All Aboard: Navigating Change, Risk, and Leadership in Financial Aid Tuesday, May 26, 2026 | Tentative 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM Daytona Grande Oceanfront Resort Breakfast & Lunch Included
Overview: All aboard for the FASFAA Director’s Symposium, a half-day, leadership-focused experience designed for financial aid directors, AVPs, and VPs navigating the rapidly changing highly regulated high seas of financial aid. This symposium provides a strategic port of call for senior financial aid leaders to connect with peers, gain expert insight, and align on emerging risks, opportunities, and responsibilities. Through expert-led sessions and facilitated discussion, attendees will explore current federal changes, institutional risk considerations, and effective strategies for communicating with senior leadership.
Who Should Attend:
Financial Aid Directors
Assistant and Associate Vice Presidents
Vice Presidents overseeing financial aid or enrollment management functions
Attendees will leave better equipped to anticipate regulatory shifts, manage institutional risk, and lead with clarity during periods of uncertainty.
Symposium Sessions: Federal Financial Aid in Flux: What Directors Must Know Now - Presenter Katie Conrad Federal financial aid oversight continues to evolve—often with guidance that lacks clarity or consistency. This session helps directors get their bearings by separating true compliance risk from background noise. Participants will review key federal changes, examine Department of Education guidance, and assess implications for institutional liability. The focus will be on identifying issues requiring immediate action, those that warrant monitoring, and how to escalate risk appropriately.
Compliance Under Pressure: Financial Aid, Institutional Risk, and Accountability - Presenter Nadine Bailey When guidance is incomplete or conflicting, financial aid offices must still stay the course. This session explores strategies for managing compliance and institutional risk during periods of regulatory transition. Topics include professional judgment, documentation and decision-making, audit and program review readiness, and cross-campus alignment with legal, finance, and enrollment partners.
Communicating Up: Translating Financial Aid for Senior Leadership - Presenters Joan Bailey and Dr. Karemah Manselle Senior leaders need clear, concise insight—not operational detail. This session focuses on translating complex financial aid issues into executive-level communication. Participants will learn how to frame compliance concerns in institutional risk language, connect federal changes to enrollment and revenue, and deliver leadership-ready briefings for presidents, provosts, CFOs, and boards. *A detailed agenda will be shared with registered attendees.
Registration: Registration Fee: $50 per person Important Note: Attendees of the FASFAA Directors Summit (December 2025) must still register for the Symposium but will not be charged the $50 registration fee.
Hotel & Accommodations: Daytona Grande Oceanfront Resort Hotel reservations must be made by Friday May 2nd, 2026 to receive the group rate (NO EXCEPTIONS)
Room Rate: $179.00 per night (plus 12.5% tax and $20 resort fee) Parking: Waived ($0) for guest staying on property (normally $18) Valet Parking: $33 per day Daily Event Parking: $5 per day
