Brad Powers

Many students are nervous about the student loan bill that recently passed in the House with the health care reform bill.  Fynanz, a New York, N.Y. based provider of custom private student loans, says that students needn’t worry.  As COO of Fynanz, Chirag Chaman, explains, “The bill overall doesn’t affect private student lending, and even if it does, it helps the borrower, so it is a positive for the industry.”

Fynanz, where Brad Powers is on the Board, recently created a new alliance with CUNA Strategic Services to help credit unions in the private student loan market.  He explains as well that “Need-based aid for students is important.  The funds hadn’t been growing the past few years and [the increases] were needed.”

Clark University, the alma mater of Brad Powers, is located in Worcester, Massachusetts. It was founded in the year 1889, and its business school, the Graduate School of Management was founded in 1982. The student population of the GSOM is 300, while the greater student body size of Clark University as a whole is about 3,000. The GSOM is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, and it is frequently ranked as a “Best Business School” by the Princeton Review.
Students at GSOM range in age from 22-29, with about a 47%/53% male/female ratio.

Brad Powers is on the board of the Graduate School of Management at Clark University. This is no surprise since Brad is himself a graduate of Clark University, receiving both his BA is psychology and MBA from the GSOM at Clark.

Located in Worcester, Massachusetts, Clark University is a school with a vision. According to the Dean’s letter of Welcome, there are three main “Ingredients of Success” which Clark University supplies to its students. These ingredients are:

1. Business Skills: There is a strong emphasis placed on the development of the business skills required to succeed, including finance and marketing, and related areas of utmost importance such as ethics and creativity. An ideal environment is created at Clark to assure these skills are transmitted to each student.

2. Global Savvy: Students at Clark arrive from just about every country in the world. At Clark this is believed to create an enriching environment for the students from the United States as well as the students from abroad, helping them with understanding the international aspects of business.

3. Social Awareness: The students at Clark University learn all the aspects of business, including the promotion of environmental awareness and responsibility as well as the spirit of entrepreneurialism.