In his role as president of ECMC, Chad Tate is responsible for the management and coordination of all Federal Family Education Loan Program and guaranty agency program activities for ECMC. He also oversees our college access, training and outreach activities in the states where ECMC is the designated guarantor.

Most recently, Mr. Tate was ECMC’s senior vice president of operations where he oversaw guarantor operations and provided strategic direction and operational management to several departments. Before joining ECMC, he was at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota where he served in a variety of finance and operations roles, including collections manager, director of treasury operations, director of finance operations, senior director of claims and billing operations and vice president of claims operations.

Mr. Tate is a board member and treasurer for Tutapona, a nonprofit organization focused on mental health. He also has served on the boards of Five Loaves Food Shelf and the YMCA in New Richmond, WI.

Mr. Tate holds a master’s degree in business administration with an emphasis in finance from Hamline University and a bachelor’s degree from North Central University.