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CLAIR “MICKI” ROEMER
SERVICE TO TASFAA
Inducted October 7,2004

Clair “Micki” Roemer has provided leadership to the financial aid profession on a number of levels. She is a past president of both TASFAA (86-87) and SWASFAA (91-92) and served as the NASFAA National Chair (93-94). She has conducted numerous training opportunities throughout her career and has been a mentor to many. Micki does not meet a stranger and is known throughout TASFAA and the industry as a financial aid expert, administrator, facilitator, trainer/presenter, mentor and friend to all. She has testified many times before Congress and for a number of hearings, both federal and state, in an effort to bring legislators, the Department of Education, The TX Higher Education Coordinating Board, guarantors, and servicers into alignment with the needs of students, parents, and financial aid professionals. After many years as a financial aid administrator she knows the issues of the industry. In her current role with the Department of Education she will continue to exhaust every effort to stimulate positive changes that will benefit the delivery of student financial aid, making education accessible for our target population.

Micki is a teacher. Her undergraduate degree is in Secondary Education, but all of her lessons and advice come from the heart. She is eager to share her inexhaustible financial aid knowledge and she does so without intimidating her audience. She employs her infectious sense of humor to relieve the high stress nature of the topics whether she is being an advocate, trainer, mentor, or friend.

Mentoring is second nature to Micki. In that role she tirelessly encourages growth and self-assurance in her colleagues while developing their own independence and self direction for their role in higher education. Micki also understands that it is critical to the balance and strength of TASFAA’s mission, as well as our whole profession, to have a membership actively involved and in various stages of development to fill the many opportunities to serve. She knows that none of us are flawless, but she gently nurtures the possibilities that dwell within all of us.

Micki takes the meaning of optimism to a higher level. She is unable to comprehend any worthwhile goal that is unobtainable. Regardless of the project, situation, or conditions, her devotion to finding a solution is paramount. Through her bubbly, energetic personality, she emits a warm approachable style that instills a trust that is able to disarm or persuade anyone. Her many accomplishments and service to TASFAA will be continued in her role with the Department of Education. Induction into the TASFAA Hall of Fame is an expression of appreciation and recognition for Clair “Micki” Roemer’s many years of exemplary service to TASFAA’s membership and mission.

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