Richard J. Boyle, President and CEO of ECMC Group

As President and CEO of ECMC, Richard J. Boyle leads an entrepreneurial culture driven to improve higher education finance. Mr. Boyle’s innovative vision coupled with his expertise in finance, business operations and marketing have transformed ECMC into a national presence in higher education finance.

Before joining ECMC, Mr. Boyle held key management positions at Sallie Mae, including regional vice president posts in Kansas and Texas. He also led Sallie Mae’s joint effort with the U.S. government to liquidate the Higher Education Assistance Foundation (HEAF) guaranty agency, which returned over $335 million to the U.S. Treasury.

Mr. Boyle has also provided private consulting services to the U.S. Department of Education, and was vice president of customer services at Aetna Retirement Services in Hartford, Connecticut.

Dave Hawn, Chief Operating Officer of ECMC Group

Dave Hawn brings 28 years of higher education finance experience to his role as chief operating officer of ECMC Group. He is responsible for all nonprofit operations for ECMC, as well as the information technology, corporate services, corporate communications, marketing and business diversification initiatives across all ECMC Group companies. His previous leadership roles within ECMC Group companies include president and CEO of ECMC Solutions, and prior to that, he was ECMC’s senior vice president of client relations, marketing and product development, in which he led a team that increased new loan volume by 61 percent.

Before joining ECMC, Mr. Hawn was chief operating officer of College Loan Corporation and the executive vice president of operations and information technology for Wells Fargo Education Financial Services. He has also held executive positions at Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation and Northstar Guarantee, Inc. Mr. Hawn has long been active in industry organizations and initiatives. He served as chair of both the Education Loan Management Technology Committee and the National Council of Higher Education Loan Programs (NCHELP) Program Operations Committee, as well as chair of the National Student Loan Data System Workgroup commissioned by the U.S. Department of Education. He has been a member of the Department of Education’s Easy Access for Students and Institutions Core Team and active in the CommonLine initiative, among others, to improve the delivery of student aid.

Greg Van Guilder, Chief Financial Officer of ECMC Group

A 21-year veteran of higher education finance, Mr. Van Guilder has comprehensive expertise in student loan regulatory issues, federal reporting and student loan financial modeling. His innovative tools and systems provide critical financial and operational information to the CEO and executive management team.

Dan Fisher, Executive Vice President and General Counsel of ECMC Group

Mr. Fisher serves as Vice President and General Counsel of ECMC Group. In addition to his General Counsel responsibilities, Mr. Fisher provides executive oversight to the Legal, Human Resources and Corporate Services departments. He has been critical in forming ECMC’s national bankruptcy litigation strategy. He has argued appeals involving student loan dischargeability standards, due process matters and collection cost issues. He is admitted to practice in most federal appellate courts and the U.S. Supreme Court. Mr. Fisher also serves as the secretary for the ECMC Group board of directors. Prior to joining ECMC in 2000, Mr. Fisher served on active duty in the U.S. Army as a Judge Advocate for six years in Georgia and the Washington, D.C. area, where his primary focus was court-martial litigation.

Janice Hines, President and CEO of ECMC Guarantor

Ms. Hines is responsible for the management and coordination of all Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program and guaranty agency program activities with clients and state partners.

Ms. Hines brings a wealth of operational and tactical experience to her position.

Before joining ECMC, Ms. Hines was the vice president of operations for HEAF, where she oversaw operations during its liquidation.

March Kessler, Executive Director of ECMC Foundation

March Kessler has led ECMC Foundation since 2007. Ms. Kessler oversees all of ECMC Foundation’s outreach programs and initiatives—from developing nationally recognized curricula and implementing programs at The College Place, the Foundation's four free college access centers, to running the ECMC Scholars Program. Ms. Kessler joined ECMC Foundation in December 2002, following her first foray into nonprofit work with the Santa Fe Opera. Before entering the nonprofit world, Ms. Kessler served as senior vice president of Lorimar Television, a division of Time Warner, and in executive positions at Columbia Pictures and NBC. She has also worked in the entertainment industry as a writer and producer.