Navigating Student Loans: Options and Resources for Student Loan Borrowers
Join NASASPS and the Student Borrower Protection Center for an hour-long webinar about student loans. This introductory webinar will go over the federal and private student loan industry, with an emphasis on repayment and cancellation programs that are available to federal student loan borrowers across the country. The program will include an overview of income-driven repayment plans, the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program, and options for borrowers who are in default on their federal student loans. There will be time reserved for questions.
This webinar is a NASASPS member benefit and open to Regulators only.
Winston Berkman-Breen is the Policy Counsel & Deputy Director of Advocacy at the Student Borrower Protection Center, a non-profit policy organization focused on ending the student debt crisis. Winston leads the organization’s States work, supporting partner policymakers and advocacy groups in advancing consumer protections and regulations related to federal and private student loan industries, school conduct, and debt collection.
Prior to joining the SBPC, Winston was the Director of Consumer Advocacy and Student Loan Ombudsperson at the New York Department of Financial Services, the state’s financial regulator, and was a legal services attorney prior to that, focusing on affirmative and defensive litigation related to student loans, debt collection, and foreclosure.