Dan Hunter

Consultant

 

Consultation: Short term consulting assignments:

  • Consulting Director of Financial Aid (part-time), local college, July – December, 2007
  • An upstate SUNY institution in spring of 2007, mainly an office review
  • Another short-term consulting assignment with a New York downstate community college, fall 2003; most of the assignment dealt with the preparation of the FISAP and a partial office review
  • Short-term consulting assignments completed with a community college in upstate New York and a college in Atlanta, Georgia, fall 2001
 
Most Recent Position: Part-time Regional Customer Service Representative, New York State Higher Education Services Corporation: July 1998 to August 2001
 

Positions:

  • Buffalo State College - SUNY
  • Financial Aid Consultant (part-time): January – June, 1998
  • Director of Financial Aid: 1984 to 1997 (retired 12/97)
  • Associate Director of Financial Aid: 1977‑1984
  • Interim Director of Financial Aid: 1976‑1977
  • Associate Director of Financial Aid: 1972‑1976
  • Financial Aid Counselor: 1970‑1972
  • Positions in Student Activities and Residence Life: 1964‑1970
National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) Activities
  • Interest Session Moderator at Annual Conference, 2008
  • Interest Session Presenter at Annual Conference, 2006
  • Leadership Development Committee, 1997-98
  • National Conference Committee, 1996-97
  • History Committee, 1995-96
  • Hosted NASFAA/USDOE 1997-98 and 1995‑96 Delivery System Training Workshops
  • Awards Committee, 1994‑95, 1993-94
  • Nominations and Election Committee (EASFAA Representative), 1991‑1993
  • Student Financial Assistance Training Program: Workshop Instructor 
Regional Activities
  • EASFAA Conference Committee – Past Conference Chair – Foxwoods, CT, 1999 - 2000
  • EASFAA Conference Chair – Puerto Rico, 1998-1999
  • EASFAA Federal Relations Committee, 1993‑94
  • Presenter for regional training activities sponsored by EASFAA
State Activities
  • NYSFAAA Novice Training Workshop–Large Group Presenter: 2001 - 2007, 1993; Small Group Leader: 1998 - 2009
  • Interest Session Moderator at Annual Conference, 2008
  • Member of NYSFAAA Task Force on Annual Conferences, 2002
  • Awards, Nominations and Elections Committee, 1995-96, 1994-95
  • Co‑Chair of NYSFAAA Awards Committee, 1993‑94
  • NYSFAAA Awards Committee, 1992-1996
  • NYSFAAA Scholarship Committee, 1990-1995; Co‑Chair for two years
  • Chairperson of Federal Legislative / Regulatory Watch Committee ‑ NYSFAAA, 1988‑90
  • Regional Councilperson ‑ NYSFAAA Executive Council, 1987‑89
  • Secretary of State University of New York Financial Aid Professionals (SUNYFAP), 1986‑88
  • Chairperson for Guidance Counselor Workshops ‑ NYSFAAA, 1983‑87
  • Program Co‑Chairperson ‑ NYSFAAA Annual Conference, 1987, 1977
  • Presenter at SUNYFAP and NYSFAAA Annual Conferences
  • Presenter at CSS Staff Development Seminars, 1985‑1992
 
Honors, awards, publications
  • NYSFAAA- Founders Service Award, 2006
  • SUNYFAP – William A. Troy Service Award, 2002
  • NYSFAAA - Certificate of Appreciation, 1999
  • SUNYFAP - Certificate of Appreciation, 1998
  • NYSFAAA - Lifetime membership, 1998
  • NYSFAAA - Reverend Joseph G. Dunne, C.M. Service Award, 1987
  • SUNY Chancellor's Award for Professional Service, 1978
  • Member of the committee that developed NYSFAAA's report: The Common Form and Beyond: A Model Financial Aid Delivery System for New York State, 1977
Education
  • Ed.M ‑ College Student Personnel Work, State University of New York at Buffalo, February, 1968
  • B.S. ‑ Secondary Education ‑ Major: Chemistry, Minor: Mathematics, State University College at Buffalo, June, 1963
 Current Community Services
 
  • Currently participating as a member of the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
  • Have held several positions in the Civil Air Patrol ‑ an auxiliary of the United States Air Force, active in their search and rescue  program; have earned private pilot's license (currently not active)
  • Member of Community Education Advisory Committee ‑ Starpoint Central School
  • Member of Starpoint’s Board of Education Audit Committee
  • Volunteer at Lockport Palace Theatre