee 

• Patricia Bishop, University of Central Florida
• 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
• Andrew Szeri, University of California, Berkeley
• Lisa Tedesco, Emory University
• James Wimbush (Chair), Indiana University

2011 – 12 GRE Finance Committee 

• Andrew Comrie, University of Arizona
• Andrew Szeri, University of California, Berkeley
• Lisa Tedesco (Chair), Emory University
• Karen Weddle-West, University of Memphis
• James Wimbush, Indiana University

2011 – 12 GRE Minority Graduate Education (MGE) Committee 

• Dean Campbell, Morgan State University
• Andrew Comrie, University of Arizona
• Chontrese Doswell-Hayes, Howard University
• Frankie Felder (Chair), Clemson University
• Maureen Grasso, University of Georgia
• Allan Headley, Texas A&M University – Commerce
• Beth Olivares, University of Rochester
• Janet Rutledge, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
• Andrew Szeri, University of California, Berkeley
• Lisa Tedesco, Emory University
• James Wimbush, Indiana University
• Sweeney Windchief, University of Utah

2011 – 12 GRE Research Committee 

• Douglas Boudinot, Virginia Commonwealth 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
• Lewis Siegel, Duke University
• Debra Stewart, Council of Graduate Schools
• Andrew Szeri, University of California, Berkeley
• Lisa Tedesco, Emory University
• David Thissen, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Karen Weddle-West, University of Memphis
• James Wimbush, Indiana University

2011 – 12 GRE Services Committee 

• Patricia Bishop, University of Central Florida
• Karen DePauw, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
• Carlos Grijalva, University of California, Los Angeles
• Edelma Huntley, Appalachian State University
• Carol Lynch, Council of Graduate Schools
• Nancy Marcus, Florida State University
• Douglas Peers, University of Waterloo
• Lynne Pepall, Tufts University
• Susan Stites-Doe (Chair), The College at Brockport, State University of NY
• Andrew Szeri, University of California, Berkeley
• Lisa Tedesco, Emory University
• James Wimbush, Indiana University