President's Welcome
Greetings AASFAA! I look forward to serving you as AASFAA president for the 2025-2026 year. My journey with AASFAA began six years ago while co-presenting on UEH at the annual conference and includes volunteering as training co-chair in 2023-24 and president elect in 2024-25. I am grateful for my opportunity to serve as president and am grateful for receiving encouragement to continue volunteering. I highly recommend volunteering with AASFAA in some capacity if you haven’t already. To do so, visit https://www.aasfaa.org/volunteer. If you aren’t a member or aren’t current on your membership dues, we’d love to get you or your organization back! Do you know someone outside your financial aid office who should join? Visit https://www.aasfaa.org/aasfaa-membership My commitment to you for the 2025-2026 year is to provide resources that assist you in your financial aid roles or your financial aid adjacent roles and provide you with a vehicle to grow professionally. I’d like to invite you to pause and think for a moment what it is that you would like to accomplish professionally in the 2025-2026 year. We at AASFAA would like to assist you with reaching your goals whether they include improving your public speaking skills, leadership skills, leading or partaking in a training, joining a panel discussion, participating in a conference, earning a NASFAA credential, or volunteering and connecting with your peers across the state. In closing, I’d like to acknowledge that we survived FAFSA simplification in 2024-2025. Strap in, because I’m sure there will be many more changes in the 2025-2026 year. AASFAA is committed to providing trainings that are timely and beneficial, connecting you to your fellow colleagues in Arizona, and most importantly, supporting you and our financial aid community. Josh Edwards |
