Based in West Des Moines, Iowa, and employing over 400,
ISL is a financial services company with $3.7 billion in student
loans. To date, ISL has helped more than 260,000 students
pay for college. Self-funded and self-capitalized, it has no
shareholders and does not receive state appropriations. The
governor of Iowa appoints the ISL Board of Directors, which
consists of Iowa leaders in the educational, banking and
public interest sectors