NC-SARA's Board of Directors

The National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements (NC-SARA) was established to ensure that the SARA initiative provides a national solution, rather than four regional solutions. The NC-SARA board includes the chief executive officers of the four regional compacts, as well as leaders from states, institutions, accreditors, and other higher educational organizations and associations, to assure that the perspectives of all stakeholder groups are represented, while keeping the board small enough to be workable and effective. With the exception of the four regional compact leaders, there are not specific roles on the board for individual stakeholder groups.

Board of Directors

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Rob Anderson (Chair)

President State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO)
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John Cavanaugh (Treasurer)

Former President & CEO Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area
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Art Coleman

Managing Partner and Co-Founder EducationCounsel, LLC
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Laurie Dodge

Vice President of Quality Assurance and Accreditation for Competency-Based Education Network (C-BEN)
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Lanna Dueck

Executive Director of the Arizona SARA Council
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Barbara Gellman-Danley

Barbara Gellman-Danley

President Higher Learning Commission
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Susan G. Heegaard

President Midwestern Higher Education Compact (MHEC)
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Sam Loftin

Sam Loftin

Director of Consumer Protection, Washington Student Achievement Council
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Cam Maeyaert

Cam Maeyaert

Director of Private Postsecondary Institutions, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
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Demaree Michelau

Demarée Michelau

President Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE)
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Carlos Morales

President Tarrant County Colleges Connect Campus
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Eduardo Ochoa

Eduardo M. Ochoa (Vice Chair)

President Emeritus, California State University Monterey Bay
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Stephen Pruitt

President Southern Regional Education Board (SREB)
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Edward "Ed" Ray

President Emeritus and Professor of Economics Oregon State University
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Jason Rojas

Jason Rojas

Majority Leader, Connecticut House of Representatives
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Elise Scanlon

Elise Scanlon

Principal Elise Scanlon Law Group
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Michael Thomas

President and CEO New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE)
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Sarah Armstrong Tucker

Sarah Armstrong Tucker

Chancellor WV Higher Education Policy Commission
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