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
President Higher Learning Commission
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Susan G. Heegaard
President Midwestern Higher Education Compact (MHEC)
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Sam Loftin
Director of Consumer Protection, Washington Student Achievement Council
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Cam Maeyaert
Director of Private Postsecondary Institutions, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
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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 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
Majority Leader, Connecticut House of Representatives
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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
Chancellor WV Higher Education Policy Commission
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