2009-2010 Voting Members David Bailey Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority Robert Boisen Great Lakes Educational Loan Services, Inc. Bonnie Brinkley Texas Guaranteed Diane Callahan Northstar Rhonda Connett Iowa Student Loan Liquidity Corporation Carol Cook Illinois Student Assistance Commission Rick Edington Oklahoma Guaranteed Student Loan Program Richard Ferneyhough College Foundation, Inc. Maree Fox New York State Higher Education Services Corporation Michelle Hammons Sallie Mae, Inc. Shawn Johnson Wells Fargo Education Financial Services Carie Kelly Montana Guaranteed Student Loan Program Suzanne Kidwell Iowa Student Loan Shellee Kilbride Missouri Department of Higher Education Heidi Kovalick New Jersey Higher Education Student Assistance Authority Vincent Lee American Student Assistance Adele Marsh American Education Services Jill McLaughlin Citibank Audra Morelock EdFinancial Services David Olson Utah Higher Education Assistance Authority Paul Perea Educational Credit Management Corporation Shannon Quick Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority Jane Reny Vermont Student Assistance Corporation Tony Romano National Student Clearinghouse Brenda Rook Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation Kim Shiflette USA Funds Inc. Staci Stewart National Student Loan Program Irene Sulyevich Kentucky Higher Education Student Loan Corporation Nanci Twardowski Access Group, Inc. Julie Winters EdFund Terri Young ACS, Inc.

Electronic Standards Committee

ESC Committee Site (a new browser window will open)

Summary
NCHELP established the Electronic Standards Committee to replace the CommonLine Committee. This committee serves to establish a coordinated and proactive approach for all NCHELP electronic standardization efforts. This re-design of the CommonLine, CAM, and CCI initiatives moved the oversight of CAM and CCI from the Program Operations Committee to the Electronic Standards Committee. The Program Operations Committee continues to monitor and respond to issues that involve and impact loan operations as well as work closely with the Electronic Standards Committee on implementaion and technical efforts.

The Electronic Standards Committee has the following four advisory teams reporting to the full committee. All teams are responsible for recommending changes to the files as necessary due to regulatory changes, errors, or enhancements to processing. The teams are as follows:

• Origination Standards Advisory Team (OSAT)
  This group is responsible for resolving issues as reported by the community at large, making recommendations for resolution to the full ESC committee and maintaining supporting documentation. It is the initial point of contact for industry issues concerning CommonLine flat files and XML documents related to the Origination, Change and Disbursement process.
  
• Electronic Exchange Advisory Team (EEAT)
  The EEAT is tasked with setting data exchange and encryption standards for the FFELP industry
  
• General Common Account Maintenance
  Advisory Team (GAMAT)
  This group is responsible for resolving issues as reported by the community at large, and making recommendations for resolution to the full committee.  It is the initial point of contact for industry issues surrounding the General Common Account Maintenance (CAM) records.
  
• Testing and Certification Advisory Team
  This group is responsible for developing testing tools for various ESC initiatives such as CommonLine v5 and CR:C.  They also resolve certification issues among data trading partners.

The ESC is also supported by the following groups:

• ESC Steering Committee
  Membership on the committee represents a mixture of individuals familiar with Operations, Technology and Marketing within the FFEL Program.  It is essential that the Standards Steering Committee represent a cross-section of the industry.  Members of this group may also be members of the Electronic Standards Committee as some degree of overlap would be integral to open communication between the two groups. 
  
• ESC School Advisory Group
  Membership on the committee represents a mixture of individuals from various types of schools. Members are appointed by the NCHELP  Board of Directors. This group serves as a sounding board for the Electronic Standards Committee and its associated Advisory Teams. Membership includes representatives from schools that do their own programming for loan delivery as well as those that utilize third-party software.

Co-Chairs:

Dave Olson
Utah Higher Education Assistance Authority
Phone: (801) 321-7216
Fax: (801) 321-7299
dolson@utahsbr.edu

Erin Rose
Key Bank
Phone: (617) 449-4879
Fax: (617) 482-0560
erin_rose@keybank.com

For more information about the Electronic Standards Committee members and what they do CLICK HERE (a new browser window will open)