Melissa Ibanez
Degrees and Credentials
M.B.A. Business Administration, Pacific Lutheran University 1988
B.B.A. Business Administration, Pacific Lutheran University 1985
Short Bio
Ibañez has worked at Pitt-Bradford since September 1999. In addition to managing the Financial Aid Office and administering student financial aid programs, she is also a certifying VA official for the campus.
She is a member of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, the Standards of Excellence Peer Review Team, Pennsylvania State Financial Aid Administrators Association, the Eastern Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, and the Northeast Association of Student Employment Administrators. She serves on many of these organizations' committees and frequently presents at conferences and provides training at various workshops.
Ibañez volunteers at her church, serving on its council and the finance committee, as well as an usher and auditor. She also has volunteered with the Special Olympics since 1999 and is active with the Polk Center.
Before coming to Pitt-Bradford, she served as the associate director and director of financial aid at Syracuse (N.Y.) University College of Law and as the assistant director of financial aid at Seattle University School of Law.
Ibañez holds both master's and bachelor's degrees in business administration from Pacific Lutheran University. She and her husband, Mack, live in Bradford.