Executive Team
Geoffrey Landward
Commissioner of Higher Education
Nate Talley
Deputy Commissioner and Chief Financial Officer
Alison A. Adams
General Counsel
Taylor K. Adams
Associate Commissioner of Student Affairs
Trisha Dugovic
Director of Communication
Jared Haines
Senior Advisor to Commissioner
Julie Hartley
Associate Commissioner of Academic Education
Vic Hockett
Associate Commissioner of Talent Ready Utah
Laís Martinez
Assistant Commissioner for Belonging & Opportunity
Carrie Mayne
Chief Economist
Jefferson Moss
Associate Commissioner for Innovation, Commercialization and Economic Development
Melissa Van Hien
Office Manager
Scott Wyatt
Senior Executive Director of Statewide Online Education
Kim Ziebarth
Associate Commissioner of Technical Education
Institutional Resources
State Authorization (UT-SARA)
The State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (SARA) is an agreement among member states, districts, and territories that establishes comparable national standards for interstate offering of postsecondary distance education courses and programs. It is intended to make it easier for students to take online courses offered by postsecondary institutions based in another state.