List of Dept. of Education’s Borrower Defense Negotiators
This morning the Department of Education emailed to individuals selected for its negotiated rulemaking committee for borrower defense, and financial responsibility subcommittee, a list of all negotiators. Here’s who the Department selected.
Borrower Defenses and Financial Responsibility Negotiated Rulemaking Committee 2017-2018
Federal Negotiator
| U.S. Department of Education
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Annmarie Weisman
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Non-Federal Negotiators
| Community of Interest | Primary | Alternate |
| Students and former students
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Joseline Garcia
President United States Students Association
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Stevaughn Bush
Student Howard University School of Law
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| Consumer advocacy organizations
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Ashley Harrington
Special Assistant to the President and Counsel Center for Responsible Lending
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Suzanne Martindale
Senior Attorney Consumers Union
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| Legal assistance organizations that represent students | Abby Shafroth
Staff Attorney National Consumer Law Center
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Juliana Fredman
Bay Area Legal Aid
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| Groups representing U.S. military servicemembers or veteran Federal student loan borrowers
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William Hubbard
Vice President of Government Affairs Student Veterans of America
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Walter Ochinko
Research Director Veterans Education Success
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| State attorneys general and other appropriate State officials | John Ellis
Principal Deputy General Counsel & Division Chief State of Texas Office of the Attorney General
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Evan Daniels
Assistant Attorney General, Government Accountability and Special Litigation Unit Office of the Arizona Attorney General
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| State higher education executive officers
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Position not yet filled. ED seeking recommendations. | Position not yet filled. ED seeking recommendations. |
| Accrediting agencies | Michale McComis
Executive Director Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges
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Karen Peterson Solinski
Executive Vice President Higher Learning Commission
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| Financial aid administrators
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Valerie Sharp
Director, Office of Financial Aid Evangel University
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Kimberly Brown
Vice President, Enrollment Management and Student Affairs Des Moines University
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| General counsels/attorneys and compliance officers | Aaron Lacey
Partner Thompson Coburn LLP
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Bryan Black
Attorney
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| CFOs and business officers | Kelli Hudson Perry
Assistant Vice President for Finance and Controller Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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Dawnelle Robinson
Associate Vice President for Finance & Administration Shaw University
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| Minority serving institutions
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Robert Flanigan, Jr.
Vice President for Business and Financial Affairs & Treasurer Spelman College
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Lodriguez Murray
Vice President, Public Policy & Government Affairs United Negro College Fund
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| Two-year public institutions | Dan Madzelan
Associate Vice President for Government Relations American Council on Education
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Barmak Nassirian
Director of Federal Policy Analysis American Association of State Colleges and Universities
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| Four-year public institutions
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Alyssa Dobson
Director of Financial Aid and Scholarships Slippery Rock University
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Kay Lewis
Assistant Vice-Provost, Enrollment Executive Director of Financial Aid and Scholarships University of Washington
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| Private, non-profit institutions
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Ashley Ann Reich
Senior Director of Financial Aid Compliance and State Approvals Liberty University
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Gregory Jones
President Compass Rose Foundation
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| Private, for-profit institutions with an enrollment of 450 students or less
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Mike Busada
General Counsel and Vice President Ayers Career College
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Chris DeLuca
Attorney at Law DeLuca Law LLC
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| Private, for-profit institutions with an enrollment of 451 students or more
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Michael Bottrill
CFO and CEO SAE Institute North America
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Linda Rawles
Rawles Law
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| FFEL Program lenders and loan servicers | Wanda Hall
Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer Edfinancial Services
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Colleen Slattery
Federal Contract and Compliance Officer MOHELA
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| FFEL Program guaranty agencies and guaranty agency servicers (including collection agencies)
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Jaye O’Connell
Director of Collections and Compliance Vermont Student Assistance Corporation (VSAC)
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Sheldon Repp
Special Advisor and Counsel National Council of Higher Education Resources
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Financial Responsibility Subcommittee
| Community of Interest | |
| Private, non-profit institutions
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John Palmucci
Interim President, Chief Business Officer Maryland University of Integrative Health
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| Private, for-profit institutions | Jonathan Tarnow
Partner Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
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| Accrediting agencies | Dale Larson
Vice President for Business and Finance/Chief Financial Officer Dallas Theological Seminary
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| CFOs, business officers, bursars | Dawnelle Robinson
Associate Vice President for Finance & Administration Shaw University
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| Associations or organizations that provide accounting guidance to auditors and institutions | Susan M. Menditto
Director, Accounting Policy National Association of College and University Business Officers
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| Certified public accountants or firms who conduct financial statement audits of Title IV participating institutions
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Ronald E. Salluzzo
Partner Attain
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| The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) | Jeffrey Mechanick
Financial Accounting Standards Board
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