Welcome to a new school year! Everyone at ISM is working hard to arm you with the very best data, the best advice, and excellent service. FAST is certainly no exception.

To celebrate the new school year we've developed a new FAST website. We're committed to remain as the innovator in financial aid services. FAST was created in response to your concerns about the inadequacy of other financial aid tools. The FAST blog is another way to insure that we remain THE financial aid authority to private independent schools. Here you can interact with our staff, debate ideas, and even ask questions. This blog, to be effective, needs you.

The main contributors to the blog are Brian Fulmer, ISM Financial Aid Services Consultant, and Terry Moore, ISM Consultant. Our marketing gurus developed fun caricatures of us. When you see us on the road, please tell us we look NOTHING like the interpretation! Brian, who developed the FAST software, is our resident expert on our financial aid formula, and the awarding process. Terry, who works on site with many schools and who has served as a private school business manager, is our theory expert. It was Terry who saw the need for FAST in the schools, and launched the idea. Together, Terry and Brian generate the creative ideas, listen to your feedback, and strategize how FAST will continue to develop. We are very aware of our dependence upon you and your needs, and remain committed to listening to your—our clients.

So welcome 2009-2010 and welcome to FAST. Creative Thinking. Proven Results.