MHEC Executive Committee

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Executive Officers:

Chair: Olivia Madison, (IA); Vice Chair: David Eisler, (MI), and Treasurer: Rick Carfagna (OH); Past Chair: Ken Sauer, (IN)

La Shawn K. Ford

Illinois General Assembly

State Representative; Chair, Appropriations-Higher Education

Term: 3/12/2019 to 1/2/2021

Suzanne Morris

Illinois Community College Board

Vice Chair

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

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

Carrie Koelker

Iowa Legislature

State Senator; Member, Education Appropriations Subcommittee

2/4/2019 to 1/10/2021

Olivia M.A. Madison

Iowa Governor's Designee

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

Blake Flanders

Kansas Board of Regents

President and CEO

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

Marci Francisco

Kansas Legislature

State Senator

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

David L. Eisler

Ferris State University

President

Term: 6/8/2017 to 3/18/2021

Connie Bernardy

Minnesota Legislature

State Representative; Chair, Higher Education Finance and Policy Division

2/1/2019 to 1/5/2021

Devinder Malhotra

Minnesota State

Chancellor

Term: 10/5/2017 to 1/4/2021

Kayla Hahn

Missouri Governor Michael Parson

Policy Director

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

Deborah A. Frison

Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education

Chair

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

Rick Kolowski

Nebraska Legislature

State Senator; Member, Education Committee

Term: 1/25/2019 to 1/2/2021

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; Chair, Finance Subcommittee on Higher Education

3/4/2019 to 1/2/2021

Stephanie Davidson

Ohio Department of Higher Education

Ohio Governor's Designee; Vice Chancellor, Academic Affairs

Term: 1/15/2019, Serves At the Pleasure of the Governor

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

Joan Ballweg

Wisconsin State Legislature

State Representative; Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities

Term: 10/2/2019 to 6/30/2021

Rolf Wegenke

Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (WAICU)

President

Term: 3/14/2019 to 7/1/2023

Ex Officios (Former Chairpersons)

Lyndon R. Carlson

Minnesota State Legislature

State Representative; DFL-Lead, Ways and Means Committee

Term: 5/5/2015

Randolph M. Ferlic

Nebraska Governor's Designee

Term: 1/2/2019 to 1/1/2023; Serves At the Pleasure of the Governor

Tim Flakoll

North Dakota Governor's Designee

Term: 12/15/2017 to Serves At the Pleasure of the Governor

Teresa S. Lubbers