UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION 

2021 Negotiated Rulemaking 

Affordability and Student Loans Committee 

US Department of Education 

October 4, 2021

Federal Negotiator - Jennifer Hong 

Office of General Counsel (non-voting) - Todd Davis, Soren Lagaard, and Brian Siegel 

Facilitators (non-voting) 

Kayla Mack, Cynthia Jeffries, Brady Roberts, and Emil Totonchi 

Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service 

Non-Federal Negotiators 

Accrediting Agencies 

Heather Perfetti, Middle States Commission on Higher Education (primary) 

Michale S. McComis, Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges (alternate) 

Dependent Students 

Dixie Samaniego, California State University (primary) 

Greg Norwood, Young Invincibles (alternate) 

Federal Family Education Loan Lenders and/or Guaranty Agencies 

Jaye O’Connell, Vermont Student Assistance Corporation (primary) 

Will Shaffner, Higher Education Loan Authority of the State of Missouri (alternate) 

Financial Aid Administrators at Postsecondary Institutions 

Daniel Barkowitz, Valencia College (primary) 

Alyssa A. Dobson, Slippery Rock University (alternate) 

Four-year Public Institutions 

Marjorie Dorime-Williams, University of Missouri (primary) 

Rachelle Feldman, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (alternate) 

Independent Students 

Michaela Martin, University of La Verne (primary) 

Stanley Andrisse, Howard University (alternate) 

Individuals with Disabilities or Groups Representing them 

Bethany Lilly, The Arc of the United States (primary) 

John Whitelaw, Community Legal Aid Society (alternate) 

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U.S. Department of Education 

Affordability and Student Loans Committee, p. 2 

Non-Federal Negotiators (cont.): 

Legal Assistance Organizations that Represent Students and/or Borrowers 

Persis Yu, National Consumer Law Center (primary) 

Joshua Rovenger, Legal Aid Society of Cleveland (alternate) 

Minority-serving Institutions 

Herman J. Felton, Jr., Wiley College (primary) 

Noelia Gonzalez, California State University (alternate) 

Private Nonprofit Institutions 

Misty Sabouneh, Southern New Hampshire University (primary) 

Terrence S. McTier, Jr., Washington University (alternate) 

Proprietary Institutions 

Jessica Barry, The Modern College of Design in Kettering, Ohio (primary) 

Carol Colvin, South College (alternate) 

State Attorneys General 

Joseph Sanders, Illinois Attorney General’s Office (primary) 

Eric Apar, New Jersey Department of Consumer Affairs (alternate) 

State Higher Education Executive Officers, State Authorizing Agencies, and/or State Regulators 

David Tandberg, State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (primary) 

Suzanne Martindale, California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (alternate) 

Student Loan Borrowers 

Jeri O’Bryan-Losee, United University Professions (primary) 

Jennifer Cardenas, Young Invincibles (alternate) 

Two-year Public Institutions 

Robert Ayala, Southwest Texas Junior College (primary) 

(alternate to be announced) 

U.S. Military Service Members, Veterans, or Groups Representing them 

Justin Hauschild, Student Veterans of America (primary) 

Emily DeVito, The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U. S. (alternate) 

Advisors (non-voting) 

Economic and/or Higher Education Data 

Rajeev Darolia, University of Kentucky 

Qualifying Employers on the Topic of Public Service Loan Forgiveness 

Heather Jarvis, Fosterus 
 

 

 

U.S. Department of Education 

Affordability and Student Loans Committee, p. 3 

Prison Education Programs Subcommittee (non-voting) 

Consumer Advocacy Organizations 

Belinda Wheeler, Vera Institute of Justice 

Financial Aid Administrators 

Kim Cary, Ozarks Technical Community College 

Formerly Incarcerated Students 

Stanley Andrisse, Howard University College of Medicine 

Groups that Represent Incarcerated Students 

Terrell Blount, Formerly Incarcerated College Graduates Network 

Postsecondary Institutions that are Prison Education Program Providers 

Herman J. Felton, Jr., Wiley College 

State Correctional Education Directors 

Marisa Britton-Bostwick, Montana Correctional Enterprises 

State Higher Education Executive Officers 

Angie Paccione, Colorado Department of Higher Education 

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