What is Public Service Promise?
We help nonprofit and membership organizations provide their employees and members with the tools and resources they need to navigate the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.
Our mission is simple:
to help student loan borrowers achieve
public service loan forgiveness
About us
Public Service Promise (PSP) partners with the professional organizations public servants know and trust, to assist eligible workers in applying for student loan forgiveness.
PSP is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that was incorporated in 2019. The organization was originally seeded through a cy pres award in connection with the settlement of a lawsuit regarding Public Service Loan Forgiveness filed by educators. Although the lawsuit was brought with the support of the American Federation of Teachers, neither the individual plaintiffs nor the American Federation of Teachers have any control or oversight of PSP. In 2021, PSP obtained its recognition from the Internal Revenue Service as an independent, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
Our Experts
Adam S. Minsky is one of the nation’s leading voices on student loan law and is a pioneer in his field. He established the first law firm in Massachusetts devoted entirely to helping student loan borrowers, and is also licensed in New York and Vermont. He remains one of the only attorneys in the country with a practice focused exclusively in this field of law. Attorney Minsky is a senior contributor to Forbes.com, and he has published numerous books and articles on student debt and regularly speaks at colleges, nonprofit organizations, and professional associations about developments in student loan law and higher education financing. Major media outlets frequently seek his analysis on national news and policy stories.
Betsy Mayotte has been working in the student loan industry doing compliance and advocacy work for over 20 years. She has helped thousands of borrowers with their student loans through her work with TISLA.
Mayotte has served as a primary negotiator for several federal Title IV negotiated rulemaking sessions on topics such as the use of student loans at foreign schools, loan rehabilitation and borrower defense to repayment. In addition, she frequently conducts regulatory trainings for the higher education financing industry around the world. She is regularly quoted in the media on student loan issues, including The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and the The Boston Globe. Mayotte was recently featured in Money Magazine as one of the top 50 influential changemakers in America’s finances.
Public Service Promise Board of Directors
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Renée Brooker is currently Partner at the law firm Tycko & Zavareei, where she represents whistleblowers in all 94 United States District Courts. She has enforced anti-fraud laws and represented whistleblowers in virtually every major industry, including higher education, financial services, healthcare, and more. Brooker was also a Civil Fraud Assistant Director at the US Department of Justice, where she was responsible for billions of dollars in False Claims Act recoveries and held companies accountable for their conduct. She was named to the 2023 Washington DC Super Lawyers List, and to the 2023 and 2024 “The Best Lawyers in America - Qui Tam Law.”
Why is the work of PSP important to you?
Public Service Promise allows our best, brightest, and most committed college graduates to fulfill their mission to work as teachers, in law enforcement, as healthcare workers at non-profits, and in other helping professions. It’s a win-win for all Americans. I want to be a part of advancing that mission.
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LaRue L. Robinson is a Litigation Partner at Willkie, Farr, and Gallagher. LaRue focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation, class actions, employee benefits litigation, and investigations. In addition, he is also a former U.S. Army prosecutor with significant trial experience. LaRue has been noted in Bloomberg Law as one of 40 attorneys nationwide under 40 who “represent the best of the future of the legal profession.”
Why is the work of PSP important to you?
As a veteran, I am a firm believer in the necessity of public service to a well-functioning society. PSP’s work is an important piece to ensuring public servants receive the benefits they have earned through their selfless work.
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Becky Fertig Cohen is Principal at CKR Solutions. She provides strategic support to law firms, corporations, professional associations and individuals on crisis communications, crisis aversion, government relations and public affairs. Becky spent 11 years at the Legal Services Corporation, the largest funder of civil legal aid in the country, serving as the Chief of Staff and Corporate Secretary. She has extensive experience in management, strategic planning, as well as wide-ranging government relations and public policy experience at the federal, state, and local levels.
Why is the work of PSP important to you?
Public Service Promise helps provide critical information and support to students interested in a career in public service. I am privileged to help advance this vital mission.
