Borrower Defenses Negotiated Rulemaking Committee 2016

Facilitators

Podziba Policy Mediation Susan Podziba

Public Policy Mediator

Jacki Wilson

Facilitator

Federal Negotiator

U.S. Department of Education Gail McLarnon

Senior Director

Policy Development, Analysis, and Accreditation Service

Non-Federal Negotiators

Community of Interest Primary Alternate

Students/borrowers Ann Bowers

For-profit college borrower

Chris Lindstrom

U.S. Public Interest Research Group

Legal assistance organizations that 

represent students

Noah Zinner

Housing and Economic Rights Advocates

Eileen Connor

Project on Predatory Student Lending 

at Harvard Law School

Consumer advocacy organizations Maggie Thompson

Generation Progress/Higher Ed Not Debt

Margaret Reiter

Attorney
Community of Interest Primary Alternate

State attorneys general and other 

appropriate State officials

Bernard Eskandari

Deputy Attorney General

California

Mike Firestone

Assistant Attorney General 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Groups representing U.S. military 

servicemembers or veteran Federal 

loan borrowers

Walter Ochinko

Policy Director

Veterans Education Success

Will Hubbard

Vice President of Government Affairs

Accreditors Karen Solinski

Executive Vice President, Higher Learning Commission 

and Vice President for Legal and Government Affairs

Dr. Michale McComis

Executive Director

Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges 

(ACCSC)

State higher education executive 

officers

Becky Thompson

Director of Student Financial Assistance

Washington Student Achievement Council

Financial aid administrators Alyssa Dobson

Director of Financial Aid and Scholarships

Slippery Rock University

Mark Justice

Associate Director of Graduate Assistantships, Scholarships, 

& Financial Aid

Milken Institute School of Public Health

The George Washington University

Minority serving institutions Sharon Oliver

Assistant Vice Chancellor for Scholarships and Student 

Aid

North Carolina Central University

Emily London Jones

Director of Financial Aid

Xavier University of Louisiana

Two-year public institutions Angela Johnson

Executive Director

Enrollment Operations, Student Financial Aid & 

Scholarships

Cuyahoga Community College

Shannon Sheaff

Director of Financial Aid and Operations Manager

Mojave Community College
Community of Interest Primary Alternate

Four-year public institutions Kay Lewis

Assistant Vice-Provost

Enrollment and Executive Director of Financial Aid and 

Scholarships 

University of Washington

Jean McDonald Rash

Executive University Director of Financial Aid

Rutgers University

Private, non-profit institutions Christine McGuire

Associate Vice President, Enrollment and Student 

Affairs

Boston University

David Sheridan

Director of Financial Aid

Columbia University School of International and Public 

Affairs

Private, for-profit institutions Dennis Cariello

Shareholder 

Hogan Marren Babbo & Rose, Ltd.

Chris DeLuca

Founder

DeLuca Law

FFEL Program guaranty agencies and 

guaranty agency servicers (including 

collection agencies)

Betsy Mayotte

Director of Consumer Outreach and Compliance

American Student Assistance

Jaye O’Connell

Director of Collections and Compliance

Vermont Student Assistance Corporation

FFEL Program lenders and loan 

servicers

Wanda Hall

Senior Vice President, Chief Compliance and Security 

Officer 

Edfinancial Services

Darin Katzberg

Senior Policy Analyst

Regulatory Affairs

Nelnet

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