The 14th Annual Education Finance & Loan Symposium 2023 | iiBIG (International Institute of Business Information & Growth) | 15 May 2023 | Hilton Arlington National Landing, 2399 Richmond Hwy, Arlington, VA 22202, USA

This event has become known as the only conference of its kind to attract a 360-degree cross-section of all the key players in the education finance/student loan industry. Attendance at our in-person events has averaged between 125-150 and, early indications are that this year’s IN-PERSON conference will continue this trend.

2023 Speakers

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION

Richard A. Cordray,
Chief Operating Officer, Federal Student Aid, United States Department of Education

Jeff Andrade
SVP, McKeon Group

Marilena Botoulas
Asst. Dean for Financial Aid, Columbia University, Graduate School of Business

Gen. Mark Brown (Ret)
Executive Director, Student Freedom Initiative (AFI)

Scott Buchanan
Executive Director, Student Loan Servicing Alliance

Gail daMota
President, Education Finance Council (EFC)

Dr. Robert Feldman
Consultant, U.S. Education Finance Group

Henry Howard
President & CEO, US Education Finance Group

Eric Hurwitz
Co-Chair, Financial Services Litigataion, Stradley, Ronon, Stevens & Young LLP

Eric Ives
Senior Vice President & General Manager, ECSI

David Kafafia
COO, Stride Funding

Karthik Krishnan
CEO, MentorWorks Education Capital LLC

Timothy Lehmann
VP Student Financial Services, Southern New Hampshire University

Mary Morris
CEO, Virginia529

Rebekah Melville
Managing Director, Financial Aid, Yale School of Management

Ron Page
Managing Partner, CapaFinancial

Sara Parrish
President, CampusDoor

Casey Powers
CEO, Climb Credit

Charles Pruett
Assistant Dean, Student Financial Aid, Georgetown Law Center

Balaji (Raj) Rajan
CEO, IonTuition

Ian Rasmussen
Managing Director, Co-Head ABS, Fitch Ratings

Jonathan Riber
Vice President, DBRS

Dubravka Ritter
Advisor and Research Fellow, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

Brad Rustin IV
Partner, Nelson Mullins LLP

Kelley Shepherd
CFA, Chief Investment Officer, Outcome Group, Inc.

Aaron Smith
Co-Founder, Savi

Michael Stratford
Education Reporter, POLITICO

Mark Weadick
Managing Director, SL Capital Strategies

Jon Wollman
Chief Product Officer, CURevl LLC

2023 Sponsors

GOLD SPONSORS:

• Nelson Mullins
• U.S. Education Finance Group
• IonTuition

SILVER SPONSORS:

• Campus Door
• CU REVL LLC (CURevl)
• DBRS Morningstar
• ESCI
• Fitch Ratings
• Stradley Ronon’

CO-SPONSORS:
• GOALS
• Launch
• SAVI
• Stride Funding
• ZuntaFi