Tara Piantanida

Current

Director of Financial Aid & Scholarships at Northwest College

Past

Owner/Consultant at FinancialAidSolutions.com
Financial Aid Training Specialist at EdFund
Regional Account Manager at ELM Resources

Director of Financial Aid & Scholarships at Menlo College

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Education

Winthrop University
Irmo High School

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Higher Education

Websites

My Website

Tara Piantanida’s Summary

Former Financial Aid Consultant/Director/Trainer and website publisher with 16 years of experience in college financial aid. Extensive experience in training financial aid professionals, and helping colleges and universities manage their financial aid programs.

Tara Piantanida’s Specialties:

Training, presenting, public speaking

Tara Piantanida’s Experience

Director of Financial Aid & Scholarships

Northwest College

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

August 2009 — Present (4 months)
Owner/Consultant

FinancialAidSolutions.com

(Higher Education industry)

December 1995 — August 2009 (13 years 9 months)

In addition to my financial aid consulting business (www.FinancialAidSolutions.com), I also publish www.DeadlyFinancialAidMistakes.com, www.FreeCollegeMoneyBlog.com and www.FinancialAidMart.com, a website full of financial aid information, products and services to help people pay less for college.
Financial Aid Training Specialist

EdFund

(Government Agency; 501-1000 employees; Government Administration industry)

December 2005 — January 2008 (2 years 2 months)
Regional Account Manager

ELM Resources

(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Financial Services industry)

2005 — 2005 (less than a year)
Director of Financial Aid & Scholarships

Menlo College

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

January 1995 — December 1995 (1 year )

Responsible for all aspects of awarding and disbursing Federal, State and institutional financial aid including FFELP, Federal Pell, Federal SEOG, Federal Perkins, Cal Grant, and over $2.5 million in institutional aid. Researched and formulated packaging policies. Trained and supervised office staff regarding Federal regulations. Set parameters for and maintained Micro-Faids (now PowerFaids) computer system.

Tara Piantanida’s Education

Winthrop University

BA , Communications, Music , 1984 — 1988

Activities and Societies:

Chi Omega, Delta Omicron, Kappa Tau Alpha, Alpha Lambda Delta, Phi Kappa Phi
Irmo High School

1980 — 1984