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
Rob Anderson (Vice Chair)
President State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO)
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Laurie Dodge
Vice Chancellor of Institutional Assessment and Planning and Vice Provost University of Massachusetts Global
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John Cavanaugh
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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Lanna Dueck
Executive Director of the Arizona SARA Council
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Chris Bustamante, Ed.D.
Executive Director, Arizona Community College Coordinating Council
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Carlos Morales
President Tarrant County Colleges Connect Campus
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Susan G. Heegaard
President Midwestern Higher Education Compact (MHEC)
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Angela Lee
Executive Director for the District of Columbia Higher Education Licensure Commission
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Demarée Michelau
President Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE)
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Barbara Gellman-Danley
President Higher Learning Commission
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Patricia O'Brien
Senior Vice President New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE)
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Eduardo M. Ochoa
President California State University, Monterey Bay
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Stephen Pruitt
President Southern Regional Education Board (SREB)
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Jason Rojas
State Representative Connecticut House of Representatives
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Pamela "Pam" Quinn
CEO/Provost LeCroy Center and Dallas Colleges Online, Dallas College (retired)
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Elise Scanlon
Principal Elise Scanlon Law Group
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Edward "Ed" Ray (Chair)
President Emeritus and Professor of Economics Oregon State University
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Sarah Armstrong Tucker
Chancellor WV Higher Education Policy Commission
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Paul Shiffman
Chief Executive Officer Presidents’ Forum at Excelsior College (retired)
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Peter Smith
Orkand Chair and Professor of Innovative Practices in Higher Education, University of Maryland Global Campus
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Michael Thomas
President and CEO New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE)
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Larry Tremblay
Deputy Commissioner Planning, Research and Academic Affairs Louisiana Board of Regents (retired)
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Leroy Wade (Treasurer)
Deputy Commissioner Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development
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