Rachel
Coghlan
Director, Applications System Division
Rachel Coghlan is the director of the Application Systems Division at the U.S. Department of Education’s office of Federal Student Aid. Her current responsibilities are the operations and retirement of the Central Processing System (CPS), along with the development and implementation of the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) Processing System (FPS). Rachel earned a bachelor’s in management services from Virginia Tech and a master’s in computer systems management from University of Maryland Global Campus.