About us

Our Mission

College Finance Company is dedicated to helping students, parents, and graduates make informed choices about financing higher education. We believe that when people have access to clear, accurate, and relevant data, they can make smarter decisions that reduce borrowing costs and maximize the long-term value of their education investment.

Our platform is built to support people across the full spectrum of education financing—from planning and borrowing to repayment and long-term financial outcomes. By combining data, technology, and personalized guidance, we help individuals understand their options, avoid unnecessary debt, and make progress toward a stronger financial future.

Our Team

Collectively, our writers, editors and leaders have borrowed hundreds of thousands of dollars to pay for college. It’s personal. We know how expensive college and grad school is. But for each of us, higher education has been transformative. Our careers have been possible thanks to our training and credentials. Our ability to contribute to our families and to our communities have been greatly enhanced by the critical thinking and other skills we were able to explore and develop in the classroom. We are eager to share our perspectives and experiences to help people get the most out of their college investment.

  • Kevin Walker
    President & Co-Founder

    Kevin has 30 years experience in education finance and financial technology. Previously he was founder and/or CEO of several fintech and edtech companies including SimpleTuition (sold to LendingTree), SmarterBank (sold to Gradifi), ValoreBooks and Boundless (both sold to Follett). Kevin is a Senior Strategy Advisor at Cognition Financial, where he previously spent many years in executive roles. Kevin was also GM of education lending at LendingTree, a principal at the management consulting firm Parthenon/EY, VP for a Russia-focused fintech venture fund, and founder of an education company in Russia. He is an investor and/or advisor to several fintech companies. Kevin was a 2009 New England finalist for EY’s Entrepreneur of the Year.

    Kevin borrowed to finance his degrees from Amherst and Harvard and is currently a college-paying parent for students at Emerson and Penn.

  • Lawrence Rausch
    SVP Business Development & Co-Founder

    Larry has been in Sales and Marketing for over 30 years. He started his career helping Credit Union Members make sound financial decisions with the CUNA Mutual Group. For the past 16 years he has been helping Students and Parents figure out the best way to finance, and refinance their Education with SimpleTuition and now at CollegeFinace.com. He received his Bachelor’s Degree, a long time ago, from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He presently has two sons attending college, one at Elon University and one at Wake Forest University.

  • Michael Kosoff
    Director of Marketing

    Michael recently graduated from San Diego State University with a degree in Statistics. While being a student, he was also a part of the Lavin Entrepreneurship Program which allowed him to explore many interests and meet amazing entrepreneurs from the San Diego community and beyond. Prior to CollegeFinance.com, he worked as a content intern for Ikonick, an ecommerce start-up in Los Angeles where he developed a new passion for digital marketing. Michael, for some reason, has refused our repeated offers to relocate from San Diego to Boston.