| Stephen Wayne Beard |
Stephen Wayne Beard is currently the President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at Adtalem Global Education, Inc. He is also a Director at A Better Chicago. Previously, he served as a Director at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Secretary & Director at Heidrick & Struggles (UK) Ltd., Director at Heidrick & Struggles Leadership Consulting Ltd., and Secretary, Chief Administrative Officer & EVP at Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc. He was also a Member-Corporate & Securities Group at Schiff Hardin LLP. Mr. Beard received his undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois in 1993 and his graduate degree from Indiana University Maurer School of Law in 1998. |
| Maurice Herrera |
Maurice Herrera is currently the Chief Marketing Officer & Senior Vice President at Adtalem Global Education, Inc. He previously worked as the Chief Marketing Officer at Avis Budget Holdings LLC and as the Senior Vice President-Marketing at W. W. of North Carolina, Inc. Herrera has an undergraduate degree from the State University of New York at Binghamton and an MBA from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business. |
| Lisa W. Wardell |
Lisa W. Wardell currently works at The Kennedy Center Corporate Fund, as Vice Chairman, American Express Co., as Independent Director from 2021, Adtalem Global Education, Inc., as Director from 2022, Retirement Clearinghouse LLC, as Director, American International Automobile Dealers Association, as Director, Think450, as Director, The Economic Club of Chicago, as Director, Fortune CEO Initiative, as Director, Executive Leadership Council, Inc., as Member, The District of Columbia Bar, as Member, The Business Council, as Member, State Bar of Georgia, as Member, and CEO Action For Diversity & Inclusion, as Member. Ms. Wardell also formerly worked at Christopher & Banks Corp., as Chairman from 2015 to 2017, Lowe's Companies, Inc., as Independent Director from 2018 to 2021, National Basketball Players Association, as Director from 2018 to 2021, RLJ-McLarty-Landers Automotive Group, as Director & Executive Vice President, Naylor, Inc., as Director, RLJ Entertainment, Inc., as Independent Non-Executive Director from 2014 to 2015, G-III Apparel Group Ltd., as Independent Director, RLJ Acquisition, Inc., as Chief Financial Officer from 2010 to 2012, Katalyst Ventures, as Principal from 1999 to 2003, Federal Communications Commission, as Attorney from 1994 to 1996, The RLJ Cos. LLC, as Chief Operating Officer & Executive Vice President, and RLJ-McLarty-Landers Automotive Holdings, LLC, as Executive Vice President. Ms. Wardell received her undergraduate degree from Vassar College, Masters Business Admin degree from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and graduate degree from Stanford Law School. |
| Robert J. Phelan |
Robert J. Phelan is currently the Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President at Adtalem Global Education, Inc. He previously worked at Sears Holdings Corp. as the Chief Auditor, Treasurer & Senior VP-Finance from 2007 to 2018. Mr. Phelan has an undergraduate degree from Valparaiso University and an MBA from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business. |
| Steven K. Tom |
Steven K. Tom is currently the Director at the International Youth Foundation, Inc. and the Director at the World Trade Center Institute. He is also the Chief Customer Officer & Senior Vice President at Adtalem Global Education, Inc. Previously, he held positions as the Senior Vice President at TESSCO Technologies, Inc. and the Chief Transformation Officer & Senior VP at Walden University LLC. Mr. Tom completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Maryland and earned an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management. |
| Cheryl James |
Cheryl James is currently the Chief Human Resources Officer & Senior VP at Adtalem Global Education, Inc. Prior to this, she worked as the Chief Human Resources Officer at Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. from 2020 to 2021. Ms. James has an undergraduate degree from Indiana State University and a graduate degree from Indiana Wesleyan University. |
| Manjunath Gangadharan |
Manjunath Gangadharan is currently the Chief Accounting Officer & Vice President at Adtalem Global Education, Inc. He previously worked as the Accounting Policies & Procedures Manager at Sony Corporation of America and as the Vice President & Controller at Culligan International Co. From 2014 to 2021, he worked at Groupon, Inc. and served as the Chief Accounting Officer from 2020 to 2021. |
| Michael William Malafronte |
Michael William Malafronte is the founder. He founded International Value Advisers LLC in 2007, where he held the title of Managing Partner & President from 2007 to 2020. Currently, Mr. Malafronte holds the position of Chairman at Adtalem Global Education, Inc. since 2016. He is also a Director at IVA Fiduciary Trust. In the past, Mr. Malafronte worked as a Director at Bresler & Reiner, Inc. from 2002 to 2010. He was also a Director at Century Realty Trust and held the position of Portfolio Manager at Oppenheimer + Close LLC from 1996 to 2005. Additionally, he served as a Senior Vice President at First Eagle Investment Management LLC. Mr. Malafronte completed his undergraduate degree at Babson College. |
| Karen S. Cox |
Karen S. Cox is the current President-Chamberlain University at Adtalem Global Education, Inc. She previously served as Chairman at Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City from 2009 to 2015, Chairman at National Initiative for Children's Health Care Quality, Inc., President & Director at American Academy of Nursing from 2017 to 2019, and Co-Chief Operating Officer & Executive VP at The Children's Mercy Hospital from 2006 to 2018. Dr. Cox holds a graduate and doctorate degree from the University of Missouri and an undergraduate degree from the University of Kansas. |
| Susan Groenwald |
Susan Groenwald's current job(s) include being the President-Chamberlain College at Adtalem Global Education, Inc. since 2012 and the President at Chamberlain University LLC since 2006. Dr. Groenwald's former job(s) include being the Operations Director at DM Liquidation Holdings, Inc. and the Senior Program Director at Illinois Cancer Council. Dr. Groenwald's education history includes earning a doctorate degree from Capella University LLC and undergraduate and graduate degrees from Rush University College of Nursing. |
| Betty M. Vandenbosch |
Betty M. Vandenbosch is an Independent Director at Adtalem Global Education, Inc. She was previously the Chancellor at Purdue University from 2018 to 2020 and the President at Kaplan University from 2015 to 2018. She also served as the Associate Dean & Associate Professor at Weatherhead School of Management. Dr. Vandenbosch was the Chief Content Officer & Senior Vice President at Coursera, Inc. from 2020 to 2022. She holds a doctorate degree from Richard Ivey School of Business and undergraduate and MBA degrees from Western University. |
| Donna J. Hrinak |
Donna J. Hrinak is an Independent Director at Adtalem Global Education, Inc. and Director at Inter-American Dialogue. She was previously a Director at America Online Latin America, Inc., Council on Foreign Relations, Inc., and Council of the Americas, Inc. She was also a Director at McLarty Associates LLC from 2006 to 2009. From 2008 to 2011, she served as VP-Global Public Policy & Government Affairs at PepsiCo, Inc. From 2011 to 2020, she was Vice President & President-Latin America Region at The Boeing Co. She is currently Senior Vice President-Corporate Affairs at Royal Caribbean Group, a position she has held since 2020. Ms. Hrinak received her undergraduate degree from Michigan State University. |
| Kenneth J. Phelan |
Kenneth J. Phelan is an Independent Director and Director at Adtalem Global Education, Inc., Huntington Bancshares, Inc., and The Huntington National Bank. He is also a Director at Independence Mission Schools. Previously, he served as Director at The Office of Financial Research, Chief Risk Officer & Executive Vice President at Federal National Mortgage Association, Chief Risk Officer at Wachovia Corp., Head-Risk Management Services at JPMorgan Chase & Co., and Chief Risk Officer at U.S. Department of the Treasury. He also served as Chief Risk Officer at Royal Bank of Scotland Plc (Connecticut Branch). Mr. Phelan holds an undergraduate degree from Old Dominion University, and graduate degrees from Villanova University and Trinity College Dublin. |
| Mayur Gupta |
Mayur Gupta is an Independent Director at Adtalem Global Education, Inc., a Director at Mobile Marketing Association, Inc., and the Chief Marketing Officer at Payward, Inc. He was previously an Independent Director at Gannett Co., Inc., the Chief Marketing Officer & Executive Vice President at Healthgrades Operating Co., Inc., the Chief Marketing Officer at Freshly, Inc., and the Vice President-Growth & Marketing at Spotify USA, Inc. Gupta received his undergraduate degree from the University of Delhi and his graduate degree from the Institute of Management Technology. |
| William W. Burke |
William W. Burke's current job(s) include being the Chairman at Tactile Systems Technology, Inc., the Lead Independent Director at Adtalem Global Education, Inc., a Director at Ceribell, Inc., an Independent Director at EQ Health Acquisition Corp., and the President at Austin Highlands Advisors LLC. His former job(s) include being the Lead Independent Director at Medical Action Industries, Inc., a Director at Aperio Technologies, Inc., the CFO and Director-Accounts & Finance at Encore Medical GP LLC, a Director at On-X Life Technologies, Inc., an Independent Non-Executive Director at LDR Holding Corp., an Independent Director at Invuity, Inc., and the Chief Financial Officer at Cholestech Corp., DJO Global, Inc., Encore Medical LP, IDev Technologies, Inc., and ReAble Therapeutics, Inc.Mr. Burke's education history includes an undergraduate degree from The University of Texas at Austin in 1981 and an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1985. |
| Georgette D. Kiser |
Georgette D. Kiser is an Independent Director at Aflac, Inc., Adtalem Global Education, Inc., Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc., and NCR Voyix Corp. She is also a Director at Year Up, Inc., Claritas Corp., Jacobs Solutions, Inc., and an Advisor at Naples Technology Ventures LLC. Previously, she served as a Director at Greater Baltimore Committee, Maryland Business Roundtable for Education, and The Boys Latin School of Maryland, Inc. She was the Chief Information Officer & Managing Director at The Carlyle Group, Inc. from 2015 to 2019. Ms. Kiser was also a Vice President at T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (Investment Management) and T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. from 1996 to 2015. She holds an MBA from the University of Baltimore, an undergraduate degree from the University of Maryland, and a graduate degree from Villanova University. |
| Sharon L. O'Keefe |
Sharon L. O'Keefe is currently an Independent Director at Adtalem Global Education, Inc., a Director at Aviv Healthcare Properties LP, a Director at Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy, and an Independent Non-Executive Director at Convatec Group Plc. Previously, she held positions as a Director at University Healthsystem Consortium, Inc., an Independent Director at Vocera Communications, Inc., an Independent Director at Aviv REIT, Inc., Treasurer & Director-at-Large at America's Essential Hospitals, an Independent Non-Executive Director at Apollo Endosurgery, Inc., a Senior Manager at Ernst & Young LLP, a Principal at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Inc., the President of The University of Chicago Medical Center, the Chief Operating Officer of Barnes-Jewish Hospital, a Principal at Montefiore Medical Center, the Chief Operating Officer & Executive Vice President of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc., the President of Loyola University Health System, a Principal at University of Maryland Medical System Corp., and a Trustee at Illinois Hospital Association. She holds a graduate degree from Loyola University of Chicago and an undergraduate degree from Northern Illinois University. |
| William Krehbiel |
William Krehbiel is the Chairman of A Better Chicago, a company he founded in 2010. He is also the Chief Executive Officer of Topography Hospitality, LLC, a company he founded in 2021. In addition to his founding positions, Mr. Krehbiel currently holds several jobs. He is an Independent Director at Adtalem Global Education, Inc. since 2022. He is also a Director at The Big Shoulders Fund, Civic Consulting Alliance, and The Civic Federation. Furthermore, he serves as a Trustee at The Civic Federation and as a Managing Partner at Ballyfin Demesne Ltd. Regarding his education, Mr. Krehbiel attended Dartmouth College for his undergraduate studies and obtained a degree. He also pursued an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management. |
