Session 1: Wednesday, October 27, 2-3:30 pm

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Are you new to financial aid at an independent school? Looking for training on terms, definitions, key relationships, and the strategic use of financial aid to reach enrollment goals? Perhaps you are a director of admission with financial aid oversight and a need to interpret financial aids form so that you can work collaboratively with your financial aid director or CFO.

Join us for two ninety-minute sessions with financial aid experts who will give you the introduction you need to an often confounding experience for both families and schools. These classes will be live via Zoom to enable active participation, collaboration, and interaction.

Session 1: Wednesday, October 27, 2-3:30 pm

Definitions, overview of financial aid responsibilities by month, and the importance of financial aid as an enrollment strategy.
Key on campus partnerships and the importance of an empathetic, trusting relationship with families.
10 financial aid-related questions you need answers to and why

Contributors

Geordie Mitchell

Assistant Head of School for Enrollment Management and Outreach
La Jolla Country Day School

Geordie Mitchell has literally spent his life on school campuses. He was born and raised on the campus of St. Paul’s School in Baltimore and began his own independent school career at Trinity-Pawling School, an all-boys boarding school in New York where he taught, coached, advised, and served as both the Assistant Director of the Capital Campaign and the Director of Admission. Called back to his roots, Geordie returned to St. Paul’s for 14 years. During that time, he served as the Director of Development and the Director of Admissions. He was the Assistant Head for External Relations at Wilmington Friends School where he oversaw the admissions, development, and communications departments. He returned to admissions in his role as Director of Enrollment Management at Buckingham Browne & Nichols School in Cambridge, MA, and finally came to his current role as Assistant Head of School for Enrollment Management and Outreach at La Jolla Country Day. Geordie’s experience has encompassed grades PK-12, day and boarding, and spiritual and secular schools. A founding and current Board member for AISAP, Geordie has been a frequent presenter at conferences and workshops around the country and abroad on various aspects of enrollment management.
Genieve Rankel

Director of Financial Aid, Buckingham Browne & Nichols School

Genieve Lumsby Rankel has been the Director of Financial Aid at Buckingham, Browne, and Nichols (BB&N), a Pre-K through 12 independent school in Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 2011. Though she works out of the admissions office at the school, her role does not end when a student is admitted and the financial aid application completed. “The beauty of my job is that I get to be with a family their entire time at the school,” she says. “I get to share special parts of their lives, the births and deaths, crises and celebrations. My job is not just about crunching numbers.”

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Contributors

Geordie Mitchell

Genieve Rankel