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Meet Our Team

Our Student Financial Support team is committed to helping you and your family understand the financial aid process. To help you get the assistance you need, we offer many different ways for you to contact us. We’re happy to answer any questions you have. Please reach out!

Advising and Outreach

Need help or a question answered? Contact your adviser based on your last name.

Rebecca Schachter

Assistant Director of Financial Aid

AAA — CAN Last Name
Samantha Shores

Assistant Director of Financial Aid

CAO — ELM
ROC — TES Last Name
Javier Avila

Senior Assistant Director and Manager of Financial Aid

ELN — GHZ Last Name Cummings Scholars
Karen Vanegas

Assistant Director of Financial Aid

GIA — KAS Last Name
Pamela Mason

Senior Assistant Director and Manager of Financial Aid

KAT — LEO Last Name Undergraduate International Students
Hope Smedley

Assistant Director of Financial Aid

LEP — NGZ Last Name
Albertha Mellerson

Senior Assistant Director of Financial Aid

NHA — ROB Last Name
Melissa Nehmer

Assistant Director of Financial Aid

TET — ZZZ Last Name

Need help or a question answered? Contact your adviser based on your last name.

Operations

Joy Allyson Barker-Kaack

Administrative Assistant

Wendy Boyer

Academic Services Specialist

Taylor Burrow

Assistant Director of Financial Aid for Retention

Kay Campbell

Senior Assistant Director for Financial Aid Quality Assurance

Catherine Hunt

Assistant Director of Financial Aid for Retention

Owen Larson

Senior Assistant Director for Financial Aid Systems & Scholarships

Andrea Lewis

Senior Assistant Director and Manager of Financial Aid

Chris Richardson

Senior Financial Analyst

Student Financial Support Leadership

Ellen Ostendorf

Senior Associate Director for Financial Aid Systems & Scholarships

Jennifer Palmer

Associate Director for Financial Aid Outreach & Retention