Inside Campus Partners

Brad Resler
March 2005

Account Executive

Brad Resler, our new Account Executive, has had a rapid introduction to his new job and the student loan industry. His first few days at work were spent at the COHEAO conference in Washington, DC, which was held in late January. While at the conference, Brad was able to meet several of our customers and other members of COHEAO. Although he had heard about the threat to Perkins funding while interviewing for the Account Executive position, he learned just how critical the situation was at the conference. Some people might have been very discouraged to start a new job under these circumstances, but Brad was ready to fight for the Perkins Loan Program. He immediately contacted his congressman to discuss the situation and has been very involved in our company’s advocacy efforts.

Since the COHEAO conference, Brad has been traveling non-stop across the country, making the rounds of conferences and visiting customers and prospects. One of his goals is to increase the visibility of Campus Partners in the marketplace, and with trips planned to conferences sponsored by EARMA, PDG, Ohio Bursars, CAASLAR, UASLA, and other professional groups, he should accomplish just that very soon. He wants to tell the “Campus Partners” story to current customers and prospects and let them know what differentiates our company from others. To Brad, a big part of the Campus Partners story is its owners, who have unmatched experience in the student loan industry. “They are providing a solid foundation on which we can grow our business. The senior management is willing to commit the capital and energy it will take to meet our customers’ needs,” Brad said.

To Brad, the Campus Partners story also includes the many employees here who have made student loan processing their life’s work. “People here really care about the well-being of our customers,” Brad related. He feels that their knowledge of student loans and commitment to customers are more than just nice attributes-they translate into making a difference in the school’s bottom line. Our goal is for every dollar a school invests in us to be multiplied many times in collections and savings, ” Brad continued.

Brad is also impressed with the company’s understanding of student loans from the customer’s viewpoint. “Mark Olson, our EVP, Sales and Marketing spent nearly half of his 27 year career as a financial services executive at the University of California and Columbia,” Brad explained. He is also impressed with the company’s renewed customer-centric focus and is making it his mission to ask customers questions about what tools they need to make their jobs more efficient. “I am very excited to come to an organization that is driven by what’s best for their customers, and is committed to developing solutions that meet their needs in an ever-changing environment,” Brad stated.

Before joining the organization, Brad spent seven years in sales and marketing management positions with Gilbarco Inc., a leading manufacturer of retail petroleum dispensing systems and payment devices. Brad returned to his education-based roots by joining the Campus Partners team, as he earned an undergraduate degree from Purdue University in Education, taught in a public high school, and later worked at Northwestern University as an Assistant to the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. He is currently in pursuit of his Masters of Business Administration degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. “The opportunity to remain in sales and return to my educational roots is a wonderful opportunity that I feel was tailor-made for me, Brad stated.

Brad and his wife, Dana, have two young children—Leah, age two and a half, and Ben, who will turn one in May. Brad serves as an elder at his church, and chairs its outreach committee. He has gone on four mission trips to Mexico to help build houses. In addition, he finds time to run because it is an activity he can easily engage in while traveling, and looks forward to running a marathon in the future. During football season, he enjoys cheering for the Purdue Boilermakers. With all of Campus Partners’ campus connections, Brad will have to be cheering for about 500—and counting—more college teams next fall. With Campus Partners poised for growth, Brad should enjoy a winning season soon.