Mary Sommers is currently the Director of Financial Aid at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. She has been working in financial aid in Montana and Nebraska for 30 years. Prior to coming to UNK she was the Director of Financial Aid and also an Admissions Counselor at Rocky Mountain College, Billings, MT.

Mary is involved with NASFAA, currently serving on the Leadership Symposium Task Force. She previously chaired the NASFAA Task Force on Administrative Capability, served as a representative at large on the NASFAA Board of Directors and as chair of the NASFAA Ethics Commission. She worked on the task force that updated NASFAA’s Statement of Ethic Principals and Code of Conduct. She is the proud recipient of NAFAA’s Meritorious Achievement Award.

Mary has served on two occasions as the President of the Nebraska Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators. She was the President of the Rocky Mountain Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (RMASFAA) in 2004. Over her career, Mary has presented at state, regional and national conferences on a number of financial aid and higher education topics.

Mary has an undergraduate degree from Iowa State University and a Master’s Degree from the University of Nebraska.