Advisory Committee Members

• Mr. Scott A. Giles, Chairperson
  Vice President for Policy, Research, and Planning and Assistant to the Board of Directors
  Vermont Student Assistance Corporation
  10 East Allen Street
  Winooski, Vermont 05404
  Appointed: 9/24/07
  Term Expires: 9/30/10
  Secretary of Education appointee

• Mr. Allison G. Jones, Vice Chairperson
  Assistant Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs
  Student Academic Support
  Office of the Chancellor
  The California State University
  401 Golden Shore
  Long Beach, California 90802-4210
  Appointed: 6/04/07
  Reappointed: 7/28/08
  Term Expires: 9/30/11
  Secretary of Education appointee

• Mr. Norm Bedford
  Director, Financial Aid and Scholarships
  University of Nevada, Las Vegas
  Box 452016
  4505 S. Maryland Parkway
  Las Vegas, Nevada 89154-2016
  Appointed: 10/1/08
  Term Expires: 9/30/12
  U.S. Senate appointee

• Dr. Helen Benjamin
  Chancellor
  Contra Costa Community College District
  500 Court Street
  Martinez, California 94553
  Appointed: 10/2/08
  Term Expires: 9/30/11
  U.S. House of Representatives appointee

• Mr. Clare Cotton
  President (Retired)
  Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Massachusetts
  11 Beacon Street, Suite 1224
  Boston, Massachusetts 02108
  Appointed: 11/12/02
  Reappointed: 10/1/04 and 10/22/07
  Term expires: 9/30/10
  U.S. Senate appointee

• Mr. René A. Drouin
  President and Chief Executive Officer
  NH Higher Education Assistance Foundation
  4 Barrell Court
  Concord, New Hampshire 03302-0877
  Appointed: 10/2/03
  Reappointed: 7/20/06
  Term expires: 9/30/09
  U.S. Senate appointee

• Mr. Anthony J. Guida, Jr.
  Senior Vice President of Strategic Development and Regulatory Affairs
  Education Management Corporation
  210 Sixth Avenue, Suite 3300
  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222
  Appointed: 10/2/08
  Term Expires: 9/30/11
  U.S. House of Representatives appointee

• Mr. Darryl A. Marshall
  Director of Student Financial Aid
  Florida State University
  A4400, University Center
  Tallahassee, Florida 32306-2430
  Appointed: 11/7/03
  Reappointed: 9/19/06
  Term expires: 9/30/09
  Secretary of Education appointee

• Mr. Juan O'Connell
  Student Member
  2042 DeFoors Crossing
  Atlanta, Georgia 30324
  Appointed: 2/28/07
  Term Expires: 9/30/09
  Secretary of Education appointee

• Mr. Joesph A. Russo
  Director, Student Financial Strategies
  University of Notre Dame
  115 Main Building
  Notre Dame, Indiana 46556
  Appointed: 10/09/07
  Term Expires: 9/30/10
  Secretary of Education appointee

• Mr. Robert M. Shireman
  Founder and President
  The Institute for College Access & Success, Inc.
  2150 Shattuck Avenue, Suite 80
  Berkeley, California 94707
  Appointed: 1/21/04
  Reappointed: 9/28/06
  Term expires: 9/30/09
  U.S. House of Representatives appointee

Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance

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