NASFAA Movers & Shakers
NASFAA members are always moving ahead, whether enhancing their skills in their current roles, accepting promotions or job changes, or discovering new pathways as retirees. Below are a few colleagues who were honored with awards or recognitions, or made changes in their professional lives, in 2024-25.
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This Week's Movers & Shakers
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*NEW* July 22, 2024 – Mark Riggs is now the regional manager at Monogram, Personalized Student Loans. |
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*NEW* July 16, 2024 – Erin Anderson was promoted from financial aid coordinator to assistant director of financial aid at Kansas City Kansas Community College. |
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*NEW* July 11, 2024 – Amber Truitt was promoted from financial aid counselor to assistant director of financial aid at Oklahoma Wesleyan University |
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*NEW* July 8, 2024 – Dixie Shearer, formerly the program coordinator at West Virginia University, is now the director of financial aid at the University of Arkansas Community College at Morrilton. |
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*NEW* May 28, 2024 – Rachael Lane, formerly the financial aid counselor at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, is now the director of financial aid at Gillette College. |
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Job Changes & Promotions
- July 22, 2024 – Gustavo Sanchez was promoted from peer advisor supervisor to assistant director of training at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
- July 12, 2024 – Traci Armes, FAAC®, formerly the deputy director at the University of Texas at Austin, is now the assistant vice president for financial aid and scholarships at the University of South Florida.
- July 8, 2024 – Morgan McCombs, formerly the assistant registrar at Ivy Tech Community College, is now the associate director of financial aid at Butler University.
- July 1, 2024 – Ambra Reed was promoted from verification coordinator to assistant director at Western Nevada College.
- July 1, 2024 – Kaitlin Riner was promoted from financial aid assistant to financial aid coordinator at Carthage Technical Center.
- July 1, 2024 – Mia Myers, FAAC®, was promoted to associate managing director at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.
- July 1, 2024 – Yesenia Esposito was promoted from associate director to senior associate director at Columbia University.
- July 1, 2024 – Susan Stephenson, formerly the enrollment management executive director at Western Nebraska Community College, is now the higher education consultant senior manager at Eide Bailly LLP.
- July 1, 2024 - Jenn Toomey was promoted from assistant director of financial aid and financial wellness advisor to director of financial aid at Case Western Reserve University - School of Medicine.
- July 1, 2024 – Dr. Christina Tangalakis, FAAC®, formerly the associate dean of financial aid at Glendale Community College, is now the interim director of financial aid at Wake Forest University.
- July 1, 2024 – Katie Conrad, FAAC®, formerly the senior associate director of financial aid at Florida International University, is now the executive director of scholarships and financial aid at Georgia Institute of Technology.
Retirements
- July 12, 2024 – Steve Woodburn, formerly the assistant vice president for student financial services at Colorado Christian University, retired in July after 40 years of working in financial aid.
- July 1, 2024 - Billie Jo Hamilton, associate vice president of enrollment planning and management at the University of South Florida, has retired after 43 years working in financial aid.
- July 1, 2024 – Tami Gilbeaux, currently the assistant vice president of business development at Inceptia, will retire in July after 45 years of working in financial aid.
Awards, Recognitions, & Other
- July 1, 2024 – James Kellam was recently elected to be the 2024-25 president of SCASFAA (South Carolina). James is also the South Carolina representative on the executive board of SASFAA. He is currently the associate vice president for student financial services at Converse University.
- 2024 NASFAA Awards Announced in Milwaukee
- 2023-24 Movers & Shakers
Publication Date: 7/24/2024