Executive Team

Dave R. Woolstenhulme
Commissioner

Geoffrey T. Landward
Deputy Commissioner

Taylor K. Adams
Associate Commissioner for Strategic Initiatives

Alison A. Adams-Perlac
General Counsel

Trisha Dugovic
Director of Communication

Jared Haines
Senior Advisor for Technical Education

Julie Hartley
Associate Commissioner of Academic Education

Vic Hockett
Associate Commissioner of Talent Ready Utah

Laís Martinez
Assistant Commissioner for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

Carrie Mayne
Chief Economist

Jefferson Moss
Associate Commissioner of Innovation

Nate Talley
Chief Financial Officer

Melissa Van Hien
Office Manager / Executive Assistant to the Commissioner

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.