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Meteor Members

The Meteor Members are those organizations that are currently providing resources for the development of the Meteor Network.

Benefits of Being a Meteor Member:

• Ability to participate in the requirements, design and development of the Meteor project
• Participation in an innovative industry initiative
• Build strong business ties with other Meteor participants
• Part of the early group for implementation

How to Become a Meteor Member

Meteor Members are organizations that provide financial and human resources to the Meteor project including development, production support and project outreach.  These are the organizations that shape the future of the Meteor Project.  Organizations interested in becoming a Meteor Member should contact the Meteor Advisory Team at meteor@nchelp.org to get additional information.

Support Meteor’s success in providing a solution to the industry.

How to Become a Meteor Participant

Meteor Participants are organizations that implement the Meteor software as access and data providers.  The Meteor Advisory Team has established registration procedures that are detailed in the meteor Policy & Procedure manual.  Please refer to the manual for detailed registration steps.  Essentially, the registration process begins by contacting the Meteor Registration Coordinator at meteor@nchelp.org and completion of the appropriate registration forms and profiles.  Upon receipt of all forms, the Meteor team will review the documentation and authentication processes (as appropriate) while the participant prepares for implementation.  After implementation and testing of the software, the new participant will be made active in the Meteor registry and the organization can then move into production.

Mission Statement

Meteor will be recognized and accepted as the standard for real time,
secure access to comprehensive, timely and accurate student financial aid information.

Vision Statement

Meteor will be THE standard means for accessing higher education data from distributed sources.

Member Listing

American Education Services
1200 North Seventh Street
Harrisburg, PA 17102-1444
www.aesSuccess.org
Contact: Adele Marsh: amarsh@aesSuccess.org

College Foundation, Inc. [NC]
2100 Yonkers Road
Raleigh, NC 27604-2252
www.cfi-cn.org
Contact: James Avett: javett@cfi.org

Connecticut Student Loan Foundation
527 Brook Street
Rocky Hill, CT 06067
www.cslf.com
Contact: Mark Valenti: mvalent@mail.cslf.org
Jim Kuhlen: jkuhlen@mail.cslf.org

Educational Credit Management Corporation
101 East Fifth Street
Suite 2400
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101
Contact:  Kathy Sizemore  ksizemore@ecmc.org

Education Assistance Corporation
115 First Avenue, SW
Aberdeen, SD 57401
www.eac-easci.org
Contact: Barry Smith: bsmith@eac-easci.org

Florida Department of Education, OSFA
1940 N. Monroe Street, Suite 70
Tallahassee, FL 32303-4759
www.firn.edu/doe
Contact: Kelly Harrison: harrisk@mail.doe.state.fl.us

Georgia Higher Education Assistance Corporation
Suite #200, 2082 E. Exchange Place
Tucker, GA 30084
www.gsfc.org
Contact: David O. Benner: davidb@gsfc.org

Great Lakes Higher Education Guaranty Corporation
2401 International Lane
Madison, WI 53704
www.glhec.org
Contact: Russ Judd: rjudd@glhec.org

Illinois Student Assistance Commission
3rd Floor, 500 W. Monroe
Springfield, IL 62704-1876
http://www.collegezone.com
Contact: Sheila Bourque: sbourque@isac.org

Iowa Student Loan Liquidity Corporation
900 Equitable Building, 604 Locust
Des Moines, IA 50309-3716
www.studentloan.org
Contact: Steve McCullough: smccullo@studentloan.org
JC Lin: jclin@ames1.islitg.org

Michigan Higher Education Assistance Authority
608 W. Allegan Street
Lansing, MI 48933-1524
Michigan.gov/mistudentaid
Contact: Toots Lapata-Victorson: victorsont@michigan.gov

Montana Guaranteed Student Loan Program
2500 Broadway
Helena, MT 59601-4989
www.mgslp.state.mt.us
Contact: Corena Benjamin: cbenjamin@mgslp.state.mt.us

New Hampshire Higher Education Assistance Foundation
4 Barrell Court, Cambridge Woods Office Park
Concord, NH 03301
www.nhheaf.org
Contact: Dave Dobbins: ddobbins@gmsr.org

New Jersey Higher Education Student Assistance Authority
4 Quakerbridge Plaza
Trenton, NJ 08625
www.hesaa.org
Contact: Francine Andrea: fandrea@hesaa.org

North Carolina State Education Assistance Authority
P.O. Box 2688
Chapel Hill, NC 27515-2688
www.ncseaa.edu
Contact: Jim Avett: javett@cfi.org

New York State Higher Education Services Corporation
99 Washington Avenue
Albany, NY 12255
www.hesc.com
Contact: Christopher Cooper: Christopher_Cooper@hesc.com 

Northwest Education Loan Association (NELA)
190 Queen Anne Avenue N, Suite 300
Seattle, WA 98109
www.nela.net
Contact: Brian Allison:  ballison@usafunds.org

Oklahoma Guaranteed Student Loan Program
P.O. Box 3000
421 NW 13th St.
Oklahoma City, OK 73103
www.ogslp.org
Contact: Mary Mowdy: mmowdy@ogslp.org

Rhode Island Higher Education Assistance Authority
560 Jefferson Boulevard
Warwick, RI 02886
www.riheaa.org
Contact: William Hurry: whurry@riheaa.org
Charlie Miller: cmiller@riheaa.org
Gail Rios: gmrios@riheaa.org

Sallie Mae, Inc.
11600 Sallie Mae Drive
Reston, VA 20193
www.salliemae.org
Contact: Gail Somerville: gail.somerville@slma.com

Student Loan Guarantee Foundation of Arkansas
10 Turtle Creek Lane
Little Rock, AK 72202
www.slgfa.org
Contact: Ronnie L. Nichoalds: rnchoalds@slgfa.org

United Student Aid Funds
10475 Crosspoint Blvd, Suite 230
Indianapolis, IN 46256
www.usafunds.org
Contact: Brian Allison: ballison@usafunds.org

Vermont Student Assistance Corporation
Champlain Mill 1 Main Street
Winooski, VT 05404-2601
www.vsac.org
Contact: Pat Kaiser: kaiser@vsac.org