State Reports
Ohio
by Mary Lynn Perry, OASFAA President
The newly 2005-06 elected officials were announced at the OASFAA
Spring Conference in Akron, Ohio this past May, as well as the
passing of the gavel from Mark Bandre’ to Mary Lynn Perri.
The elected positions of the 2005-06 Executive Committee are:
| President |
Mary Lynn Perri, Ursuline
College |
| President-Elect |
Claudia Wenzel, John Carroll University |
| Past President |
Wendell Schick, Ohio Northern University |
| VP for Conferences |
Angela Johnson, Cuyahoga Community College
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| VP for Training |
Randy Ulses, University of Cincinnati |
| Secretary |
Emily Swain, Mt. Union College |
| Treasurer |
Betsy Johnson, Owens Community College |
| Treasurer-Elect |
Stephanie Sutton, Lorain County Community
College |
| NE Regional Rep |
Jason Florack, Baldwin-Wallace |
| NW Regional Rep |
Robin Belleville, Owens Community College |
| SE Regional Rep |
Jo Slade, Ohio State University |
| SW Regional Rep |
Doran Brock, University of Cincinnati
Raymond Walters College |
These representatives, in addition to all OASFAA committee
chairs, met in June for a planning and transition meeting. All
are ready to begin a very busy new year focused on Professional
Development and Leadership training for our members, which numbered
just over 800 this past year.
The Executive Committee would also like to extend a farewell
and much thanks to Mark Bandre’ for his service to our
association over the past years as well as his service to MASFAA
and the Reauthorization Committee. Mark has accepted a new position
as Director of Financial Aid at Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas,
and will begin his duties there in late August. We wish Mark
all the best! As indicated above, Wendell Schick will take Mark’s
role of Past-President for the 2005-06 year.
OASFAA is gearing up for its fourth College Goal Sunday Event
on February 12, 2006. We have been able to build the program
each year, and hope to surpass last year’s numbers: 412
volunteers at 34 sites across the state and assisted 1265 students
in completing their FAFSA’s. Total attendance, including
family members, was just over 2300. Thanks to Greg Guzman and
Claudia Wenzel, who chaired the College Goal Sunday committee,
and to all the volunteers and site coordinators.
The 2005-06 Leadership Training Committee is chaired by Cheryl
Willard and Steve England. They are working hard at updating
and planning our third Leadership Training for the coming year,
which will include a two-day workshop in the fall, and continued
training at our Winter and Spring Conferences. The Leadership
Training is open to all new professionals in the organization,
and is offered every other year. Participants are nominated
by their Directors, or self-nominate, and only 20-25 are chosen
for the Training. Past participants have become very involved
in committee work for OASFAA, and many have run for different
offices over the past few years. We are confident that this
will hold true for the upcoming 2005-06 class.
Please feel free to visit our website for more information
at www.OASFAA.org.
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