Sean McTighe is the Executive Director, Title IV Compliance & Data Intake Operations, at the National Student Clearinghouse. He has been with the Clearinghouse for 13 years and oversees the Clearinghouse’s Data Excellence, Data Integrity & Operations, and Audit Resource Center teams responsible for ensuring timely and accurate compliance reporting for 3,600+ participating colleges and universities. In addition, Sean’s teams serve the student loan community, including student loan lenders, servicers, and guarantors by providing and enhancing services related to the timely and accurate exchange of education data.
Sean works with the Federal Student Aid, the National Student Loan Data System, the Clearinghouse’s external advisory committees, and our Financial Aid Services Application Development team to continuously improve our existing services and ensure our applications meet the ever-evolving regulatory standards and guidance issued by the Department of Education. Prior to his current position, he managed the StudentTracker Operations team for the Clearinghouse, and held various leadership positions in higher education and finance. He is passionate about all facets of the data managed by the Clearinghouse, including its lifecycle, integrity, and versatility. He thoroughly enjoys coaching and working with his team, collaborating cross-organizationally, and he gets great satisfaction from sitting in the compliance pressure-cooker.