About Us
BCC Advisory
With a combined six decades of higher education experience, Michael P. Lambert and Christopher D. Lambert founded BCC Advisory, a bespoke consultancy that equips institutional leaders with the strategies and insights needed to drive performance and sustain success.
Christopher D. Lambert - Principal
Christopher D. Lambert has over 28 years of leadership experience in higher education, with a proven track record of advancing quality and accountability across the postsecondary career education sector. He has served in executive roles at two institutional accrediting agencies recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education: as Associate Executive Director of the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSC), and as Executive Director of the Accrediting Council for Continuing Education and Training (ACCET).
Christopher has served on hundreds of accreditation visits, trained thousands of postsecondary education leaders on best practices, and supported over ten thousand accrediting agency actions. A recognized voice in higher education policy, Lambert has contributed to critical legislative and regulatory discussions at both the state and federal levels, including drafting testimony in regard to the Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act (2008) and representing the accreditation community before Congress and the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQI) (2012-2021).
A nationally recognized speaker on accreditation matters, Christopher currently serves on the board of CampusWise Advisors, a subsidiary of Career Education Colleges and Universities that offers specialized consulting support to higher education institutions nationwide.
Christopher holds a B.A. in History from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and an M.Ed. from the University of Virginia School of Education and Human Development.
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Michael P. Lambert - Senior Advisor (Retired)
A native of western Pennsylvania, Michael P. Lambert is the Executive Director Emeritus of the Distance Education and Training Council (NHSC/DETC/DEAC), an organization he joined in 1972. Michael served as DETC's Executive Director for over two decades, from 1992 to 2013.
Throughout his 40 year career in accreditation, Michael served on more than 600 accreditation review committees in nine countries. A veteran of the US Army, where he was in part responsible for distance study course development at the US Quartermaster School, Michael has served on numerous advisory boards, including the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) Committee on Recognition, the CHEA International Commission, the Public Service Education Institute, the American Council on Education Commission on Lifelong Learning, and the Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges.
Michael is a distinguished alumnus from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania where he earned a Bachelor of Science in English and a Master of Arts in English Literature. Michael also earned a MBA in Finance from George Mason University, where he later taught, and attended the International Summer School at the University of Cambridge in England.
MIchael was inducted into The DETC Hall of Fame, and was named to the European Association for Distance Learning's Roll of Honour for his lifetime contributions in advancing the cause of distance learning globally.
