Borrower Defenses and Financial Responsibility Negotiated Rulemaking Committee 2017-2018 Federal Negotiator U.S. Department of Education Annmarie Weisman Non-Federal Negotiators Community of Interest Primary Alternate Students and former students Joseline Garcia President United States Students Association Stevaughn Bush Student Howard University School of Law Consumer advocacy organizations Ashley Harrington Special Assistant to the President and Counsel Center for Responsible Lending Suzanne Martindale Senior Attorney Consumers Union Legal assistance organizations that represent students Abby Shafroth Staff Attorney National Consumer Law Center Juliana Fredman Bay Area Legal Aid Groups representing U.S. military servicemembers or veteran Federal student loan borrowers William Hubbard Vice President of Government Affairs Student Veterans of America Walter Ochinko Research Director Veterans Education Success State attorneys general and other appropriate State officials John Ellis Principal Deputy General Counsel & Division Chief State of Texas Office of the Attorney General Evan Daniels Assistant Attorney General, Government Accountability and Special Litigation Unit Office of the Arizona Attorney General
State higher education executive officers Accrediting agencies Michale McComis Executive Director Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges Karen Peterson Solinski Executive Vice President Higher Learning Commission Financial aid administrators Valerie Sharp Director, Office of Financial Aid Evangel University Kimberly Brown Vice President, Enrollment Management and Student Affairs Des Moines University General counsels/attorneys and compliance officers Aaron Lacey Partner Thompson Coburn LLP Bryan Black Attorney CFOs and business officers Kelli Hudson Perry Assistant Vice President for Finance and Controller Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Dawnelle Robinson Associate Vice President for Finance & Administration Shaw University Minority serving institutions Robert Flanigan, Jr. Vice President for Business and Financial Affairs & Treasurer Spelman College Lodriguez Murray Vice President, Public Policy & Government Affairs United Negro College Fund Two-year public institutions Dan Madzelan Associate Vice President for Government Relations American Council on Education Barmak Nassirian Director of Federal Policy Analysis American Association of State Colleges and Universities
Four-year public institutions Alyssa Dobson Director of Financial Aid and Scholarships Slippery Rock University Kay Lewis Assistant Vice-Provost, Enrollment Executive Director of Financial Aid and Scholarships University of Washington Private, non-profit institutions Ashley Ann Reich Senior Director of Financial Aid Compliance and State Approvals Liberty University Gregory Jones President Compass Rose Foundation Private, for-profit institutions with an enrollment of 450 students or less Mike Busada General Counsel and Vice President Ayers Career College DeLuca Attorney at Law DeLuca Law LLC Private, for-profit institutions with an enrollment of 451 students or more Michael Bottrill CFO and CEO SAE Institute North America Linda Rawles Rawles Law FFEL Program lenders and loan servicers Wanda Hall Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer Edfinancial Services Colleen Slattery Federal Contract and Compliance Officer MOHELA FFEL Program guaranty agencies and guaranty agency servicers (including collection agencies) Jaye O’Connell Director of Collections and Compliance Vermont Student Assistance Corporation (VSAC) Sheldon Repp Special Advisor and Counsel National Council of Higher Education Resources Financial Responsibility Subcommittee