Financial Aid Management and Education Community

The Financial Aid Management and Education (FAME) Community addresses financial aid, literacy, counseling, and support for medical students navigating training pathways including clinical away rotations and detours.

The community addresses topics such as:

• Financial counseling services.
• Debt management.
• Financial literacy.
• Financial wellness programming.
• Awarding processes and packaging.
• Leave of absence management.
• Student aid policy, regulatory, and legislative affairs.
• Funding and management of clinical away rotations.

The work of this Community of Practice is led by the FAME Committee.

Chair

Casey Wiley, MEd
Manager of Financial Aid
University of South Carolina School of Medicine - Greenville

Letter from the Chair

Committee Members

Lydia Cowher, MPA
Manager of Student Financial Aid
Penn State College of Medicine

Alisa Lopez, MiM
Executive Director of Admissions, Outreach, and Pathway Programs and Financial Aid
University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine

Doug Stupec, MPA, FAAC
Associate Director, Medical Student Financial Aid and Student Records
Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine Florida Atlantic University

Jenn Toomey, MS
Director of Financial Aid
Case Western Reservice University School of Medicine

Liaison, Student Opportunity, Access, and Retention Committee
Brianne Camacho, MS
Director of Financial Aid and Financial Wellness Advising
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Liaison, Recruitment, Admissions, Selection, and Enrollment Committee
Christina Grabowski, PhD
Associate Dean for Admissions and Enrollment Management
University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine