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

  

Happening Now: 

Congratulations to all  the deserving recipients of TASFAA awards that were recognized at the annual conference.  Visit the Awards page to view the award recipients.

Ready to volunteer for a committee for the 2025-26 year?  Click here to sign up!

 

New to TASFAA? Learn more about membership here!

Want to become a TASFAA Sponsor? Find out more here!

About TASFAA

TASFAA Mission Statement

The Texas Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (TASFAA) advances student access to higher education by providing professional development for its diverse members, advocating for informed public policies, and facilitating forums on financial aid topics.

TASFAA Vision Statement

TASFAA will serve as a pillar by empowering members with excellent professional development opportunities and promoting student access and success in higher education.

TASFAA Statement of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

TASFAA is firmly committed to fostering a warm, open environment for Financial Aid Professionals, as our membership is comprised of many intersecting identities that make us unique individuals. We strive to eliminate discrimination including, but not limited to: race, color, ethnicity, national origin, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, age or veteran status. Additionally, we embrace the cultural, political, social class and religious affiliations of our members, as those differences allow us to best serve the vastly diverse student community in the State of Texas.

Established in 1967, TASFAA serves multiple roles including:

  • Encouraging students to pursue higher education.
  • Promoting student financial aid programs in the post-secondary institutions of the state.
  • Facilitating communication, activities, services and professional development among constituencies involved in student financial aid administration in the 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.

 

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