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The National Student Clearinghouse Announces Andrew Siclari as Chief Financial Officer
HERNDON, VA – (JULY 22, 2024) – The National Student Clearinghouse announced today that Andrew Siclari will serve as Chief Financial Officer, overseeing all aspects of the financial affairs of the Clearinghouse, including banking, investment programs, and financial management. Siclari will serve as a core member of the executive team reporting directly to the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Clearinghouse, Rick Torres.
“We are fortunate to welcome someone with Andrew’s depth and breadth of experience to our leadership team,” Torres said. “The Clearinghouse is in the midst of a digital transformation designed to better serve the education, workforce, and learner communities well into the future. Andrew has the right combination of deep business acumen and high EQ that will be great complements to the Clearinghouse leadership team.”
“It’s a privilege to join the mission-driven team leading the National Student Clearinghouse in its work to provide valuable insights to educators, learners, and employers and to continuously improve outcomes,” Siclari said. “I’m honored to have the opportunity to bring my broad experience and lifelong passion for learning to drive growth and improvement to those who rely on our trusted data and support services.”
As CFO, Siclari will oversee the organization’s daily finance, accounting, and risk management practices. He will also support the president/CEO and core executive team on investment decisions, potential mergers and acquisitions, and strategic plans.
Before joining the Clearinghouse, Siclari was founder and principal consultant of Pivotal Business Services, a professional consulting and advisory services practice that provides strategic planning, process improvement, market analysis, and insights to potential mergers and acquisitions, along with financial and operational expertise to educational providers, investors, and learning and development companies.
He previously served as Chief Financial & Operations Adviser at the University of Massachusetts’ UMass Online and UMass Global, with financial and operational oversight for the university system’s $300 million in annual online revenue. Siclari also previously spent more than two decades at Pearson Education, including as senior vice president and chief business officer for North America Courseware, with accountability for $1.3 billion in annual revenue.
Since March 2023, Siclari has served as an adjunct professor at George Washington University in its College of Professional Studies. He has a Master of Business Administration in Finance from Seton Hall University and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration & Accounting from Saint Francis University.
About the National Student Clearinghouse®
The National Student Clearinghouse, a nonprofit formed in 1993, is the trusted source for and the leading provider of higher education verifications and electronic education record exchanges. Besides working with nearly 3,600 postsecondary institutions in meeting their compliance needs, the Clearinghouse also provides thousands of high schools and districts with continuing collegiate enrollment, progression, and completion statistics on their alumni. For more details, visit studentclearinghouse.org.
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