SARA State Contacts

Alabama 
Ron Leonard
Director of Special Initiatives
Alabama Commission on Higher Education
P.O. Box 302000
Montgomery, AL 36130-2000
Phone: 334-242-2211
E-mail1: ron.leonard@ache.edu
E-mail2: margaret.cabble@ache.edu
Alabama SARA Website

Arkansas
Alana Colburn
Associate Director of Private Postsecondary Education and Transfer Programs
Arkansas Division of Higher Education
#4 Capitol Mall, Box 21
Little Rock, AR 72201
Phone: 501-371-2060
Email1: alana.boles@adhe.edu
Email2: mason.campbell@adhe.edu
Arkansas SARA Website

Delaware
aQuena Williams
Postsecondary Education Specialist
Delaware Higher Education Office
The Townsend Building
401 Federal Street, Suite 2
Dover, DE 19901
Phone: 302-735-4223
Email: aQuena.Williams@doe.k12.de.us         
Delaware SARA Website

District of Columbia
Terron Scott, EdD
Deputy Director
Higher Education Licensure Commission
Division of Postsecondary & Career Education
Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE)
Government of the District of Columbia
1050 1st Street NE, 5th Floor
Washington, DC 20002
Phone: 202-368-1136
Email1: terron.scott@dc.gov 
Email2: terasita.tdwards@dc.gov
District of Columbia SARA Website

Florida
Brady Lyon
Educational Policy Director
Commission for Independent Education
325 W. Gaines Street, Suite 1414
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0400
Phone: 850-245-3200
Email1: brady.lyon@fldoe.org
Email2: sonia.browning@fldoe.org 
Florida SARA website

Georgia
Magda Rivers
Associate Executive Director| GA-SARA Coordinator
Georgia Nonpublic Postsecondary Education Commission (GNPEC)
2082 East Exchange Place
Tucker, GA 30084
Phone: 770-414-3300
Email1: mrivers@gnpec.ga.gov
Email2: kshook@gnpec.ga.gov
Georgia SARA Website

Kentucky
Kathy Garrett
Program Director, State Authorization and Reciprocity
Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education
100 Airport Road, 2nd Floor
Frankfort, KY 40601
Phone: 502-892-3082
Email1: kathy.garrett@ky.gov
Email2: jevonda.keith@ky.gov
Kentucky SARA website

Louisiana
LeAnn Detillier
Assistant Commissioner for Academic Program Administration
Louisiana Board of Regents
1201 N. Third St., Suite 6-200
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Phone: 225-342-4253
Email: LeAnn.Detillier@laregents.edu
Louisiana SARA website

Maryland 
Alexandra Chaillou, PhD
Associate Director, Institution Review
Maryland Higher Education Commission
217 East Redwood St., Suite 2100
Baltimore, MD 21202
Phone: 410-767-3293
Email1:  sara.mhec@maryland.gov
Email2: alexandra.chaillou@maryland.gov
Maryland SARA Website

Mississippi 
Sheriece Robinson, EdD
Director of Regulatory Affairs
Mississippi Commission on College Accreditation
3825 Ridgewood Road, Box 2
Jackson, MS 39211
Phone: 601-432-6336
Email: srobinson@mississippi.edu
Mississippi SARA Website

North Carolina 
Terrence R. Scarborough
*S-SARA RSC Chair (11/2024 - 10/2026)
Director of SARA North Carolina
University of North Carolina System Office
North Carolina State Education Assistance Authority
P.O. Box 41349
Raleigh, NC 27629
Phone:919-549-8614. ext.4667
Phone:(855) SARA-1-NC (727-2162)
Email:terrence@saranc.org
www.saranc.org

Oklahoma
Elizabeth Walker
*RSC Vice Chair 11/2025-10/2027
Coordinator for Academic Administration
Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education
655 Research Parkway, Suite 200
Oklahoma City, OK 73104
Phone: 405.225.9154
Email1: lwalker@osrhe.edu
Oklahoma SARA Website

Pennsylvania
Jennifer Stone
Higher Education Associate II
Division of Higher Education, Access, and Equity
607 South Drive, 3E
Harrisburg, PA 17120
Phone: 717-214-0656
Email1: jennstone@pa.gov
Email2: jenpiper@pa.gov 
Pennsylvania SARA Website

Puerto Rico
Damaris Nolasco Ortiz
Director
Office of Registration and Licensing of Educational Institutions
Board of Postsecondary Institutions
PO Box 9023271
San Juan, PR 00902-3271
Phone: 787-641-7100 ext. 2056
Email1: dnolasco@estado.pr.gov
Email2: nvega@estado.pr.gov
Puerto Rico SARA website

South Carolina
Diane McCree                                                                                                    Senior Licensing Program
South Carolina Commission on Higher Education
1122 Lady Street, Suite 400
Columbia, SC 29201
Phone: 803-856-0540
Email1: ymccree@che.sc.gov                              
Email2: enclark@che.sc.gov
South Carolina SARA Website

Tennessee
Ryan Arrington, JD
Regulatory Compliance Attorney
Tennessee Higher Education Commission
312 Rosa Parks Avenue, 9th Floor
Nashville, TN 37243
Phone: 615-981-1125
Email1: Ryan.Arrington@tn.gov
Tennessee SARA Website

Texas
Cathie A. Maeyaert, JD
Director – Private Postsecondary Institutions
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
P O Box 12788
Austin, TX 78711
Phone: 512-427-6527
Email1: cathie.maeyaert@highered.texas.gov
Texas SARA website

Virgin Islands
Laurence Blake  
Director of Institutional Research
University of the Virgin Islands
No. 2 John Brewers Bay
St. Thomas, VI 00802
Phone: 340-693-1017
Email1: lblake@uvi.edu 
Email2: sharris@uvi.edu
Virgin Islands SARA Website

Virginia
Darlene Derricott
Director of Academic Services
State Council of Higher Education for Virginia
101 N. 14th Street, 9th Floor
Richmond, VA 23219
Phone: 804-225-2621
Email: darlenederricott@schev.edu
Email2: EmilyHils@schev.edu
Virginia SARA Website

West Virginia
Lucy Gray Kefauver, EdS, PMP
Director of Online Learning
West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission
West Virginia Council for Community & Technical College Education
2001 Union Carbide Drive
South Charleston, WV 25303
Phone: 304-558-6073 ext. 56073
Email: lucy.kefauver@wvhepc.edu
West Virginia SARA Website

At-Large Member
Stephen L. Pruitt, PhD (11/2025 - 10/2028)
President Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
1866 Southern Lane
Decatur, Georgia 30033
Phone: 404-679-4512
Email: spruitt@sacscoc.org 

At-Large Member
Nora Ann House (11/2025 - 10/2028)
Director
Oklahoma Board of Private Vocational Schools
3700 N. Classen Boulevard, Suite 250
Oklahoma City, OK 73118
Phone: 405-528-3370
Email: nhouse@obpvs.ok.gov

At-Large Member
Andrew Lessman, JD (11/2025 - 10/2028)
Associate Director, State Authorization and Quality Assurance
Temple University
1801 N. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19122
Phone: 215-204-3397
Email: andrew.lessman@temple.edu

At-Large Member
Jana Walser-Smith, EdD (11/2025 – 10/2028)
Assistant Vice President for State Authorization
The University of North Carolina System
223 S. West Street, Suite 1800
Raleigh, NC 27603
Phone: 919-962-4558
Email: jfwalsersmith@northcarolina.edu

At-Large Member
Charles Prince, EdD (11/2023 – 10/2026)
Vice President of Advancement and Institutional Strategy
Shorter College
604 N. Locust Street
Little Rock AR 72114
Phone: 501-374-6305
Email: Drcharlesprince@outlook.com​