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Commission Bios
Commission for
Financial Aid administrators
Karen Belling | FAA
Karen Belling is the Director
of Financial Aid at Wheaton
College. She has over 12 years
of financial aid experience,
having secured the position of
Assistant Director of Financial
Aid at Wheaton College in 1998. She is active in
the Illinois Association of Student Financial Aid
Administrators and presently serves as an elected
member of their Executive Board. Karen has an
M.B.A. from Northern Illinois University, and a
B.A. in Business and Economics from Wheaton
College. Prior to returning to work at her alma
mater, she worked for 11 years in the financial
markets in Chicago.
Greg Gearhart | FAA
Greg Gearhart is the Director
of Financial Aid at Messiah
College, where he has worked
for over 25 years. Greg
received his B.A. in political
science from Albright College
and a master of public administration degree
from the Pennsylvania State University. Greg has
served in various roles with several professional
organizations, chairing several committees of the
Pennsylvania Association of Student Financial
Aid Administrators over the years, and most
recently serving as its President. Greg also served
as the Pennsylvania representative on the board
of the Eastern Association of Student Financial
Aid Administrators. He lives in PA with his wife
Tammi. They have a son and daughter.
Ed Kerestly | FAA
Ed Kerestly has served
in various roles at CCCU
institutions over the past
twenty-five years. He is
currently the Director of
Student Financial Services at
Abilene Christian University (TX). He has also led
the financial aid offices at Calvin College (MI) and
Cornerstone University (MI) as well as worked
in the areas of admissions and student life at
Greenville College (IL). He attended Greenville
College graduating with a bachelor of education
and earned a masters in education administration
degree from Eastern Illinois University. When Ed
is not at work, he enjoys spending time with his
wife and kids, serving in his church and watching
sports he loves, like soccer and basketball.
Marilae Latham | FAA
Marilae has been working
in financial aid for over 25
years and currently serves
as the Director of Financial
Aid at Greenville College in
Greenville, Illinois. She has
previously worked as the Director of Financial
Aid at John Brown University in Siloam
Springs, Arkansas.
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