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Elected Annually by PESC Members

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Kristi Blabaum,  Treasurer

Systems Integration Analyst, Ascendium Education, Representing the National Association of Student Loan Administrators (NASLA)

JUNE 30, 2025

Kristi brings over 27 years of financial aid experience to her current position as a Systems Integration Analyst at Ascendium Education Solutions (formerly Great Lakes Higher Education).  For over two decades she has been a leader in many industry initiatives such as CommonLine processing, development of Common Record: CommonLine (CRC), and guiding it through the process to become a PESC Approved Standard.

Kristi has been a PESC Board member since 2011 and has been serving on the Standards Development Forum’s Steering Committee since 2009.  She has been an active member on the Change Control Board (CCB) for 14 years and has been the Chair for the last 11 years.  Through these leadership positions, in collaboration with the Technical Advisory Board (TAB) and as CCB Chair, Kristi is a positive influence and champion of PESC initiatives.  She ensures public collaboration, feedback and guidance to every PESC development workgroup and to external organizations and initiatives looking to analyze, compare and map PESC Approved Standards with new and/or existing data sets, ensuring uniform decision-making and consistent design methodology.

Previously she served as the Co-Chair of the Development Workgroup within PESC leading the creation and publication of the Student Loan Portfolio Detail Report – now a PESC Approved Standard and is involved in the ongoing Student Aid User Group.  For 8 years, Kristi held the position of Co-Chair of the Origination Standards Advisory Team (OSAT) within NCHELP’s Electronic Standards Committee (ESC) setting the data exchange standards for the Student Loan Industry.

Ruth Blades, Secretary

​Executive Director, Council on Admission & Transfer for Nova Scotia (CATNS)

JUNE 30, 2024

Ruth Blades is the Executive Director of the Council on Admission & Transfer for Nova Scotia Inc. (CATNS).  What began as a project in 2013 has become a thriving, incorporated entity in 2021, with Ruth as the sole employee. Throughout this time, she has led the eleven universities and colleges in the province in the development of systems that support student enrolment and mobility, including electronic transcript exchange, an application gateway, a transfer credit equivalency database and a common spring & summer course database for Nova Scotia.  Ruth has been a member of CanPESC since 2015 and CATNS has been a member of PESC since 2020. She is an active participant in many CanPESC initiatives – Standards Upgrade Pathways WG, Standards of Practice WG, Common Digital Layout WG, Institutional Codes Survey WG, and Standards WG/Liaison to PESC Standards Forum – and PESC working groups - GEOCode (sub-country administrator) and JSON Transcript Workgroup.

In 2019 the work of Ruth and her colleagues was recognized by PESC with CATNS being awarded first place in PESC’s 20th Anniversary Best Practices Competition for their MyTranscripts system.  Over her 30+ year career Ruth has held senior positions in both the public and private sector in Nova Scotia, including nine years in the Registrar’s Office at Dalhousie University. For 11 years she applied her skills to consulting engagements focused on strategic planning with clients in many sectors including higher education, economic development, and immigration. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) from Saint Mary’s University and a Master of Library and Information Studies from Dalhousie University, and is a certified Project Management Professional. Ruth has also served a both a director (2016-2017) and Vice-Chair (2017-2021) of the Board of Directors for the Pan-Canadian Consortium on Admissions and Transfer (PCCAT).

Doug Falk
Vice President & Chief Information Officer, National Student Clearinghouse
​JUNE 30, 2024

Doug Falk has served in technology leadership positions for 17 years at the National Student Clearinghouse, where he is currently Vice President and Chief Information Officer.  As CIO, Doug provides vision and leadership for information technology initiatives that align with business goals to improve client responsiveness, quality, security and compliance, and cost effectiveness.  He is responsible for providing leadership across multiple areas, including development, implementation and governance of information systems, enterprise architecture, information security, and technology infrastructure. 

Prior to being named CIO, Doug was the Clearinghouse's long-time Vice President of Information Technology and CTO. He was instrumental in developing the Clearinghouse's Web-based application services and its data management capabilities.  Doug has been a member of the PESC Board since July 2002, and served as Board Chair from 2014 - 2019. 

William "Bryant" Faust

Associate Dean & Registrar, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine Representing the American Association of Collegiate Registrars & Admissions Officers (AACRAO)

JUNE 30, 2025

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"​Bryant" Faust currently serve as Associate Dean and Registrar at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.  Over the past 35 years, he has worked in higher education as a researcher, faculty member, information technology analyst and registrar.  In each of these roles, he has focused on utilizing technology to enhance existing processes and improve outcomes.

Previously he served as University Registrar and Instructor of Pharmacology at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans.  He is a graduate of Southeastern Louisiana University, earned a Masters of Arts in Science Teaching from the University of New Orleans, and completed his doctoral studies in Educational Leadership, Policy, and Technical Studies at the University of Alabama.

Alex Jackl

​President & CEO, Bardic Systems

JUNE 30, 2025

Alex is a technology strategist, futurist, and data scientist who specializes in developing eco-systems that support learners and educators.  He is a leader in developing, maintaining and in the practical application of the use of standards and data.  His focus is on the implementation of mature, modern architectures and strategies.  He provides vision and strategy around developing approaches, projects, and programs to create the future of education now and to build systems that are sustainable and can stay modern with as little TCO as possible.  Alex works in the Pre-Kindergarten to K12 to PostSecondary to Workforce educational space, primarily, though not exclusively, in the United States.  Over the last 21 years he has been focusing on enterprise data and system architecture in the district, state and federal education agency space.

He is also the Chair of the North American Technical Board of the Access For Learning (A4L) Community, who support the Schools Interoperability Framework (SIF), and the Co-Chair of the PESC Competencies & Credentials Task Force, and the Reusable Competency Definitions Workgroup for IEEE.  He has worked on Common Education Data Standards (CEDS), the National Education Data Model (NEDM), the Student Data Privacy Consortium (SDPC), and the LER/ILR projects with the T3 Innovation Network, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, and the White House

Karen McCredie

​Executive Director, EducationPlannerBC

AUGUST 1, 2025
Karen McCredie is the Executive Director at EducationPlannerBC, the provincially funded agency for British Columbia, Canada, responsible for managing the centralized application service and the data exchange hub. EducationPlannerBC also provides hundreds of virtual and in-person events showcasing the value and diversity of post-secondary programming within the province. EducationPlannerBC handles over 260,000 applications and 650,000 transcripts annually for 23 post-secondary institutions in British Columbia as well as transcript delivery to the provinces of Ontario and Alberta.

Karen participates on a wide range of committees (Digital Services Hub Committee, Micro-credential Advisory Committee, BCCAT Admissions Committee), councils (BCCAT Council) and working groups all in support of student mobility and success. Prior to joining EducationPlannerBC in 2019, Karen held a variety of roles in student services within the British Columbia post-secondary sector for over 28 years including 9 years as Registrar at two institutions.

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David K. Moldoff,   Chair
CEO & Founder, AcademyOne
​JUNE 30, 2025

David K. Moldoff, Founder and CEO of AcademyOne, Inc., is a visionary in higher education responsible for AcademyOne’s overall strategy with specific emphasis on the technology infrastructure, integration of applications and services as well as exploiting his vast industry network with regards to sales, strategic partnerships, associations, etc.  David is a successful entrepreneur with over 34 years of experience in launching and managing new companies and new products in technology for higher education.

Before forming AcademyOne in 2005, David was SVP of Solutions Architecture and Infrastructure for SCT, which he was instrumental in selling to SunGard in 2004.  Within PESC, David currently serves as Co-Chair of the EdExchange User Group, on the Steering Committee of PESC GEO Code User Group and active in the Academic Credentialing and Experiential Learning Task Force.  David serves as PESC Board Liaison to the Rome Student Systems and Standards Group (RS3G) – now converged with the Groningen Declaration Network, served as Co-Chair of the EdUnify Task Force, and was instrumental in the formation of the Common Identity and Trust (CommIT) Collaborative initiated by PESC’s Electronic Authentication/Authorization (EA2) Task Force which partnered with Internet2.

Monterey Sims, Vice Chair

Director, Admissions & Evaluation, University of Phoenix

JUNE 30, 2024

Monterey Sims is a Director of Admissions and Evaluation at the University of Phoenix and currently serves on the PESC Board of Directors as the Vice Chair.  She has worked at the University for 30 years and participated in a variety of process improvement initiatives across the institution.  Monterey is directly responsible for the Office of Admissions Document Processing division which includes overseeing the Transcript Acquisition Process for applicants as well a receipt and processing of academic documents into the student information system and document repository.

She strongly believes in root cause analysis, continuous relentless improvement, and solutions that support efficiency and effectiveness for both students and staff.  She spearheaded the implementation of electronic data exchange (EDI/XML) for incoming and outgoing transcripts at the University and continues to enhance related processes and partnerships through her work in PESC and the AACRAO SPEEDE Committee.  Monterey also serves on the AACRAO Technical Advisory Council and the eTransCA Standards Workgroup.

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Francisco Valines

Director of Financial Aid, Florida International University

JUNE 30, 2024

Francisco has been involved in Student Financial Aid Administration for over 35 years at various large public Universities including the University of Florida, Texas Tech University, Washington State University, the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, The University of Maryland, College Park, and Florida International University.  He is in his 16th year as the Director of Financial Aid at Florida International University, a public research University with 54,000 students, a Law School and a Medical School. FIU is designated as a Hispanic Serving Institution and qualifies for the Title III and Title V exemptions for Title IV Aid matching requirements based on the size and ratio of its Pell Grant recipients.

Prior to coming to FIU, Francisco was the Associate Director of Financial Aid at the University of Maryland, College Park for 15 years.  Francisco is currently serving on the PESC Board of Directors having first been elected to represent NASFAA in 2006, and previously served as Chair of the PESC Board of Directors (2009-2014) . He serves in several leadership roles in NASFAA and has served on many NASFAA committees including the Reauthorization Task Force, Technology Initiatives, Need Analysis, and College Access. He has presented at State, Regional, and National Conferences in such diverse areas as Technology in the Aid Office, Using Diversity in Packaging Financial Aid, Gramm-Leach-Bliley as it Applies to Financial Aid, Hot topics for Grad and Professional Financial Aid, Disaster Preparedness, BBAY Loans, and many others. 

Francisco was also featured as a NASFAA MVP – Most Valuable Professional.  Read his full NASFAA interview here: https://www.nasfaa.org/news-item/20555/MVP_Francisco_Valines.

Jason Weaver

Vice President, Product, Parchment

JUNE 30, 2024

Jason Weaver joined Parchment in 2010 and currently leads the product and design teams in his role of Senior Director of Product Management. In his work, Jason brings extensive practical data expertise from across large scale digital credential initiatives, and has served as a partner and consultant on a myriad of projects with state agencies to implement data exchanges at scale, including Indiana, Montana, and West Virginia. Jason is responsible for Parchment’s product strategy, roadmap, solution design, partnerships, and standards compliance. Jason has served as the volunteer co-chair of PESC’s Education Records User Group from 2014-2018. Jason holds a B.S. in Information Science and Technology from Penn State, and currently resides in Omaha, Nebraska. 

Vivian W. Wong

Group Vice President, Higher Education Development, Oracle

JUNE 30, 2024

Vivian W. Wong is a dynamic, outcome driven, and accomplished executive who brings a wealth of experience and talent in developing world-class software in leading global engineering teams. She is an excellent collaborator and communicator with strong leadership skills, with over 20 years’ experience building on-premise, SaaS, and mobile products for PeopleSoft, Oracle, Taleo, ServiceMax, and TargetX.

As Group Vice President of Oracle Higher Education, Vivian currently leads the product development team at Oracle for higher education. Under her direction this team is building a next generation student information system - Student Cloud - which through its groundbreaking approach to empowering institutions and students globally will disrupt the industry.

Vivian is strategic, results-oriented and highly focused on customers’ success. An expert at building, transforming and leading high-caliber teams, Vivian is talented at fostering an empowering, fun and collaborative environment to unleash the full potential of an organization. Vivian is a strong customer advocate; she ensures quality, usability, performance and scalability are always designed and built into the solutions she delivers. 

Vivian is passionate about making the world a better place. For team bonding, she leads her teams to practice philanthropy. Among other personal and professional endeavors, she served on the Board of Directors for IMS Global, in which Oracle remains on the Board.

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