Bradley J. Walcher Joins GCO Education Loan Funding Corp.
Greenwood Village, CO - March 21, 2007 - GCO Greystone Education Loan Funding Corp , (GCO ELF) is pleased to announce that Brad Walcher has joined GCO ELF as Senior Vice President in charge of audit and compliance for servicing operations. "Brad joins GCO ELF with 25 years of audit experience behind him. His expertise in student lending, regulatory compliance, banking, privacy, security, disaster recovery and information systems will add great value to the GCO ELF team" explained Ron Page, Senior Manging Director of GCO ELF.

Prior to joining GCO ELF, Mr. Walcher was Managing Director of Audit Services (General Auditor and CAE) for Nelnet, Inc. (formerly UNIPAC Service Corp.), which is the second largest student loan service organization in the US. He directed all internal and external audits for Nelnet, Inc. In addition, he supervised all internal audit processes and managed all aspects of the privacy compliance functions. Some of his career highlights were spending more than 20 years supporting audit committees, boards of directors, and executive management in his chosen field; developing partnerships with the Big 4 accounting firms to create internal and external audit processes; and creating an enterprise risk management process along with a risk management team.

As a life-long resident of Colorado he has deep roots in the local and state professional organizations. He has been on the Board of Governors for 20 years for the Denver chapter of the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) and has been past President, Secretary and Treasurer for the Denver chapter of the same organization. He has been a guest speaker at the Graduate School of Business-Advanced Auditing at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He has a BSBA from the University of Colorado and is a Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Walcher will be based in the Denver area headquarters of GCO ELF.

About GCO Greystone Education Loan Funding Corp.
GCO ELF is headquartered in the Denver, CO area. GCO ELF commenced operations in September 2004 by acquiring student loan assets and infrastructure from GMAC Education Loan Funding Corp. GCO ELF is a specialty finance company that serves as a secondary market for federally supported student loans in the United States. The company helps meet the needs of higher education by providing liquidity to national and regional financial institutions and marketing entities that source student loans.

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