Committees & Professional Memberships:
Illinois Association of Financial Aid Administrators (ILASFAA) Member 1986 - present
ILASFAA College Awareness & Preparation (CAP) Committee Chair 2005-2015 (Co-chair 2008-2009) and State College Goal Sunday Coordinator for Illinois 2005-2015
ILASFAA 1998 to 2004 - ILASFAA Training & Development Committee Member (Committee of the Year in 2001/2002)
ILASFAA President 2014-15
ILASAA VP of Community Colleges 1999-2000 and 2004-05
ILASFAA Southern Regional Coordinator 1990-03 and 2003-05
Midwest Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (MASFAA) Illinois Representative 2013/14, Sponsorship Chair 2011/12, Membership Co-Chair 2009
National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) - present member
NASFAA member of Leadership Conference (2014) and College Work-study Task Force (2010)
College Changes Everything – Illinois Outreach Initiative participant/presenter since 2012
National and the Illinois College Access Network (ICAN/NCAN) member/presenter
Recognitions/Awards:
32 Years of experience in administering Federal, State and Veteran’s Student Aid funding
2012 MASFAA Committee of the Year – Program Committee
2008 ILASFAA Sustained Service Award
2007 ILASFAA President's Award
2006 International Chair Academy Leadership in Student Services Award
2005 Award Nominee Treasure of the State of Illinois, Women to Women: Making a Difference
1999-2000 Award Best Lecture Series of College Speakers
1999 Published Article for Finish First (Vermilion County education initiative)