Start Date of Board Term: January 2026

Sean Seepersad, Ph.D., is Division Director of Academic Affairs at the Connecticut Office of Higher Education (OHE), where he oversees three regulatory units: Institutional Higher-Learning Authorization, Postsecondary Career-School Authorization, and the State Approving Agency for veterans’ education benefits. He manages professional staff, sets compliance policy, and ensures adherence of Connecticut statutes and regulations across more than 110 degree-granting and career institutions.

At OHE, Dr. Seepersad leads modernization and coordination efforts that strengthen oversight and service to institutions. His work includes designing and implementing a cloud-based regulatory platform that integrates division workflows; guiding legislative updates that enhance consumer protections; and coordinating with state partners and accreditors on complex school challenges and closures. He has negotiated a data-sharing agreement to bolster financial monitoring, piloted CareerConn to spotlight short-term credentials, and advanced regulatory improvements such as student feedback tools and updated application reviews.

Within SARA, Dr. Seepersad has served as Connecticut’s State Portal Entity (SPE) and has chaired the N-SARA Regional Steering Committee. He contributes through the SPE Advisory Committee and the Policy Implementation Team, and he helped lead cross-compact working groups that advanced revisions to Policy 8.2 across several policy modification cycles. He launched the CT SARA Forum/Workshop to deepen institutional engagement, facilitated an online state portal for NC-SARA applications and renewals, and worked with state leaders to align disaster-recovery and unanticipated-closure planning with SARA student-protection goals. He remains an active presenter at SARA SPE Conferences on state meetings, data systems, and practical compliance.

Dr. Seepersad also serves on the Board of Directors for NASASPS and most recently, has taught as adjunct faculty at a large public university for 11 years. He holds an applied Ph.D. in Human and Community Development from the University of Illinois.