[Oasfaa] Kevin Campbell's New Role - Congratulations!

[Melinda Simpson]

March 16, 2021

Greetings OASFAA Members!

I hope this finds you all safe, healthy and happy.

I am both happy and sad to report that I have been reassigned to a new position within the Department of Education.

I am sad because I have been providing training, Title IV guidance and FSA/ED updates to your association for over twenty years.  I started attending state and regional conferences as an Institutional Improvement Specialist between 1999 and 2006.  I continued to attend and present at conferences, including the annual NASFAA and FSA Training Conferences, as a Training Officer between 2006 and 2021.  I will miss being a trainer and having the opportunity to interact with all of you more than I can convey in words.

I am happy because my reassignment will present new opportunities to assist students and families pursue financial well being in their lives.  I am being assigned to Federal Student Aid's Office of Strategy and Innovation (S&I).  There I will work for ET Winzer, a name some of the more experienced financial aid administrators may recognize as a former Financial Aid Director from Louisiana.

In S&I, we are focusing on increasing student financial empowerment (SFE).  That may be a new term to some, so I will include the official definition, recently drafted:

Federal Student Aid (FSA) Student Financial Empowerment (SFE) is a series of engagements with students, families, and educators that collectively support a student's ability and confidence to make financially informed decisions toward attaining financial well-being as an adult, regardless of career or educational journey. The SFE initiative will equip students with knowledge and tools to support their ability to make financially informed decisions toward attaining financial well-being regardless of career or educational journey.

As part of my new duties, the team I am joining will be working on ways to partner with schools, organizations, government agencies and other entities to promote ED's tools and resources that can promote student empowerment.  These resources include things like FSAID, the FAFSA and the College Scorecard.  We are looking at new tools that are not yet developed.  We are looking at ways to increase awareness about these tools to students at a much younger age than we have in the past, starting in middle school.  We also want to focus on older adult students who may be returning to postsecondary school or attending for the first time.  Perhaps these efforts will allow our professional paths to cross in the future.

FSA has always committed to support state and regional associations and will continue to do so.  We value the opportunity to be a part of your conference and training efforts.  When the occasion arises for either in-person or virtual  training opportunities, please reach out to Mr. Scott Prince at scott.prince at ed.gov<mailto:scott.prince at ed.gov>.   Scott is a manager in the Training and Information Services Group and will do his best to accommodate your training requests.
Please know that it has been a privilege and honor to be able to serve the Oklahoma financial aid community for the past two decades.  You have always made me very welcome.  I have always been, and remain, in awe of the work you perform including the impossible tasks that fall to you and which you complete with professionalism and compassion.  I am amazed at the number of lives that you are personally responsible for having changed for the better.  You all are amazing!

So, I will close with not good-bye, but until we meet again!   Wishing you all the very best in your personal and professional endeavors.


Kevin Campbell

United States Department of Education

Federal Student Aid

Strategy and Innovation

Strategic Outreach and Engagement

214-661-9488

kevin.campbell at ed.gov



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