Zachery Gries

• Conduct over 1,200 (annually) education and personal finance/student loan coaching sessions with employees at over 300 organizations nationwide.
• Deliver workshops to audiences of 900+ online participants on all aspects of education finance, including saving for college, paying for college, and student loan repayment.
• Manage onboarding of new hires with group presentation software (On24) and presenting skill development.
• Undertake all duties in accordance with Bright Horizons' HEART Principles of Honesty, Excellence, Accountability, Respect, and Teamwork.

Created and managed institutional policies to comply with state and federal financial aid guidelines and regulations.

• Awarded, paid, and balanced $10,000,000+ of financial aid annually.
• Created policies and procedures and adopted new technology functions to improve efficiency of aid processing.
• Reviewed 100+ annual financial aid appeals, issuing secondary and final judgments on award packages.
• Designated lead for annual title 4 financial aid audit.
• Managed staff of three full time financial aid professionals.

• Provided financial aid counseling to enrolled and prospective students.
• Reviewed 2,000+ initial financial aid applications for accuracy and compliance with reporting standards.
• Processed financial aid award packages, aligning contents with individuals' monetary needs.
• Helped individuals complete physical and electronic paperwork such as FAFSA.
• Counseled students and parents about financial aid options and program details.
• Managed and processed and consulted re: private educational loans for 150+ undergraduate and graduate students.

• Recruit students from assigned territory of five highest producing schools in nearby region.
• Surpassed enrollment goals 2015-2019. Produced highest % over goal of all territories for fall 2017 enrollment term.
• Create strong relationships with students, parents, and partners by ensuring maximum understanding of advantages of Loras College education and delivering consistently outstanding service.
• Assist financial aid staff in packaging incoming first year student financial aid.
• Document procedures used by data entry team, visit coordinator team, financial aid team, and seek opportunities to improve with technology.

• Implement strategies to achieve sales goals through securing take-away business, converting textbook users to service-based format, and ensuring strong service to current service-based users.
• Utilize cold calls, web presentations and demos to demonstrate value of McGraw Hill technology products and increase adoption.
• Achieved highest digital growth in "National Region" among 51 counterparts in 2014. Achieved sales goals 2013-2015