Marshall Hill

Marshall Hill is Executive Director of the National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements (NC‐SARA), which provides a voluntary, regional approach to state oversight of postsecondary distance education. His involvement with SARA spans work with the Presidents’ Forum/ Council of State Governments drafting team, the development of SARA agreements with the country’s four regional higher education compacts, and membership on the National Commission on Regulation of Postsecondary Distance Education.

Prior to assuming his NC‐SARA position in August of 2013, he served as executive director of Nebraska's Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education, assistant commissioner for universities and health‐related institutions at the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, and as a faculty member for 17 years, conducting choirs and orchestras. Dr. Hill has served on four negotiated rule‐making panels for the U.S. Department of Education, negotiating federal rules affecting accreditation and student financial aid. Active in several regional and national organizations, during 2012‐2013 he served as chair of the executive committee of the State Higher Education Executive Officers association (SHEEO). Hill earned B.A. and M.A. degrees in music from Utah State University and a Ph.D. in music education, with a minor in higher education from Florida State University.