How and When to Make Perkins Loan Liquidation Decisions

Bryan Dickson is director of education policy at the National Association of Colleges and University Business Officers. He serves as an advocate and strategist on federal higher education finance policy, with a focus on federal student aid administration and issues affecting access, affordability, and institutional financial operations. 

In his role Bryan monitors and interprets legislative and regulatory developments, providing strategic analysis and practical guidance to NACUBO members. He works closely with institutional leaders to assess policy impact, supports member engagement through councils and committees, and helps align NACUBO’s educational programming with emerging federal policies. 

Bryan joined NACUBO in 2008 and holds a bachelor's degree from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. 

Sue Menditto is NACUBO’s expert on financial accounting and reporting, managerial analysis, and financial viability. She is charged with fulfilling higher education advocacy needs with the GASB, FASB, AICPA, and Department of Education. She was appointed to the IPEDS Finance Survey Workgroup in August 2023 as one of its financial reporting experts. She has also represented higher education on the Governmental Accounting Standards Advisory Council (2006–2012), AICPA’s Revenue Recognition Task Force (2016–2017), and the Department of Education’s financial responsibility subcommittee (2017–2018).

Menditto informs the association’s research efforts on accounting issues, endowment management, and tuition discounting; writes member communications: news, advisories, accounting tutorials, and articles; and supports members’ professional development needs by providing subject matter guidance. She has also co-authored chapters of publications addressing accounting, public health, and analytics and regularly speaks on accounting and financial management topics at conferences.

Menditto began her career in public accounting, was a CFO and Controller for a not-for-profit organization, and a vice president for Bank of America where she specialized in change management and accounting policy. She holds degrees in psychology and accounting and is a certified public accountant.  

Maria Livolsi has been with the State University of New York (SUNY) for 36 years, serving as the Director of the SUNY Student Loan Service Center for the past 31 years. Prior to joining SUNY, Maria worked as an accountant in both public and private industry. Maria has a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Siena College and a Master of Science degree in accounting from the State University of New York at Albany. Maria oversees several federal financial aid programs for 30 SUNY campuses with annual expenditures in excess of $425 million. Maria manages the revolving loan funds for the Federal Perkins, Health Professions and Nursing student loan programs, which contain more than 22,000 outstanding borrower loans. Maria is currently serving on the COHEAO Board of Directors as the Vice President and has served on the COHEAO Board in various roles for the past 17 years.