Speaker Biographical Information

Stephanie Gold is a partner at Hogan Lovells US LLP in Washington, D.C. Her practice focuses on the representation of colleges, universities, post-secondary institutions, education associations, distance education firms, student loan organizations, and investors in education-related companies. She has represented education clients in matters related to federal financial assistance, student financial aid, privacy, student discipline, campus crime, military recruiting, research activity, state education licensure, foreign students, and accreditation. Stephanie advises clients on legal issues related to distance education, overseas initiatives, and institutional changes in ownership, including state education licensure, accreditation, and federal regulation. Ms. Gold received an A.B. with Honors from Brown University and a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School where she was editor in chief of the University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform. After law school, Stephanie served as a law clerk to The Honorable Cornelia G. Kennedy of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

John R. Przypyszny is a partner at Drinker, Biddle, and Reath and leads the Government and Regulatory Affairs Practice Group's Education Team. His practice concentrates on institutions of higher education, the companies and investors which comprise the evolving education market and institutional and programmatic accrediting agencies. Mr. Przypyszny has extensive experience in dealing with the U.S. Department of Education's regulations and institutional eligibility requirements. Mr. Przypyszny has experience in handling a broad range of legal issues that concern proprietary and traditional educational institutions. He also has experience executing transactions in the education industry on behalf of institutions of higher education, education companies and private investors. He also provides advice to education-related corporations and trade associations on issues relating to corporate governance and organization. Mr. Przypyszny provides advice on a broad range of legal and regulatory issues that regularly affect accrediting bodies. He has assisted accrediting agencies in the development and application of accrediting standards, and has defended accrediting agencies in federal court. Mr. Przypyszny received his undergraduate degree with honors in 1987 from Georgetown University and his law degree cum laude in 1990 from Georgetown University Law Center. John has served as a negotiator in the Department of Education's negotiated rulemaking, implementing the Higher Education Amendments of 1998. He previously served as chair of the Education Law Committee of the Administrative Law and Agency Practice Section of the District of Columbia Bar. He is a frequent speaker on educational issues and has published a compendium on distance education for the NACUA.