The Negotiators

The Department has selected negotiators for rulemaking by reviewing public nominations for negotiators. These negotiators usually are knowledgeable about the topic, represent the interests of those significantly affected by the topics proposed for rulemaking, and reflect the diversity of program participants. The Department generally selects one negotiator and one alternate negotiator. The primary negotiator participates in the negreg discussion and votes to reach consensus. The alternate negotiator does so only if the primary negotiator is absent.

The Department identified several constituencies that they would like to see represented at the negotiation table. Here is the list of negotiators for the Institutional and Programmatic Eligibility committee:

Federal Negotiator

• Gregory Martin

Accrediting Agencies

• Jamienne S. Studley, WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC) (primary)
• Laura Rasar King, Council on Education for Public Health (alternate)

Civil Rights Organizations and Consumer Advocacy Organizations

• Carolyn Fast, The Century Foundation (primary)
• Jaylon Herbin, Center for Responsible Lending (alternate)

Financial Aid Administrators at Postsecondary Institutions

• Samantha Veeder, University of Rochester (primary)
• David Peterson, University of Cincinnati (alternate)

Four-Year Public Institutions of Higher Education

• Marvin Smith, University of California, Los Angeles (primary)
• Deborah Stanley, Bowie State University (alternate)

Legal Assistance Organizations that Represent Students and/or Borrowers

• Tyler Johnson, Brooklyn Legal Services (primary)
• Jessica Ranucci, New York Legal Assistance Group (alternate)

Minority-Serving Institutions

• Beverly Hogan, Tougaloo College (retired) (primary)
• Ashley Schofield, Claflin University (alternate)

Private, Nonprofit Institutions of Higher Education

• Kelli Perry, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (primary)
• Emmanual A. Guillory, National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU)(alternate)

Proprietary Institutions of Higher Education

• Bradley Adams, South College (primary)
• Michael Lanouette, Aviation Institute of Maintenance/Centura College/Tidewater Tech (alternate)

State Attorneys General

• Adam Welle, Minnesota Attorney General's Office (primary)
• Yael Shavit, Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General (alternate)

State Higher Education Executive Officers, State Authorizing Agencies, and/or State Regulators of Institutions of Higher Education and/or Loan Servicers

• Debbie Cochrane, California Bureau of Private Postsecondary Education (primary)
• David Socolow, New Jersey's Higher Education Student Assistance Authority (HESAA) (alternate)

Students and Student Loan Borrowers

• Ernest Ezeugo, Young Invincibles (primary)
• Carney King, California State Senate (alternate)

Two-Year Public Institutions of Higher Education

• Anne Kress, Northern Virginia Community College (primary)
• William S. Durden, Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (alternate)

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

• Travis Horr, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (primary)
• Barmak Nassirian, Veterans Education Success (alternate)

Civil Rights Organizations (an addition to the table that reached unanimous consent on day one of session one)

• Amanda Martinez, UnidosUS (primary)

The Department also asked for nominations for advisors. Advisors are not be members of committees nor do they participate in reaching consensus.

Advisors (non-voting):

• David McClintock, McClintock & Associates, P.C. (Compliance Auditor with Experience Auditing Institutions that Participate in the Title IV, HEA Programs)
• Adam Looney, David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah (Labor Economist or an Individual with Experience in Policy Research, Accountability, and/or Analysis of Higher Education Data

A full list of negotiators, advisors, office of general counsel representatives, and facilitators can be found here. The protocols are here.