Sally Clausen (born July 4, 1945)[2] is an American administrator who is executive director of the Ingram Center for Public Trusteeship and Governance, an affiliate of the American Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges.

[6] In 1967, 1971, and 1980, Clausen received bachelor's, master's, and doctorate in education, respectively, from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.

[8] In 2009, Clausen retired as the sixth commissioner of higher education, a year after she had assumed the position in July 2008, at an annual salary of $425,000.

When news of this situation leaked, Clausen said that she had considered retiring to help care for a special-needs grandchild in Houston.

Amid controversy over her action, Clausen said that she would reduce her salary in 2010 to $199,000 as a gesture to show solidarity with employees placed under wage restraints and a proposed 30 percent cut in state higher education spending announced by the administration of Governor Bobby Jindal.

The Livingston Parish Literacy and Technology Center building in Walker, a joint venture with Southeastern Louisiana University, is named for the Clausen family.