Director of Financial Aid
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Nashville,
TN
Biographical Sketch: Heather Boutell is the Director of Financial Aid at Vanderbilt School of Medicine in Nashville, TN. Heather has worked in the field of financial aid for 27 years, spending the last 6 months as Director of Financial Aid at Vanderbilt School of Medicine. She previously worked as Director at Bellarmine University in Louisville, KY, where she served for 13 years. Heather has been active in professional organizations and served as the President of the Kentucky Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators in 2004-2005 and President of the Southern Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators in 2008-2009. She has served on the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators Board of Directors as a regional Past President, as one of the 6 elected roles as Rep-at-Large, and and as a Commission Director overseeing the Conference, P&P and PPY Task Forces.
Heather is married and has two sons - Jonah, a rising senior in college, and Ben, a rising junior in college.