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For Students & Volunteers

ACGC accreditation assures students, employers, educational institutions, the profession, and the public that a program meets established standards that will enable it to produce graduates prepared to enter the genetic counseling workforce.

prospective students

Prospective students can identify accredited programs that meet their chosen profession’s standards for academic education and fieldwork training. Graduation from a program that was accredited by ACGC at the time of matriculation is required to establish eligibility for the certification examination in genetic counseling by the American Board of Genetic Counseling (ABGC) and satisfies the educational requirements to be eligible for the Canadian Association of Genetic Counsellors (CAGC) board examination.

Find an accredited program

Download a PDF version of the ACGC Program Directory or use the interactive map below to search for a program. 

Programs near you:

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Become A Volunteer

ACGC relies on its volunteers to complete a number of organizational activities critical to its mission and recruits volunteer members for the committees below and task forces (as needed) throughout the year. If you are interested in being available for the future needs of ACGC, please complete a Volunteer Application and submit it to the Executive Office.

Volunteers completing work for ACGC including individuals who serve on the Board of Directors, Committee members, and Task Force members must comply with ACGC Conflict of Interest and Confidentiality policies.

The management of the affairs of ACGC is vested in a Board of Directors, consisting of members with varying areas of expertise relevant to the process of accreditation.

Term: Four years, with an option to renew for an additional two years.

The ACGC Communications Committee is charged with overseeing communications involving the ACGC and enabling transparency in the accreditation process for graduate programs in genetic counseling. This entails creating and overseeing the annual strategic communication plan, website, annual report, submissions to genetic counseling publications, and other tasks related to communication with our stakeholders.

Term: Three years, beginning July 1 and ending June 30.

The Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice Committee is instrumental in revising existing accreditation processes and standards to ensure greater diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice in genetic counseling graduate education. To fulfill these goals, members of this committee work to identify systematic inequities in accreditation of genetic counseling programs, provide recommendations to other ACGC committees regarding DEIJ language, and recommend revisions to policies to encourage embedding DEIJ focus across all ACGC activities and initiatives.

Term: Two years, with an option to renew for one year.

The Finance Committee monitors financial investments, works with an investment advisor under the guidance of the investment policy, and makes recommendations to the Board of Directors regarding fiscal policies.

Term: The President, Secretary/Treasurer, and Immediate Past President serve during their terms of office. All other members serve for two years.

The goal of the ACGC Nominating Committee is to identify a slate of candidates for election to the ACGC Board of Directors.

Term: Term limits are equivalent to one election cycle, but committee members may serve in additional cycles.

The Program Review Committee reviews applications submitted by programs seeking ACGC accreditation. This committee will review accreditation applications to assess whether programs are compliant with the Standards of Accreditation and make recommendation to the Board of Directors regarding the accreditation decisions.

Term: Three years, with an option to serve consecutive terms.

The purpose of the ACGC Standards Committee is to make recommendations to the ACGC Board of Directors as to necessary changes to the Standards of Accreditation for Graduate Programs in Genetic Counseling.

Term: First term is four years, with an option to renew for subsequent terms ranging from one to three years.

volunteer opportunities

Please check back periodically to see the roles for which ACGC is seeking volunteers. Thank you to our many volunteers we could not do it without you!

Volunteers completing work for ACGC, including individuals who serve on the Board of Directors, Committee members, and Task Force members, must comply with ACGC’s Conflict of Interest and Confidentiality policies.

If you have any questions or concerns, contact the ACGC Executive Office.

2024 Volunteers

  • Chloe Dugger, MS, LCGC | Specialty Genetic Counselor, Genome Medical, Inc. – Chair
  • Kate Reed, MPH, ScM | Director, Clinical Education Program, The Jackson Laboratory – Board Liaison
  • Andrea Moon, MS, CGC | Clinical Instructor, Baylor College of Medicine
  • Diana Alzate, MS, LCGC | Laboratory Genetic Counselor 

  •      Jessica Shamshoni, MS, LCGC | Pediatrics Genetics, UCLA Children’s Hospital

  • Ian Wallace, MS, CGC, MBA | Pullman Regional Hospital
  • Allayna Frank, MS, CGC | Neurogenetic Counselor, SUNY Upstate University Hospital
  • Sally Rodriguez, SCM CGC | Director of Laboratory Genetic Services, Sequence46
  • Jessica Denton, MS, CGC, PhD | Assistant Program Director/Assistant Professor – Genetic Counseling, University of Alabama at Birmingham
  • Jimena Prado, MSGC | Laboratory Genetic Counsellor, IWK Health
  • Emily ‘Pei-Chen’ Hsieh, MS, CGC | Genetic Counselor, Swedish Hereditary Cancer Clinic
  • Megan Hinton, MS, CGC | Assistant Professor, Genetic Counselor Feinberg School of Medicine; Prenatal and Preconception Genetic Counseling, Northwestern University
  • Tyler Stokes, MS, CGC | Genetic Counselor, University of Maryland
  • Devin Shuman, MSGC | Genetic Counselor, Genetic Support Foundation
  • Sarah McBrien, PhD | Assistant Professor; Director of Curricular and Learning Assessment, College of Allied Health Professions, University of Nebraska Medical Center – Chair/Treasurer
  • Sylvia Mann, MS, CGC | Supervisor, Genomics Section, Hawaii Department of Health; Director, Western States Regional Genetics Network – President
  • Erin Carmany, MS, CGC | Associate Professor, Clinician Educator; Associate Director – Genetic Counseling Graduate Program, Wayne State University School of Medicine – Past President
  • Juliann Stevens McConnell, MS, CGC | Genetic Counselor, GeneDx
  • Erin Carmany, MS, CGC | Associate Professor, Clinician Educator; Associate Director – Genetic Counseling Graduate Program, Wayne State University School of Medicine – Board Liaison
  • Emily ‘Pei-Chen’ Hsieh, MS, CGC | Genetic Counselor, Swedish Hereditary Cancer Clinic
  • Terri Blasé, MS, CGC | Director of Genetic Counseling Services, Munroe-Meyer Institute, University of Nebraska Medical Center
  • Brad Rolf, MS, CGC | Associate Program Director, University of Washington – Chair
  • Maria Gyure, MS, LCGC | Program Director, Clinical Genetics and Genomics Graduate Certificate Program, University of Connecticut – Vice Chair
  • Hillary Rieger, MA, MS, LCGC | Pediatric and Adult Genetic Counselor, University of Kentucky – Vice Chair
  • Dawn Allain, MS, LGC | Professor, Clinical, Internal Medicine; Director, Genetic Counseling Graduate Program of the Ohio State University; Associate Director, Division of Human Genetics
  • Sharon Aufox, MS, CGC | Assistant Director, Genetic Counseling Graduate Program, Northwestern University
  • Carrie Atzinger, MS, CGC | Co-Director, Genetic Counseling Graduate Program, University of Cincinnati; Associate Professor, UC Dept. of Pediatrics 
  • Emma Bedoukian, MS, LCGC | Genetic Counselor and Educational Core Leader, Roberts Individualized Medical Genetics Center, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
  • Kathleen Berentsen Swenson, MS, MPH, CGC | Assistant Professor, Medical Sciences & Education, Boston University School of Medicine; Director, Boston University Master’s Program in Genetic Counseling
  • Laura Birkeland, MS, CGC | Assistant Professor, Program Director, MS of Genetic Counselor Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Rachael Bradshaw, MS, CGC | Program Director, Program in Genetic Counseling, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis 
  • Fallon Brewer, MS, CGC | Genetic Counselor, Genetic Counseling Program, Clinical & Diagnostic Sciences, School of Health Professions, University of Alabama at Birmingham
  • Pamela Brock, MS, LGC | Associate Professor, Clinical; Associate Director, Genetic Counseling Graduate Program of the Ohio State University
  • Kathleen Brown, MS, CGC | Assistant Director for Clinical Training; Associate Professor, Pediatrics-Clinical Genetics and Metabolism at UC Denver 
  • Nancy Callanan, MS, LCGC | Clinical Professor/Director Emeritus, Genetic Counseling Program, School of Health and Human Sciences, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
  • Tahnee Causey, MS, LCGC | Program Director, Virginia Commonwealth University
  • Kelli Conlan, MS, CGC
  • Heather Creswick, MS, CGC | Associate Program Director, Virginia Commonwealth University
  • Christina Dailey, MS, CGC | Pediatric Genetic Counselor at Fairview Health Services
  • Noelle Danylchuk, MS, CGC | Assistant Professor; Chair, Dept. of Genetic Counseling, College of Health Professions; Program Director, Genetic Counseling Program at University of Arkansas
  • Kristen DeBerg, MS, LCGC | Genetic Counselor at Sanford Health; Clinical Instructor, University of South Dakota; Instructor, Augustana-Sanford University
  • Brooke Delehoy, MS, LCGC | Multi-Specialty Results Counseling Genetic Counselor, Labcorp; Adjunct Faculty Instructor, Sarah Lawrence College
  • Jessica Denton, MS, CGC, PhD | Program Director/Assistant Professor – Genetic Counseling, University of Alabama at Birmingham
  • Paula Delk, MS, LGC | Associate Professor of Clinical Medical and Molecular Genetics; Program Director, Indiana University Genetic Counseling Graduate Program
  • Beth Dellinger, MS, CGC, | Genetic Counselor, Humana 
  • Kristin DePrince Mattie, MS, LCGC | Genetic Counselor, Cooper University Health Care
  • Martha Dudek, MS, LCGC | Assistant Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology; Program Director, Vanderbilt University Master of Genetic Counseling Program
  • Sara Fernandes, MS, CGC | Genetic Counselor, Labcorp
  • David Flannery, MD | Director of Telegenetics and Digital Genetics, Staff Physician, Center for Personalized Genetic Healthcare, Cleveland Clinic
  • Maureen Flynn, MS, LCGC, MPH | Associate Professor and Chair, Dept. of Genetic Counseling; Program Director, MGH Institute of Health Professions
  • Elizabeth Gelfman, MMSc, CGC | Genetic Counselor, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Samantha Greenberg, MS, MPH, CGC | Assistant Professor/Program Director, University of Texas Southwestern Genetic Counseling Training Program
  • Nancy Hanson, MS, LGC
  • Nina Harkavy, MSGC | Assistant Professor of Genetic Counseling, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
  • Amanda Higgs, MGC, CGC | Genetic Counselor, Instructor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Maryland Medical System
  • Megan Hinton, MS, LCGC | Genetic Counselor, Division of Clinical Genetics, Northwestern Medicine
  • R. Lynn Holt, MS, LCGC | Assistant Professor, Scholar, and Vice Chairperson, University of Alabama at Birmingham
  • Katie Hutto, MS, LCGC | Assistant Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham
  • Jennifer Ivanovich, MS, MBA, CGC | Associate Professor of Clinical Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University
  • Nancy Kramer, MS, LCGC | Director – Accessioning Operations, Ambry Genetics
  • Ashley Kuhl, MS, CGC | Genetic Counseling, Biochemical and Medical Genetics Clinics, Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Alanna Kulchak Rahm, PhD, MS, LGC | Clinical Investigator Associate Professor, Geisinger Genomic Medicine Institute
  • Kathryn Leal, MS, CGC | Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, McGovern Medical School, UTHealth Houston
  • Lauren Lichten, MS, CGC | Assistant Professor, Program Director of Emory University Genetic Counseling Training Program
  • Sharyn Lincoln, MS, CGC | Senior Laboratory Genetic Counselor, Cooper Surgical
  • Monica Marvin, MS, CGC | Clinical Associate Professor, Program Director at the University of Michigan Genetic Counseling Graduate Program
  • Sarah Mazzola, MS, LCGC | Licensed Genetic Counselor, Cleveland Clinic
  • Willonie Mendonca, MSc., MS | Blueprint Genetics Laboratories Inc.
  • Michelle Merrill, MS, CGC | Co-Director, Genetic Counseling Training Program, Case Western Reserve University
  • Elyse Mitchell, MS CGC | Genetic Counselor, Cytogenetics, Mayo Clinic Laboratories
  • Andrea Moon, MS, CGC | Clinical Instructor, Baylor College of Medicine
  • Cindy Morgan, MS, LCGC | Director, Human Genetics University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine
  • Nichole Morman, LCGC | Genetic Counselor, Ohio Health Genetic Counseling
  • Salma Nassef, MS, CGC | Assistant Professor, Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine; Associate Program Director, School of Health Professions, BCM Genetic Counseling Program
  • Sarah Noblin, MS, CGC | Laboratory Genetic Counselor, Natera
  • Elysia Pagano, MGC, CGC | Natera
  • Sheetal Parmar, MS, CGC | Senior Vice President of Medical Affairs for Women’s Health, Natera
  • Arti Pandya, MD, MBA | Chief, Division of Pediatric Genetics and Metabolism; Associate Professor Pediatrics, UNC Healthcare
  • Jenna Petersen, MS, CGC | Genetic Counselor, Genome Medical, Inc.
  • Lillian Power, Med, MS, LGC | Genetic Counselor, Indiana University Health
  • Sara Reichert, MS, MPH, CGC | Genetic Counselor, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
  • Kathleen Collins Ruff, MS, CGC | Genetic Counselor, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
  • Lisa Schwartz, EdD, MS, CGC | Associate Professor, Dept. of Biomedical Laboratory Sciences, The Geroge Washington University; Director, Pre-Health Professions Advising
  • Ann Seman, MS, CGC | Assistant Professor, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences; Director of Clinical Education, Master of Science in the Genetic Counseling Program, MGH Institute of Health Professionals
  • Kate Shane-Carson, MS, LGC | Associate Professor – Clinical, Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
  • Heather Stalker, MSc, CGC | Assistant Program Director, Division of Genetics and Metabolism, Department of Pediatrics in the College of Medicine, University of Florida
  • Christine Stanislaw, MS, CGC | Director of Genetic Counseling, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, Director of Student Rotations, Genetic Counseling Training Program, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Human Genetics 
  • Wen-Hann Tan, MD | Attending Physician/Associate Professor of Pediatrics, The Division of Genetics and Genomics at Boston Children’s Hospital
  • Amanda Toland, PhD | Professor, Ohio State University
  • Megan Trinkle-Knotts, MS, CGC | Assistant Director/Fieldwork Coordinator for Genetic Counseling, Bay Path University
  • Alexandra Truhlar, MS, LCGC | Genetic Counselor, Yale School of Medicine; Clinical Research Project Manager, The Jackson Laboratory
  • Juliana Vang, MS, CGC 
  • Jodie Vento, MGC, LCGC | Assistant Professor and Director, Genetic Counseling Program, University of Pittsburgh
  • Meredith Weaver, PhD, ScM, CGC | Associate Project Director, American College of Medical Genetic and Genomics
  • Jerome Yankowitz, MD | Professor Emeritus, University of South Florida, Professor Emeritus, University of Iowa
  • Kate Shane-Carson, MS, LGC | Associate Professor, Clinical, Human Genetics, Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio University College of Medicine – Chair
  • Earl ‘Gip’ Seaver, PhD | Academy Solutions, Professor Emeritus, Northern Illinois University – Board Liaison
  • Eric Belt, EdD | Senior Academic Innovation Specialist – Board Liaison
  • Lauren Lichten, MS, CGC | Assistant Professor, Program Director of Emory University Genetic Counseling Training Program
  • Daniel Riconda, MS, CGC | Associate Professor, Genetic Counseling; Program Director School of Health Professions & Department of Molecular & Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine
  • Michelle Merrill, MS, CGC | Co-Director, Genetic Counseling Training Program, Case Western Reserve University
  • Tiffiney Carter, MS, CGC | Genetic Counselor, Houston Methodist Sugar Land, Houston Methodist West
  • Hetal Vig, MS, MGC, CGC | Adjunct Faculty, Boise State University
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