Borrower Defenses and Financial Responsibility Negotiated Rulemaking Committee 2017-2018

Federal NegotiatorU.S. Department of Education Annmarie Weisman

Non-Federal Negotiators

Community of Interest Primary Alternate

Students and former students Joseline GarciaPresidentUnited States Students Association

Stevaughn BushStudentHoward University School of Law

Consumer advocacy organizations Ashley HarringtonSpecial Assistant to the President and CounselCenter for Responsible Lending

Suzanne MartindaleSenior AttorneyConsumers Union

Legal assistance organizations that represent students

Abby ShafrothStaff AttorneyNational Consumer Law Center

Juliana FredmanBay Area Legal Aid

Groups representing U.S. military servicemembers or veteran Federal student loan borrowers

William HubbardVice President of Government AffairsStudent Veterans of America

Walter OchinkoResearch DirectorVeterans Education Success

State attorneys general and other appropriate State officials

John EllisPrincipal Deputy General Counsel & Division ChiefState of Texas Office of the Attorney General

Evan DanielsAssistant Attorney General, Government Accountability and Special Litigation UnitOffice of the Arizona Attorney General

Community of Interest Primary Alternate

State higher education executive officers

Robert E. AndersonPresidentState Higher Education Executive Officers Association

Accrediting agencies Michale McComisExecutive DirectorAccrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges

Karen Peterson SolinskiExecutive Vice PresidentHigher Learning Commission

Financial aid administrators Valerie SharpDirector, Office of Financial AidEvangel University

Kimberly BrownVice President, Enrollment Management and Student AffairsDes Moines University

General counsels/attorneys and compliance officers

Aaron LaceyPartnerThompson Coburn LLP

Bryan BlackAttorney

CFOs and business officers Kelli Hudson PerryAssistant Vice President for Finance and ControllerRensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Dawn RobinsonDean of Administrative and Fiscal Services (CFO)Roanoke Chowan Community College

Minority serving institutions Robert Flanigan, Jr.Vice President for Business and Financial Affairs & TreasurerSpelman College

Lodriguez MurrayVice President, Public Policy & Government AffairsUnited Negro College Fund

Two-year public institutions Dan MadzelanAssociate Vice President for Government RelationsAmerican Council on Education

Barmak NassirianDirector of Federal Policy Analysis American Association of State Colleges and Universities

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Community of Interest Primary Alternate

Four-year public institutions Alyssa DobsonDirector of Financial Aid and ScholarshipsSlippery Rock University

Kay LewisAssistant Vice-Provost, Enrollment Executive Director ofFinancial Aid and Scholarships University of Washington

Private, non-profit institutions Ashley Ann ReichSenior Director of Financial Aid Compliance and State ApprovalsLiberty University

Gregory JonesPresidentCompass Rose Foundation

Private, for-profit institutions with an enrollment of 450 students or less

Mike BusadaGeneral Counsel and Vice PresidentAyers Career College

Chris DeLucaAttorney at LawDeLuca Law LLC

Private, for-profit institutions with an enrollment of 451 students or more

Michael BottrillCFO and CEOSAE Institute North America

Linda RawlesRawles Law

FFEL Program lenders and loan servicers

Wanda HallSenior Vice President and Chief Compliance OfficerEdfinancial Services

Colleen SlatteryFederal Contract and Compliance OfficerMOHELA

FFEL Program guaranty agencies and guaranty agency servicers (including collection agencies)

Jaye O’ConnellDirector of Collections and ComplianceVermont Student Assistance Corporation (VSAC)

Sheldon ReppSpecial Advisor and CounselNational Council of Higher Education Resources

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Financial Responsibility Subcommittee

Community of InterestPrivate, non-profit institutions John Palmucci

Interim President, Chief Business OfficerMaryland University of Integrative Health

Private, for-profit institutions Jonathan TarnowPartnerDrinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Accrediting agencies Dale LarsonVice President for Business and Finance/Chief Financial OfficerDallas Theological Seminary

CFOs, business officers, bursars Dawnelle RobinsonAssociate Vice President for Finance & Administration Shaw University

Associations or organizations that provide accounting guidance to auditors and institutions

Susan M. MendittoDirector, Accounting PolicyNational Association of College and University Business Officers

Certified public accountants or firms who conduct financial statement audits of Title IV participating institutions

Ronald E. SalluzzoPartnerAttain

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Jeffrey MechanickAssistant Director—Nonpublic EntitiesFinancial Accounting Standards Board

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