Distinguished Instructors

CQI introduced the Distinguished Instructors program in 2022. As an education nonprofit, we value and recognize all of our educators, and we want to recognize those that go above and beyond in support of CQI education.

To earn this recognition, each of these Instructors must consistently teach in our Quality Evaluation and/or Post-Harvest Processing Certificate programs and have multiple years of teaching experience, which enables dissemination of our mission around the globe. Each year, we will announce those that meet these criteria.‍

Criteria for Distinguished instructors includes:

Quality Evaluation

• An instructor for at least 4 years
• Taught at least 52 private courses and/or classes over the past 4 years
• In good standing (with CQI) for the entirety of that 4 year period
• Positive attendee evaluations

Post-Harvest Processing

• An instructor for at least 4 years
• Taught at least 16 private courses and/or classes over the past 4 years
• In good standing (with CQI) for the entirety of that 4 year period
• Positive attendee evaluations

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2023 Distinguished Instructors

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 For 2023, the Distinguished Instructors are:

 Damon Chen

 Hernando Tapasco

 Jorge Luis Martinez Marin

 Tim Heinze

 Koju Matsuzawa

 Luz Stella Artajo Medina

 Marty Pollack

 Paul Kim

Rolando Cañas

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The 2022 Distinguished Instructors were:

Damon Chen  

Hernando Tapasco

Jorge Luis Martinez Marin

Koju Matsuzawa

Luz Stella Artajo Medina

Marty Pollack

Paul Kim‍

Rolando Cañas‍

Joel Shuler

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The status of all instructors will be evaluated on an annual basis, and we hope to increase our Distinguished Instructor ranks each year!