MHEC Executive Committee

Executive Officers:

Chair: David Eisler, (MI); Vice Chair: Rick Carfagna (OH), Treasurer: Devinder Malhotra (MN); and Past Chair: Olivia Madison, (IA)

Suzanne Morris

Illinois Community College Board

Vice Chair

Term: 6/7/2019 to 7/1/2023

Katie Stuart

Illinois General Assembly

State Representative; Member, Higher Education Committee

Term: 5/4/2021 to 1/2/2023

Ken Sauer

Indiana Commission for Higher Education

Senior Associate Commissioner and Chief Academic Officer

Term: 3/27/2017 to Serves At the Pleasure of the Governor

Olivia M.A. Madison

Iowa Governor's Designee

Term: 5/1/2019 to 4/30/2021, Serves At the Pleasure of the Governor

Barbara W. Ballard

Kansas Legislature

State Representative

Term: 11/4/2019 to 7/1/2021

Blake Flanders

Kansas Board of Regents

President and CEO

Term: 9/20/2018 to 6/1/2022

David L. Eisler

Ferris State University

President

Term: 3/26/2021 to 3/18/2025

Brandy M. Johnson

Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity

Advisor, Sixty by 30

Term: 4/16/2019, Serves at the Pleasure of the Governor

Connie Bernardy

Minnesota Legislature

State Representative; Chair, Higher Education Finance and Policy Division

Term: 1/2/2021 to 1/1/2023

Devinder Malhotra

Minnesota State

Chancellor

Term: 3/3/2021 to 1/6/2025

Kayla Hahn

Missouri Governor Michael Parson

Policy Director

2/6/2019 to Serves At the Pleasure of the Governor

John Cavanaugh

Nebraska Legislature

State Senator

Term: 1/22/2021 to 1/1/2023

Deborah A. Frison

Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education

Chair

Term: 1/2/2019 to 1/1/2023

Mark Hagerott

North Dakota University System

Chancellor

Term: 7/1/2019 to 6/30/2023

Dennis Johnson

North Dakota Legislative Assembly

State Representative; Member, Education Committee

Term: 6/19/2019 to 6/30/2021

Rick Carfagna

Ohio Legislature

State Representative; Assistant Majority Floor Leader

1/2/2021 to 1/1/2023

Gary Cates

Ohio Department of Higher Education

Senior Vice Chancellor

Term: 1/9/2019 to 1/8/2023

Larry J. Tidemann

South Dakota Governor's Designee

1/11/2019, Serves At the Pleasure of the Governor

Janelle Toman

South Dakota Board of Regents

Director of Communications

Term: 9/10/2018 to 6/30/2022

Connie Hutchison

State of Wisconsin Higher Educational Aids Board

Executive Secretary

Term: 6/25/2019 to 7/1/2021

Rolf Wegenke

Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (WAICU)