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