For Release: 6/28/2006Contact: Ben Kiser, 402.458.3024
(Lincoln, Neb.) – Today, Nelnet’s Business Solutions department announced key appointments to its Higher Education leadership team. The appointments were made to support the unit’s commitment to current and future customer needs within the higher education market.
Bob Gentile has been named as the new Executive Vice President of Sales. Gentile has been with FACTS Management for nearly 15 years and served as Senior Vice President for the FACTS college division. In his new role, he will be responsible for delivering Nelnet Business Solutions products and services to the higher education market and will have oversight of the unit’s sales team.
Ron King has been named Executive Vice President of Business Development. In this capacity, King will be responsible for partnerships, proposals, sales to education finance companies, and new product initiatives. He’s served infiNET as National Sales Manager for more than four years.
Joanna Levine has been named as the Director of Customer Relationship Management. In this capacity, Levine will manage the team of individuals who are primarily responsible for product cross-selling, contract renewals, and customer relationships. She has held this position with infiNET for over two years.
Alyssa Kattner has been named as the unit’s Marketing Manager. In this capacity, Kattner will be responsible for all promotion and public relations for the group. She has served with infiNET for more than six years.
Nelnet Business Solutions is a newly created department within Nelnet Education Services. Key components of the department include tuition payment plans offered through FACTS Management and e-commerce solutions from infiNET. In addition, Nelnet’s College Planning and Enrollment Management services will be available to institutions through the Nelnet Business Solutions channel.
“Our key focus is to provide high quality services for students and their families and improved efficiency for the staff of the institutions we serve,” said David Byrnes, CEO of Nelnet Business Solutions. “By bringing all of these services together through Nelnet and our unit, we simplify the decision making for the institution and enhance the implementation and operation of our services.”
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Nelnet is one of the leading education finance companies in the United States and is focused on providing quality products and services to students and schools nationwide. Nelnet ranks among the nation's leaders in terms of total net student loan assets with $21.3 billion as of March 31, 2006. Headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska, Nelnet originates, consolidates, securitizes, holds, and services student loans, principally loans originated under the Federal Family Education Loan Program of the U.S. Department of Education. Additional information is available at www.nelnet.com.
FACTS is the nation’s largest provider of tuition payment plans for private and parochial K-12 schools as well as colleges and universities. In addition to providing tuition payment plans to more than 690,000 families, the Lincoln, Nebraska based company provides online payment processing, detailed information reporting, financial needs assessment, and data integration services at more than 4,000 private and parochial K-12 schools and colleges and universities, while managing more than $1.8 billion in tuition funds each year. Additional information is available at www.factsmgt.com.
infiNET is a leading provider of campus-wide commerce services for higher education organizations, incorporating customer-centric electronic transactions, information sharing, and account and bill presentment. The Chicago-based company’s QuikPAY® suite of automated billing, payment processing, and commerce services are utilized by more than 170 campuses and approximately 1.5 million students and families nationwide. The company’s LoanPAY™ service is used by education finance companies nationally to serve 5.5 million borrowers. Additional information is available at www.infinet-inc.com.
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