May 27, 2009

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Career College Association Announces New Board Members

 
Washington, DC – The Career College Association (CCA) today released the results of its 2009 Board elections.
 
Elected to three-year terms beginning July 1, 2009, are:
 

• Mark Dreyfus, President, ECPI College of Technology, Virginia Beach, Virginia;
• James Hutton, Chairman of the Board, Anthem Education Group, Phoenix, Arizona;
• Robert Herzog, Vice President and CFO, Harrison College, Indianapolis, Indiana

Re-elected and now serving a full three-year term is:
 

• Arthur Benjamin, Vice Chairman and CEO, ATI Schools & Colleges, North Richland Hills, Texas;

Re-elected to a one-year term as Allied Board Member is:
 

• Nancy Broff, Attorney, Dickstein Shapiro LLP, Washington, DC

Executives leaving the CCA Board of Directors are:
 

• Fran Voigt, President, New England Culinary Institute, Montpelier, Vermont; and
• Patricia Kapper, Forefront Education, Inc., Inverness, Illinois.

“We are delighted to welcome such an excellent group of newly elected and re-elected  executives to the CCA Board of Directors,” said CCA President Harris N. Miller.  “I am confident that with their knowledge and experience in the sector, they will help take the Career College Association to the next level.  I would also like to recognize the outstanding service of Fran Voigt and Pat Kapper, who leave the Board after years of distinguished service.”
 
The CCA Board of Directors is chaired by Rene Champagne, retired former Chairman and CEO of ITT Educational Services, Inc. Jonathan Liebman, Chairman and CEO, Specs Howard School of Broadcast Arts, serves as CCA Vice Chairman.  Other board members are:  Rebecca Campoverde, Vice President, Kaplan Higher Education Corporation; Anthony Guida, Senior Vice President, Education Management Corporation; Renee Herzing, President, Herzing University; Sabrina Kay, Chairman and CEO, Fremont College; Art Keiser, Chancellor, Keiser University; Robert McNamara, CCO and Senior Vice President, Career Education Corporation; David Pauldine, President, DeVry University; Mark Pelesh, Executive Vice President, Corinthian Colleges, Inc.; Jim Tolbert, CEO, Education Futures Group; and Jamie Turner, Vice Chairman, Alta Colleges, Inc.
 
The Career College Association (CCA) is a voluntary membership organization of accredited, private postsecondary schools, institutes, colleges and universities that provide career-specific educational programs. CCA has more than 1,600 members that educate and support over one million students each year for employment in over 200 occupational fields. CCA member institutions provide the full range of higher education programs: masters and doctoral degree programs, two- and four-year associate and baccalaureate degree programs, and short-term certificate and diploma programs. Visit CCA at www.career.org <http://www.career.org/> .