Wildcat Connect Webinar | Student Debt

Date: Thursday, June 3, 2021 | 3 p.m.

Topic: Student Debt

Register for the Student Debt Webinar

Summary: This webinar will present a strategy often used to accelerate paying off student loan debt with some other additional benefits, as well as basic financial information/accounts that many young professionals will run into throughout their careers.

Host: David Scotto (BS Business, '89; BA French, '89)

Panelist: Melissa C. Northway (BS Health Science, '92)

Moderator: Maihoua Lo (BA Social Science, '10; MA Social Science, '14)

Melissa C. Northway ('92) is a licensed Life Insurance Agent and Financial Planner, and ranked #2 B1 Agents at National Life Group across the country and #1 for Q1 at True Path Financial & Insurance Services. She has provided social media marketing consulting services and solutions to key clients of multinational companies including Disney,  Focus Features, PBS Kids, Netflix,  Warner Bros, and National Geographic. She works at True Path Financial & Insurance Services as a financial planner specializing in wealth management and tax strategies for individuals, families and businesses.

David Scotto graduated from Chico State in 1989 with bachelor's degrees in business and French, and completed his MS in Organizational Leadership from Norwich University in 2010. Scotto currently works as senior vice president and chief learning officer at Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc., a leading global provider of technology-enabled risk and benefits solutions. Prior to his work at Sedgwick, Scotto worked as a regional sales manager at Gates McDonald, director of business development for Reliance Insurance and as claim service director for CNA Insurance. Scotto currently serves as president for the Chico State Alumni Association Board of Directors.

Maihoua M. Lo graduated from Chico State with her bachelor's degree in 2010, and a master's degree in social science in 2014. Lo has been at Chico State for the last 15 years, including 10 years as both a financial aid analyst and financial aid advisor. She is currently the scholarship coordinator in the financial aid and scholarship office at Chico State.