Welcome to the Eastern Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (EASFAA) website. We are represented by members from Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, Vermont, and the US Virgin Islands. EASFAA fills the unique role of providing professional services to both its individual members and state associations. EASFAA also acts as an advocate for regional policy positions with the United States Congress and the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA).

EASFAA prides itself in providing quality training and professional development to our membership. Members are able to receive the latest updates and changes to federal programs, regulations, and policies. Training sessions are held at many convenient sites within our member states allowing easy access to all who wish to attend. Our annual conference provides top-notch speakers from our profession, quality content, in addition to professional networking opportunities.

We encourage you to visit our website often. Here we will continue to keep you current on all Association activities, training opportunities and schedule, committee reports, as well as many other features. This is the central place to keep us connected – to each other and to our industry.

Volunteers are the life blood of EASFAA. We have committees that provide training, spearhead advocacy, mentor new leaders, support the grad professional community, focus on multicultural diversity activities, or provide the voice to our association through public relations. These are just a few of our committees and I would like to encourage you to take a look and see how you may help us. Please click on the volunteer link on this page and become a part of the pulse of EASFAA.

Thank you again for this wonderful opportunity to serve as President of EASFAA. I urge all of you to continue your support of EASFAA. If you have any ideas, suggestions, or questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at bmiller@umuc.edu, your state representative to EASFAA, or any other Council member.  And please plan to attend our 44th Annual Conference May 16-19, 2010 at the brand new MGM at Foxwoods in beautiful Connecticut.

Barb Miller
EASFAA President 2009-10