HEAG is pleased to announce the following additions to our consultant staff…
Barbara Winchell has worked in higher education for 17 years with 16 of those years specifically in financial aid. Prior to arriving at HEAG in November of 2017, she was the System Director of Program Operations – Financial Aid at Lone Star College System in Houston, TX, managing aid for 83,000 students. From 2011-2016, she was the Director of Financial Aid at Mount Saint Mary in Newburgh, NY. She also worked at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park and Syracuse University, in New York State. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Finance from Marist College, a Masters in Business Administration from Mount Saint Mary College and is currently working towards a lifetime goal of a doctorate in education.
Roxanne Dumas began her career in Financial Aid in 2001 at Boston University as an Assistant Director. After leaving BU in 2007, she has spent the last 10 years as a Director of Financial Aid at both private and state institutions including Emmanuel College, Wheelock College, and Massachusetts Bay Community College. She has worked with a variety of software systems including Datatel, Peoplesoft, Jenzabar and most extensively with PowerFAIDS. Her PowerFAIDS expertise includes daily operations, communications, system set-up, reporting, and process management. Roxanne currently serves on the executive council for the Massachusetts Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (MASFAA) and also volunteers as a presenter doing College Financing Seminars on behalf of the Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority (MEFA) at local high schools in her community. Roxanne holds both a Bachelor’s degree in Home Economics and a Master of Business Administration degree with a focus in Business Information Systems from California State University, Los Angeles.