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: robin.mcgill@ache.edu
Alabama SARA Website

Arkansas
Alana Colburn
Associate Director of Private Postsecondary Education and Transfer Programs
Arkansas Division of Higher Education
101 E Capitol, Suite 300
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
Kirk Shook, EdD
Executive Director
Georgia Nonpublic Postsecondary Education Commission (GNPEC)
2082 East Exchange Place, Suite 220
Tucker, GA 30084
Phone: 770-414-3300
Email1: kshook@gnpec.ga.gov
Email2: mrivers@gnpec.ga.gov
Georgia SARA Website

Kentucky
Kathy Garrett
Director of 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 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, PhD
Director of Regulatory Affairs
Mississippi Commission on College Accreditation
3825 Ridgewood Road
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
Argentini Anderson, PhD
Assistant Director, Office of Academic Affairs
South Carolina Commission on Higher Education
1122 Lady Street, Suite 400
Columbia, SC 29201
Phone: 803-856-0511
Email1: aanderson@che.sc.gov                             
Email2: ymccree@che.sc.gov
South Carolina SARA Website

Tennessee
Julie Woodruff, JD
Senior Compliance Counsel
Tennessee Higher Education Commission
312 Rosa Parks Avenue, 9th Floor
Nashville, TN 37243
Phone: 615-253-8857
Email1: julie.woodruff@tn.gov
Email2: 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
1018 Kanawha Blvd. East, Suite 700
Charleston, WV 25301
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)
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
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​