American Student Assistance ® (ASA) President and CEO Jean Eddy joined JFF’s board of directors in July 2024. As ASA’s leader, Eddy pivoted from the organization’s 65-year history of helping students with college financing and repayment options to a focus of helping students discover career paths earlier in their education journey by helping kids—as early as middle school—to prepare for their futures through equitable access to career readiness information and experiences. Eddy served on the ASA Board for 20 years and held senior–level positions in higher education. She is the author of Crisis-Proofing Today’s Learners Reimagining Career Education to Prepare Kids for Tomorrow’s World (Rowman & Littlefield, October 2023), a clarion call for change in career readiness education. Eddy was a member of the College Board, NASFAA, EASFAA, NACAC, and AICAD and served as a trustee for the Providence Foundation, The Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council, Governor Baker’s Commission on Digital Innovation and Lifelong Learning, and served as president for the Rhode Island Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators.