Press Release

David Lynch Named Regional Director of the Northeast U.S. at the National Student Clearinghouse®

Herndon, VA, June 10, 2010 - The National Student Clearinghouse has appointed David Lynch as its regional director of the Northeast United States. The Clearinghouse, a non-profit organization, is the nation's trusted source for degree and enrollment information and provides reporting, verification, and research services for more than 3,300 colleges and universities. Mr. Lynch began his appointment March 24, 2010.

As the regional director of the Northeast, Mr. Lynch reports to Cameron Howell, assistant vice president of Higher Education Development, and handles Clearinghouse relationships with colleges, universities, and high schools in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont, as well as the Virgin Islands. "I welcome David to the Clearinghouse with great enthusiasm. His understanding of the higher education finance community is unparalleled," said Howell. "I am confident that the Clearinghouse will learn quickly from David's extensive knowledge of higher education."

"I see a history of trust as the cornerstone to the strong relationships between the Clearinghouse and our participating schools," said Lynch. "I'm truly looking forward to building my own trusted partnership with the schools in the Northeast."

Mr. Lynch has more than 20 years' experience in client relationship management and higher education finance. Before joining the Clearinghouse, he was the vice president of External Relations at Graduate Leverage, LLC. He also served as a senior vice president at Academic Finance Corporation. Prior to that, he spent 10 years as a director at Access Group, Inc. He has a B.S. in English from the University of South Florida.

About The National Student Clearinghouse®

The National Student Clearinghouse (a non-profit formed in 1993) is the unique and trusted source for higher education enrollment and degree verifications. The Clearinghouse serves as a single point of contact for the collection and timely exchange of accurate and comprehensive enrollment, degree and certificate records on behalf of its more than 3,300 participating higher education institutions, which represent over 92% of the national enrollment.

Through its verification and reporting services, the Clearinghouse saves higher education institutions cumulatively more than a hundred million dollars annually. Most Clearinghouse services are provided to colleges and universities at little or no charge, including enhanced transcript and research services, enabling institutions to redistribute limited staff and budget resources to more important student service efforts. All Clearinghouse services are operated in full compliance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).

In addition, the Clearinghouse provides accurate FERPA compliant verifications to student loan providers, employers, student credit issuers, student health insurance providers, the U.S. Department of Education, and others who access its registry more than 100 million times annually.

For more information, visit www.studentclearinghouse.org.

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