5:30 – 7:30 p.m.

Early Arrival Registration and Reception
The Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel
Pre-function Area, Lower Level

8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Registration
Boston Convention & Exhibition Center
Lobby

8:00 – 9:00 a.m.

Breakfast
Boston Convention & Exhibition Center
Room 253

9:00 – 9:30 a.m.

Symposium Welcome
Grace Bartini, American Student Assistance Ombudsman
Boston Convention & Exhibition Center
Room 253

9:30 – 10:30 a.m.

General Session
Keynote—Leadership for the Hip Hop Generation
Dr. Zenobia Hikes, Vice President for Student Affairs at Virginia Tech
Boston Convention & Exhibition Center
Room 253

10:30 – 10:45 a.m. 

Refreshment Break

10:45 – 11:45 a.m.

Concurrent Sessions
Access to College
Pensal McCray, Founder of Ethnic College Counseling Center

Ginette Saimprevil, Senior Counselor, Bottom Line
Boston Convention & Exhibition Center
Room 252A

Concurrent Sessions
Forging Partnerships for Default Prevention
Justin Draeger, Assistant Director for Communication, NASFAA
Room 252B

11:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.  

Networking Break

12:00 – 12:45 p.m.

Lunch
Boston Convention & Exhibition Center
Room 253

12:45 – 1:30 p.m.

General Session—Leadership is Only As Great As Those Around You
Geoffrey Canada, President/CEO of the Harlem Children’s Zone
Boston Convention & Exhibition Center
Room 253

1:30 – 1:45 p.m.

Networking Break

1:45 – 3:00 p.m.

Concurrent Sessions—Leadership and Mentoring
Eric Liu, Author and Founder of The Guiding Light Foundation
Boston Convention & Exhibition Center
Room 252A

Concurrent Sessions
Dr. Ann Coles, Senior College Access Advisor, The Education Resources Institute
Getting Ready, Getting In, and Getting Through College
Boston Convention & Exhibition Center
Room 252B

3:00 – 3:15 p.m.

Refreshment Break

3:00 – 3:15 p.m.

Book signing, Eric Liu
The Guiding Light
Boston Convention & Exhibition Center
Lobby

3:15 – 4:30 p.m.

Roundtable Discussions

• – Best Practices
• – Leadership and Mentoring
• – Measurement of Results

Boston Convention & Exhibition Center
Room 253

5:30 – 9:30 p.m.

New England Clambake Dinner
The Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel
Garden Terrace, Lower Level

8:00 – 10:00 a.m.

Registration
Boston Convention & Exhibition Center
Lobby

8:00 – 9:00 a.m.

Breakfast
Boston Convention & Exhibition Center
Room 253

8:20 – 8:30 a.m.

Morning Welcome
Paul Combe, ASA President and CEO
Boston Convention & Exhibition Center
Room 253

8:30 – 9:15 a.m.

General Session—Washington Update
William Hansen, Former Deputy Secretary of Education, U.S. Department of Education
Boston Convention & Exhibition Center
Room 253

9:15 – 9:30 a.m.

Networking Break

9:30 – 10:30 a.m.

General Session
Keynote—Change Leadership: Creating a Different Tomorrow
Gary Heil, Author and Co-Founder of The Center for Innovative Leadership
Boston Convention & Exhibition Center
Room 253

10:30 – 10:45 a.m.

Refreshment Break

10:45 – 11:45 a.m.

Concurrent Sessions—Focus on Measurement
Piecing Together the Student Success Puzzle
Jillian Kinzie, Associate Director, Center for Postsecondary Research & NSSE Institute
Room 252 A

Concurrent Sessions
Working With Your High Risk Borrowers
Ann Brieck, M.A., of Sense and Centsibility, Post Graduate Student Affairs and Financial Aid Consulting

Nick Niemiec, OMS II
Peer Debt Manager
Ohio University, School of Osteopathic Medicine
Room 252B

12:00 – 12:45 p.m.

Lunch
Boston Convention & Exhibition Center
Room 253

12:45 – 1:30 p.m.

General Session—Business, Education, Success: It all Works together
John Wood, Author and Founder of Room to Read
Boston Convention & Exhibition Center
Room 253

1:30 – 1:45 p.m.

Book signing, John Wood
Leaving Microsoft to Change the World
Boston Convention & Exhibition Center
Lobby

1:30 – 1:45 p.m.

Networking Break

1:45 – 3:00 p.m.

Student Panel
Boston Convention & Exhibition Center
Room 253

3:00 – 3:15 p.m.

Ice Cream To Go
Boston Convention and Exhibition Center
Lobby