J. Barry Morrow

J. BARRY MORROW is Chief Executive Officer of Collegiate Funding
Services, Inc. He brings a wealth of experience to CFS as a senior
executive in the financial services and technology communities,
including more than 25 years of experience in product strategy and
development, and in technological and operational solutions development.
During his recent service with the U.S. Department of Education as the
General Manager of Financial Services for the Office of Student
Financial Assistance, Mr. Morrow was responsible for establishing
strategic relationships with more than 2,500 public and private
entities, providing capital and support for education credit and for re-
engineering business processes related to enterprise-wide operations.
His private industry experience includes more than 15 years as the
senior operations executive with Sallie Mae where his accomplishments
included the startup and management of the corporation’s regional
operation centers network, and the management of more than $50 billion
in student loan assets with a staff of 3,500 associates. Additionally,
Mr. Morrow was directly responsible for a variety of corporate and
industry-wide initiatives targeted at improving the overall delivery of
education credit. These initiatives included being the founding director
of the National Student Loan Clearinghouse, where he was the key
executive architect of Sallie Mae’s Class, Exports, and Laureat systems,
as well as developing the Repayment Portfolio Purchase process, where he
established ‘best in class’ customer service delivery. Mr. Morrow holds
a Bachelor’s degree from Virginia Tech and a Master’s degree from George
Washington University.