Sheila Meiman
Prison Education Specialist, NASFAA
Sheila Meiman is an experienced advocate, practitioner, consultant, and analyst in the field of higher education in prison. She has expertise in a range of topics in her field, including STEM education, financial aid, program creation and expansion, student and academic support, data, transfer and direct-to-work credentials, and technology. She has over a dozen years of experience as a program administrator, managed a first-round Second Chance Pell site, and has served as a mathematics professor for both campus and system-impacted students. She currently serves as the Prison Education Specialist at the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA).
Ms. Meiman holds a bachelor's degree from Carnegie Mellon University, as well as a master's degree in engineering from Purdue University. She also holds a master's certification in program/project management from American University. In their Vanguard Series, NJBIZ named Ms. Meiman one of the 2018 Leaders in Higher Education in New Jersey.