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40068	2014/ZeprunKalmanAGO_Disc.pdf	THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS ENSE OF RECEIVED PETIT OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERALTHICS COMMISSION ONE ASHBURTON PLACE 2014 JUN 12 AM 9: 19 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02108 MARTHA COAKLEY (617) 727-2200 ATTORNEY GENERAL www.mass.gov/ago State Ethics Commission One Ashburton Place Boston, MA 02108 June 10, 2014 Re: Disclosure under G.L. 268A, § 6(a)(3) To Whom It May Concern: This disclosure is made under G.L. c. 268A, § 6(a)(3). The Office of the Attorney General (AGO) is involved in proceedings concerning insurance and financial services matters. Specifically, personnel assigned to the Public Protection and Advocacy Bureau/Insurance and Financial Services Division work on particular matters involving insurance and consumer-related issues such as educational loan servicing. AGO personnel themselves may have a financial interest in these matters as they, too, may be consumers that may be affected by the AGO's handling of these matters. This office has determined that in general the financial interest of AGO PPAB/IFSD personnel in these matters is not so substantial as to be deemed likely to affect the integrity of the services which the commonwealth may expect from them. Please consider this letter as an updated disclosure of a financial interest in future insurance and financial services-related matters concerning educational loan servicing. Thank you. Very truly yours, Judy Zeprun Kalman Deputy General Counsel AGO PPAB/IFSD Personnel as of June 2014 Tiffany Bartz Monica Brookman Rebecca Dutra Burt Feinberg Lydia French Linda Freshman Emily Garvey Matthew Gendron Brook Kellerman Alex Klibaner Aaron Lamb Peter Leight David Lin Claire Masinton John-Michael Pattesotti Leslie Rogers Jennifer Snow Sarah Sunderman Arwen Thoman Sarah Tombley Jenny Wojewoda RECEIVED STATE ETHICS COMMISSION DISCLOSURE BY NON-ELECTED STATE EMPLOYEE OF FINANCIAL INTERESTN 12 AM 9:19 AND DETERMINATION BY APPOINTING AUTHORITY AS REQUIRED BY G. L. c. 268A, § 6 Name: STATE EMPLOYEES INFORMATION See attached list of personnel who work in the AGO Public Protection and Advocacy Bureau/Insurance and Financial Services Division (PPAB/IFSD) of the Attorney General's Public Protection & Advocacy Bureau (PPAB) who may have student loans. Title or Position: AGO personnel assigned to the PPAB/IFSD. State Agency: AGO Agency Address: One Ashburton Place Boston, MA 02108 Office Phone: c/o General Counsel's Office 617.963.2018 Office E-mail: c/o Judy.Zeprun@state.ma.us PARTICULAR MATTER Particular matter Please describe the particular matter: As described in a previous disclosure on behalf of AGO/PPAB/IFSD E.g., a judicial or other staff, AGO PPAB/IFSD staff work on industry-wide investigation, litigation, and regulation of the consumer proceeding, application, submission, request for a marketplace in a wide variety of areas, involving insurance, data privacy, and alleged data breaches. ruling or other determination, contract, IFSD is now investigating a variety of student loan-related issues at a multistate and state level, including an claim, controversy, charge, investigation of a major educational loan servicer. IFSD has also been mediating consumer-related student accusation, arrest, decision, determination, loan issues stemming from its profit school investigation and will also be mediating/handling numerous or finding. consumer complaints that relate to other student loan-related issues. A significant number of IFSD staff have student loans that are either serviced, owned, or originated by the major educational loan servicer. The outcome the multistate and state specific investigative inquiries, all of which are focused on individuals with student loan repayment problems, will not have an individual effect on IFSD staff. If those investigations result in a change in practices etc. by the loan servicer, the impact on IFSD staff will be the same as the impact on tens of thousands of other MA residents. There is no specific recovery or individual discrete benefit that we anticipate will come to IFSD staffers who work on these matters that would in any way be different from the larger societal impact of the case. The outcome of the mediations, as well, in no way has an impact on the IFSD staff student loan obligations. Your required Please describe the task you are required to perform with respect to the particular matter: participation in the particular matter: Analysis and investigation of student loan entities, servicing, and practices. E.g., approval, disapproval, decision, recommendation, rendering advice, investigation, other. FINANCIAL INTEREST IN THE PARTICULAR MATTER Write an X by all that _X_We have a financial interest in the matter. apply. _X_Our immediate family member has a financial interest in the matter. My business partner has a financial interest in the matter. We are an officer, director, trustee, partner or employee of a business organization, and the business organization has a financial interest in the matter. We are negotiating or have made an arrangement concerning future employment with a person or organization, and the person or organization has a financial interest in the matter. Financial interest Please explain the financial interest and include a dollar amount if you know it. in the matter If the investigation results in a change in practices etc. by The loan servicer, the impact on IFSD staff will be the same as the impact on tens of thousands of other MA residents. There is no specific recovery or individual discrete benefit that we anticipate will come to IFSD staffers who work on these matters that would in any way be different from the larger societal impact of the case Employee signature: SEE ATTACHED LIST OF AGO PERSONNEL ASSIGNED TO PPAB/IFSD. This general disclosure is being submitted on their behalf by the Deputy General Counsel. Date: 6/20/14 DETERMINATION BY APPOINTING OFFICIAL APPOINTING AUTHORITY INFORMATION Name of Appointing Martha Coakley, Attorney General Authority: By: Judy Zeprun Kalman Title or Position: Deputy General Counsel Agency/Department: Office of the Attorney General Agency Address: One Ashburton Place Boston, MA 02108 Office Phone: 617.963.2018 Office E-mail: Judy.zeprun@state.ma.us DETERMINATION Determination by As appointing official, as required by G.L. C. 268A, § 6, I have reviewed the particular matter and the appointing authority: financial interest identified above by a state employee. Write an X I am assigning the particular matter to another employee, or by your selection. I am assuming responsibility for the particular matter, or XI have determined that the financial interest is not so substantial as to be deemed likely to affect the integrity of the services which the Commonwealth may expect from the employee. Appointing Authority signature: Date: 6/10/2014 Comment: This disclosure supplements the disclosures filed 4/23/2012 and 7/24/12. Attach additional pages if necessary. Send to General Counsel's Office for Determination. GCO will send a copy of this disclosure to: State Ethics Commission, One Ashburton Place, Room 619, Boston, MA 02108.