Director, Student Financial Aid
Vanderbilt University
Nashville,
TN
Biographical Sketch: Brent Tener currently serves as Director of Financial Aid and Scholarships at Vanderbilt University and has worked in financial aid for over 25 years. He has presented numerous times at national, regional and state associate conferences, and was one of the main architects of Vanderbilt’s current progressive need-based financial aid program, Opportunity Vanderbilt. Prior to Vanderbilt, Brent worked at Wichita State University in Admissions and in Financial Aid.
He has been involved in varying capacities with the Tennessee Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (TASFAA), the Southern Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (SASFAA), and the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA).
Brent graduated from Wichita State University with a B.A. in Political Science and a M.Ed. in Counseling, with an emphasis in Higher Education Administration.