Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) |
Position |
| D O'Keefe |
President |
| Bob Owen |
Controller & Interim CFO |
| Carmella Cassetta |
CIO & Vice President |
| Kenneth S. Ord |
CFO & Executive Vice President |
| Michael E. Dulberg |
Chief Accounting Officer |
| Peter Waller |
Chief Operating Officer |
| Tim H. Taylor |
Chief Financial Officer |
| Beth A. Wilson |
Executive Vice President, Operations |
| Bill Buchanan |
Executive Vice President, Marketing |
| Dennis L. Devereux |
Executive Vice President, Admin Services |
| Mark L. Pelesh |
Executive Vice President |
| Mary H. Barry |
Executive Vice President |
| Michael G. Stein |
Executive Vice President, Commercial Lending |
| Anna Dunlap |
Senior Vice President, Investor Relations & Communications |
| Brian J. Brodeur |
Senior Vice President, Commercial Lending |
| Bruce Deyong |
Senior Vice President, Administrative Services |
| Dwight L. Frankfather |
Senior Vice President, Commercial Lending |
| Joel C. Solomon |
Senior Vice President, Commercial Lending |
| John M. Barkidjija |
Senior Vice President, Commercial Lending |
| John R. Markowicz |
Senior Vice President, Commercial Lending |
| Michael W. Jump |
Senior Vice President, Operations |
| Nolan A. Miura |
Senior Vice President, Business Development |
| Paul T. Dimeo |
Senior Vice President, Real Estate |
| Randy P. Curtis |
Senior Vice President, Retail Banking |
| Richard J. Koretz |
Senior Vice President, Finance |
| Stan A. Mortensen |
General Counsel, Senior Vice President & Secretary |
| Terence W. Keenan |
Senior Vice President, Commercial Lending |
| Timothy J. Stodder |
Senior Vice President, Commercial Lending |
| Daniel A. Niedermeyer |
First Vice President, Consumer Lending, Operations |
| Daniel P. Semenak |
First Vice President, Finance |
| David R. Ploger |
First Vice President, Commercial Lending |
| James J. Dow |
First Vice President, Commercial Lending |
| John P. Ascher |
First Vice President, Commercial Lending |
| Keith R. Gibbons |
First Vice President, Commercial Lending |
| Marilyn Klehm Martin |
First Vice President, Operations |
| Mary Kay Phillips |
First Vice President, Retail Banking |
| Mary S. Koehler |
First Vice President, Retail Banking |
| Peter R. Freund |
First Vice President, Commercial Lending |
| Rosa M. Paz |
First Vice President, Commercial Lending |
| William A. Reynolds |
First Vice President, Operations |
| William W. Baird |
First Vice President, Operations |
| Yolanda M. Deen |
First Vice President, Retail Banking |
| John M. Dionisio |
Director |
| Kevin R. Callahan |
Director |
| Rodney D. Lubeznik |
Director |
Board of Directors
Carmella Cassetta joined Corinthian Colleges in August 2005 as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, responsible for the development and implementation of a comprehensive information technology strategy for the company.
Ms. Cassetta brings to Corinthian Colleges over 20 years of experience in the information technology field, including global distribution and retail responsibilities across multiple industries.
She joined Corinthian Colleges from Ingram Micro, a Fortune 100 distributor of information technology products and services, where she served as Corporate Vice President, Global Application Development. In this role, Ms. Cassetta was responsible for the worldwide development and implementation of all Ingram Micro systems, managing a global organization with associates located in the United States, Canada and Europe. Prior to Ingram Micro, Ms. Cassetta served as Chief Information and Technology Officer for Printnation and held a series of successively responsible information technology positions with Barnes & Noble, Inc. and Waldenbooks .
Ms. Cassetta received her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Connecticut, and holds her certificate in Networking Technology from New York University School of Continuing Education.
Kenneth S. Ord has served as Corinthian's Executive Vice President since joining Corinthian Colleges, Inc. in February, 2005.
Mr. Ord has more than 30 years of financial experience with public and multi-national corporations. He most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Alliance Imaging, Inc. Previously Mr. Ord served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for FHP International Corporation, a publicly traded managed healthcare organization with operations in 11 states and Guam. After FHP was sold to PacifiCare Health Systems in 1997, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Talbert Medical Management, a physician practice management company. Earlier in his career, he spent 12 years with Kelly Services in successively responsible financial roles, including treasurer, controller and vice president of finance. He began his career at Ford Motor Company, serving nine years on the finance staff in roles ranging from overseas financing to profit analysis and financial controls.
Mr. Ord is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Brigham Young University, having earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics as well as an MBA.
Peter C. Waller has served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Corinthian Colleges, Inc., since February 2006.
From October 2004 to January 2006, Mr. Waller served as Executive Partner of ThreeSixty Sourcing, a provider of imported consumer goods, where he served as Chief Executive Officer from March 2001 until October 2004. From June 1997 to February 2001, Mr. Waller served as the President of Taco Bell Corp., an international food service chain that became a subsidiary of Tricon Global Restaurants after it was spun off from Pepsico in 1997. Mr. Waller previously served as Chief Marketing Officer of Taco Bell Corp. from January 1996 to May 1997. From 1990 to 1995, Mr. Waller held senior marketing positions with KFC, an international food service chain, in Western Europe, Australia, and for the last two of those years, as Chief Marketing Officer of the USA operations. During the previous 15 years, Mr. Waller held various marketing and brand manager responsibilities with Procter & Gamble, an international consumer goods manufacturer, Braun GmbH, an international subsidiary of Gillette Inc., which manufactures small electrical appliances, and Nabisco, an international manufacturer of biscuits, snacks and grocery products, in England, Germany, Canada and the USA.
Mr. Waller received his M.A. from Oxford University, England.
In her current role as Executive Vice President, a job she has held since July 2001, Beth Wilson oversees all operational support for accreditation and licensure, curriculum development and quality control, career services, student financial services, human resources, real estate, facilities and purchasing.
Ms. Wilson has been with CCi since its inception in 1995. Prior to her role as EVP of Operations, she held such leadership positions within the company as Operations VP and Regional Operations Director.
Prior to joining CCi, Ms. Wilson was employed by National Education Centers (NEC) as Executive Director of its Capital Hill campus and later as its Area Operations Manager. She also served as National College's Vice President of Branch Operations, as well as United Education and Software's Business School Executive Director, Group Manager and Vice President of Administration.
Ms. Wilson earned a Master of Business Administration from National University in San Diego, California, and a Bachelor of Arts degree from California State College in Sonoma, California. She has served on the Board of Directors for Career Colleges Association and as a commissioner for the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology (ACCSCT).
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Corinthian Colleges, Inc. |
Executive Vice President, Operations |
Current |
| Accsct |
School Commissioner |
Current |
| National University |
Master's In Business Administration |
Former |
Mr. Buchanan has served as Corinthian's Executive Vice President, Marketing since joining the Company in July 2004.
Prior to joining Corinthian, Mr. Buchanan was employed by Greenpoint Mortgage where he directed all retail marketing with responsibility for direct marketing, internet marketing, advertising and branch marketing. Prior to Greenpoint, he was with Providian Financial Corporation, a credit card issuer with approximately 10 million customer accounts, where he served as Senior Vice President of Platinum Marketing, Senior Vice President of New Account Business and Executive Vice President of New Channel & Product Development.
Mr. Buchanan holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of California Berkeley.
Mr. Pelesh has served as Corinthian's Executive Vice President for Legislative and Regulatory Affairs since September 2003. Prior to joining Corinthian, Mr. Pelesh was a partner in the Washington DC law firm of Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP from 1997 to September 2003, where he founded and led the firm's Education Law Group. His work with Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP encompassed dealing with Congress, the U.S. Department of Education and many state authorities, as well as representation of accrediting agencies. He also served as a participant in the Department of Education's negotiated rulemaking procedures.
From 1981 to 1997 Mr. Pelesh was with the law firm of Cohn and Marks, where he served as partner from 1985 to 1997 and associate from 1981 to 1985. At Cohn and Marks, Mr. Pelesh helped establish the firm's education practice and served on its management committee. He began his career at the law firm of Arnold & Porter, where as an associate from 1978 to 1981 his work focused on corporate, antitrust, real estate and litigation matters.
Mr. Pelesh holds a J.D. degree from Yale Law School, where he was an editor of the Yale Law Journal, and a Bachelor's degree with Honors in History from Stanford University, where he was elected Phi Beta Kappa. His articles on the legal issues surrounding education have been published in law reviews at Duke and Notre Dame and for the National Association of College and University Attorneys, among other publications.
Anna Marie Dunlap has been employed with Corinthian since January 2005 as senior vice president investor relations and corporate communications. Ms. Dunlap has over 25 years of communications experience with companies ranging in size from newly public start-ups to the Fortune 500.
Prior to joining Corinthian, Ms. Dunlap was vice president investor relations (IR) with Premera Blue Cross, one of the largest health plans in the Pacific Northwest, where she was responsible for preparing the company for an initial public offering. Prior to Premera, she was head of investor and corporate communications for The TriZetto Group, a healthcare information technology firm, where she built the company's communications function from the ground up. Prior to TriZetto, Ms. Dunlap was an investor relations consultant to the healthcare industry, with clients in information technology, managed care, medical technology, home health, physician practice management and dental practice management. Prior to consulting, she was vice president investor relations for American Medical Response, where she developed and implemented that company's first IR and media relations program. From 1985 to 1995, Dunlap was with FHP HealthCare, a $4 billion managed healthcare company, where she held progressively responsible positions in regional operations, strategic planning, investor relations and corporate communications. As vice president, investor relations she was the first IR officer for a managed healthcare company in the United States.
Ms. Dunlap graduated magna cum laude with a master's degree in human resources economics from the University of Utah in 1980.
Mr. Dimeo has served as Corinthian's Senior Vice President, Real Estate, since September 1, 2003.
Prior to joining Corinthian, Mr. Dimeo served from 1998 through August 2003 as Senior Vice President of The Staubach Company, a national commercial brokerage firm specializing in tenant representation. Earlier, Mr. Dimeo held a variety of senior real estate positions during a 20-year tenure with IBM Corporation, both in New York and California.
Mr. Dimeo holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the State University of New York (SUNY), New Paltz, New York, and received a Master of Corporate Real Estate Certificate from CORNET, an industry trade organization.
Stan A. Mortensen, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Stan A. Mortensen was promoted to his current position in October 2002 from the position of Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, which he held since January 2000.
Previous professional achievements include:
* Prior to Corinthian, Mr. Mortensen was an attorney at the law firm of O'Melveny & Myers LLP from March 1997 through December 1999 where his practice focused on corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate matters.
* From August 1994 through February 1997, he was an attorney at the law firm of Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi where his practice focused on complex commercial litigation.
* Mr. Mortensen received a Juris Doctor and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Brigham Young University
Alice Kane has served as General Counsel of North America for Zurich Financial Services, a commercial property-casualty insurance provider, since October 2005. While at Zurich, she also served as its Group Global General Counsel from September 2006 until September 2007. Ms. Kane was also a founder of Q-Cubed Alternative Advisor LLC, a hedge fund, and was its Chair and Managing Director from September 2004 until October 2005. Ms. Kane was the Chairman of Blaylock Asset Management, a start-up minority and women-owned institutional manager, from September 2002 through March 2004 and had been providing consulting services for Blaylock & Partners, L.P. since December 2001. Prior to that, she was the President of American General Fund Group and Chairman of VALIC Group Annuity Funds. Ms. Kane joined American General Corporation, one of the nation's largest diversified financial organizations, as Executive Vice President of their investments advisory subsidiary, American General Investment Management L.P., in June 1998. Prior to joining American General Corporation, Ms. Kane served her entire financial services industry career starting in 1972 at New York Life Insurance Company where she served in various positions, including Executive Vice President in charge of Asset Management. She also served as General Counsel of New York Life from 1986 to 1995. Ms. Kane is currently a trustee and member of the audit committee for Sparx Funds Trust, a mutual fund, and a director, chairperson of the compensation committee and member of the audit committee of Corinthian Colleges, Inc., one of the largest post-secondary education companies in North America. Ms. Kane has served as a director of the Company since June 1998 and her present term as a Class I director will expire at the 2009 annual meeting of shareholders.
Hank Adler has served on Corinthian’s Board of Directors since August 2004 and is a member of its Audit and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees. Currently, Mr. Adler is an assistant professor of accounting at Chapman University, a liberal arts college in Southern California. He spent three decades with Deloitte & Touche, LLP until his retirement in 2003. While at Deloitte & Touche he specialized in tax accounting and served as a client service and tax partner for a variety of public and private companies. Mr. Adler serves on the Board of Directors of Hoag Hospital Memorial Presbyterian and KBS Real Estate Investment Trust. In the 1990s, he served on the Board of Trustees and was the President of the Irvine, California Unified School District. Mr. Adler received his Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and his Master’s of Business Administration degree from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA).
John M. Dionisio leads AECOM (NYSE: ACM), a global company with over 43,000 employees and revenue of more than $5.2 billion. Prior to being appointed to his current role in 2005, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, and earlier as the Chief Executive Officer and President of AECOM operating company DMJM Harris. During Mr. Dionisio's 30-plus-year career at AECOM, his leadership has helped advance the company's transportation and energy infrastructure business in the Americas. While in operations, he also oversaw the combination of three AECOM business units Frederic R. Harris, DMJM Infrastructure, and Holmes & Narver Infrastructure to form DMJM Harris in 2000. While heading DMJM Harris, Mr. Dionisio was involved in the advancement of many notable projects. These include the Second Avenue Subway in New York, Tren Urbano transit rail system in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the State Highway 130 toll-way in Texas, Southern California's Metrolink Commuter Rail System, and the new World Trade Center PATH Terminal in Lower Manhattan.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| AECOM Technology Corporation |
President & CEO |
Current |
| Corinthian Colleges, Inc. |
Director |
Current |
| AECOM Technology Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| AECOM Technology Corporation |
Chief Operating Officer |
Former |
| AECOM Technology Corporation |
Executive Vice President |
Former |
Linda Arey Skladany has served on Corinthian’s Board of Directors since its initial public offering in February 1999. She is a member of the Board’s Compensation and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees. Ms. Skladany served as Senior Associate Commissioner for External Relations at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from June 2002 until her retirement in May 2003. Prior to that, she was an attorney in the legislative advocacy and regulatory practice of Holland & Hart, a major law firm based in the Western United States, and served as Vice President for Congressional Relations at Parry, Romani, DeConcini & Symms, a Washington D.C. lobbying firm. She has also served on a variety of Presidential committees and held staff positions in several U.S. executive departments, including the Department of Education. Ms. Skladany served a four-year term on the Board of Visitors of the College of William and Mary. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Education from the College of William and Mary, her Master’s degree in Education from Wake Forest University and her Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Richmond.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Primus Venture Partners |
Managing Director |
Current |
| Reservoir Ventures Partners |
Fund Advisory Board Member |
Current |
| Marlin Business Services Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| STERIS Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Cleveland Development Advisors, Inc. |
Director |
Current |
| Corinthian Colleges, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| The Lawrenceville School |
Board Trustee |
Current |
| Primus Venture Partners |
Founder |
Former |
| First Chicago Corporation |
Private Equity |
Former |
| Marlin Business Services Corporation |
Investor |
Former |
| Corinthian Colleges, Inc. |
Investor |
Former |
| Decisionquest, Inc. |
Investor |
Former |
| Logicbay |
Investor |
Former |
| Southern Assisted Living Inc. |
Investor |
Former |
| DeVry Incorporated |
Investor |
Former |
| Haemonetics Corporation |
Investor |
Former |
| Indiana University |
MBA |
Former |
| The University of North Carolina |
BA |
Former |
Paul R. St. Pierre has served on Corinthian’s Board of Directors since the Company’s inception in July 1995 and was elected Vice Chairman of the Board in January 2003. As one of the original founders of Corinthian, Mr. St. Pierre served as the Company’s Executive Vice President, Marketing & Admissions until his retirement in June 2003. Before founding Corinthian, Mr. St. Pierre was employed by a subsidiary of National Education Corporation (“NEC”), where his first assignment was as school President for its San Bernardino, California campus. Subsequently, he held various corporate assignments including Director of Special Projects, Vice President of Operations for the Learning Institutes Group (the largest colleges owned by NEC) and Vice President, Marketing & Admissions. Mr. St. Pierre received his Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy from Stonehill College and his Master’s degree in Philosophy from Villanova University.
Dr. Robert P. Lee is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of Accela, stepping down in April 2007. First joining Accela as a board member in 1999, Dr. Lee was instrumental in guiding the Company through six acquisitions in three years and establishing the current management and corporate structure. After becoming Accela's CEO in 2002, Dr. Lee set the Company on course to become one of the fastest-growing U.S. companies by providing great products and services to over 500 agencies across North America. Prior to joining Accela, Dr. Lee was President and Chief Executive Officer of Inxight Software, Inc. and Insignia Solutions, a software company he took public on the NASDAQ in 1995. Dr. Lee's management experience also includes senior executive positions at Symantec and Shared Medical System corporations. Dr. Lee launched his career at IBM and Computer Sciences Corporation where he rose quickly through the management ranks holding various technical and business management positions.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Accela Incorporated |
Chief Executive Officer |
Current |
| BroadVision, Inc. |
Corporate Executive Vice President and President of Business Communications Services at Pacific Bell |
Current |
| Retirement Capital Group, Inc. |
Vice President |
Current |
| Mre Commercial Real Estate |
Executive Director |
Current |
| Achievo Corporation |
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder |
Current |
| Mre Commercial Real Estate |
Partner |
Current |
| Asian Pacific Fund |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Netopia, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| BroadVision, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| California Inc |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Corinthian Colleges, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Blue Shield LLC |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Osel Inc |
Director |
Current |
| Accela Incorporated |
Board Member |
Current |
| Accela Incorporated |
President |
Former |
| Business Communications Corporation |
Corporate Executive Vice President |
Former |
| Shared Medical Systems |
Senior Vice President |
Former |
| The RCG |
|
Former |
| Clark Consulting |
|
Former |
| Youth Tennis Advantage |
Chairman of the Board |
Former |
| Achievo Corporation |
Director |
Former |
| University of California, Los Angeles |
Doctorate Degrees |
Former |
| University of California, Berkeley |
M.B.A. |
Former |
| University of California, Los Angeles |
Masters |
Former |
| University of California, Los Angeles |
Bachelors of Arts Degree In Economics |
Former |
| University of California, Berkeley |
Bachelor's Degree |
Former |
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