Message from TASFAA President:
Hello TASFAA!
It is my great pleasure to serve as your TASFAA President for the 2025-2026 year, a year that I pray each of our members will remember as something very special. Our state association offers so many ways to serve, numerous opportunities to meet and connect with peers and in helping us grow professionally, as well as personally. It is my hope that everyone who wants to have these meaningful experiences engages actively with all that TASFAA has to offer.
TASFAA fulfills five primary objectives:
- Encouraging students to pursue higher education.
- Promoting student financial aid programs in Texas post-secondary institutions.
- Facilitating communication, activities, services and professional development among constituencies involved in student financial aid administration in our state.
- Inspiring professional competencies in the field of student financial aid administration.
- Motivating innovation and creativity in the financial aid field to span all cohorts.
This is accomplished by all those who volunteer their time to collectively make an impact within TASFAA. To those professionals who come together to make things better, build each other up and create resources that fulfill these goals, we give our continual thanks. Whether coming from our member institutions or our valued sponsors, we are one, we are TASFAA and we are making a difference.
So come be a part of it. I welcome having you join in to serve, promote, encourage, and inspire. Experience TASFAA fully and see what a difference that can make for you!
Watch our Events calendar here on the website to see our many training opportunities, activities and details about our 2026 TASFAA Fall Conference on South Padre Island. We’re going to Ride the Aid Wave on October 7 – 9, 2026. Stay Balanced, Be Bold.
Thomas Ratliff
2025-2026 TASFAA President