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Our new strategic plan EASFAA at 60: Honoring Our Legacy, Shaping the Future helps to chart the course of EASFAA for the next several years. As we move from the planning phase of strategic planning, on to the implementation phase, I have three areas of focus for the 2025-26 Council year:

• 360 degrees of Communication: You need to hear from EASFAA and EASFAA needs to hear from YOU! We will further define the role of EASFAA State Representatives in this endeavor and offer ongoing communication that keeps you informed of what is going on within YOUR association. We will also elevate the Association by communicating externally---these are critically important times that we’re living in. Communicating advocacy for our students, higher education, and our profession is essential to not only serving as champions for student financial assistance, but also for the future of the students we serve.
• Identifying and Delivering on Milestone Goals: EASFAA at 60: Honoring Our Legacy, Shaping the Future cannot be a document that lives in isolation; it must act as a roadmap for the next several years and chart the course of action for the EASFAA Regional Council. Early in my tenure as President, we will identify milestone goals that we promise to deliver on this year as we implement the strategic plan. Communication on our progress toward achieving those milestone goals will be frequent and multi-faceted and coincide with the goal of having 360 degrees of communication for our membership.
• Championing Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belongingness (DEIB): This work has been part of EASFAA’s DNA for the more than 25 years I have been involved with the Association. It is imperative that EASFAA continues to embrace diversity of thought, equity in approach, and inclusion of access so that every member of our community feels the sense of belongingness that they ought to feel at not only the tables we offer colleagues to sit at, but also the tables outside of EASFAA.

EASFAA has been a part of my life for literally half of my life. It is through EASFAA that I have gained professional development, training, networking, and skills that continue to serve me well as a financial aid professional and inspires me to learn more, do more, and serve more.  It is an honor to serve as EASFAA President for 2025-26 and I look forward to advancing EASFAA’s mission.

Kenneth Ferreira

2025-26 EASFAA President

Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging.

In support of the EASFAA mission, we are committed to building and sustaining a diverse and inclusive community of professionals regardless of racial and gendered identities, age, national origin, intellectual or physical disabilities, religion, sexual orientation, professional and educational level, institutional type, or any other uniquely defined characteristics in accordance with the Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

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