Welcome to the Rocky Mountain Association of Student Financial Aid Administrator's (RMASFAA) website. We come from the eight states of Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming. Our backgrounds are as varied as the landscape of our region. We represent institutions of all sizes and types - from small proprietary schools to large land-grant universities. Our members include financial aid administrators at schools as well as representatives of the associate sector including lenders, software providers, servicing agencies, and others who provide support to our students and schools.

RMASFAA 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. Our annual fall conference provides top-notch speakers from our profession, quality content, in addition to professional networking opportunities. The region is also known for its high quality Summer Institute training which takes place over a week in June.

Volunteers are the life blood of RMASFAA. We have committees that provide training, mentor new leaders, support the 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.

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.

I am honored to serve as the President of RMASFAA this year and welcome your thoughts and suggestions. We rely on each other's expertise, knowledge, and friendship. We share ideas, processes, and shoulders to lean on. We come together as a group always working toward one common goal - to help meet the needs of our students.

Best wishes for a productive and successful year. I look forward to having you participate in our regional activities throughout the year.

           Brenda Hicks
           RMASFAA President 2011-2012
           brenda.hicks@sckans.edu