not•for•profit
serving the student loan industry
ELM Resources began in 1994 and is the only not-for-profit mutual benefit corporation serving the student loan industry today, including universities, colleges, and lenders. ELM provides a common, non-proprietary and open data exchange and disbursement system that seamlessly links the diverse computing platforms of schools and lenders through its industry-leading products, ELMNet, and ELM NDN.
ELM also offers a lender comparison solution, ELMSelect, for schools that provide their own custom page to display a recommended lender list and offers students the ability to compare and select the loan that best fits their needs. Over 1,800 campuses use ELM Resources to send and receive loan data for alternative loans with the lender of their choice.
Meet The Team
Phillip G. Wade
President &
Chief Executive Officer
Phillip brings 30 years of business and technology leadership to the role of Chief Executive Officer for ELM Resources.
He lead the growth at ELM over his first ten years leading the Technology and Operations as COO/CIO.
Brendon Sanger
Vice President, Growth & Development
Brendon Sanger has been working with educational institutions and the companies who serve them for over 25 years. As the VP of Growth and Development, Brendon will utilize his experience to continue to expand ELM’s relationships and partners within the marketplace.
Cari Kempster
Vice President,
Chief People Officer
Cari Kempster brings over twenty years of business and human resource management experience to her role at ELM Resources. Prior to joining ELM in 2007, Cari worked for the corporate office of Crescent Jewelers and owned and operated a small vocational school with her husband specializing in careers in the information technology and medical fields.
Gregory Gammino
Director, Informations Security & Data Protection Officer
Greg has more than 20 years of IT Engineering and Information Security experience. Prior to joining ELM, Greg led security operations across several industries including Healthcare, Fulfillment and Logistics, IT Consulting, and Higher Education.
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For inquiries regarding the European Union's General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) contact: gdpr@elmresources.com
Keith Norfleet
Vice President, Technology
Keith has more than 20 years of experience in software development. He previously worked in the student lending division at JP Morgan Chase and at Collegiate Funding services. Keith graduated from FSU with a bachelor's degree in MIS.
Michael Ward
Vice President, Products & Services
Michael Ward has 19 years of experience in operations, marketing, product management and strategic partnerships. Prior to joining ELM, Michael worked for several technology companies in the domain name and web hosting industries, including three startups.
Rick Lovell
Vice President, Finance & Accounting
Rick has more than 34 years of financial services experience. Prior to joining ELM, Rick held positions of CFO of OneSimpleLoan and Director of Internal Audit for Brazos Higher Education Service Corporation. He also held various professional and management level accounting and audit related positions and holds certifications as Internal Auditor and Financial Services Auditor.
Board of Directors
Jen O'Donald
Sallie Mae
2020
ELMSelect 4.0 Released; Greatly enhancing lender comparison experience
2017
ELMOne for Lenders completed providing end to end management
2013
2015
Public release of ELMOne for schools simplifying student loan management
ELMSelect 2.0 released, innovating and simplifying the lender and product comparison capabilities
2010
2009
Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP) was shut down
ELM Disbursement eclipsed $33 billion annually
2007
2006
Higher Education Reconciliation Act of 2005 changes implemented including Federal Graduate/Professional PLUS loans
1999
ELMSelect lender listing announced
2004
ELMNet 3 Released including real-time processing and remote loan inquiry providing schools and borrowers real-time loan status
Web application processing introduced
1995
1996
First loan processed through ELMNet
ELM National disbursement Network was created to facilitate the disbursement process
1994
incorporated
our history
improving loan processing since 1994
Education Loan Management Resources (ELM) was established in 1994 by a group of loan providers who were looking for ways to improve loan processing for schools. Back then, there were only proprietary loan delivery systems. Every school had to process their loans based on the lender’s system.
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This was highly inefficient for schools since they had to deal with each loan record differently despite the fact that the information transmitted was standardized.
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ELM was formed to take advantage of technology to eliminate this inefficiency through the creation of a uniform data exchange network for loan processing.
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Today, loan providers that are members of ELM compete on customer-based criteria such as service and product offerings. They are able to utilize ELM’s open, lender-neutral and non-proprietary technology platform to exchange critical loan data with schools efficiently and cost-effectively.
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Schools, in turn, benefit from a free, centralized loan delivery platform that allows them to work with any lender or servicer they choose.
ELM Resources
12950 Race Track Road
Suite 201
Tampa, FL 33626
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