APSCU Board of Directors
Jim Tolbert
Education Futures Group, LLC
Birmingham, AL
Jim Tolbert is the Chief Executive Officer of Education Futures
Group, LLC, a company recently formed with Prospect Partners focused
exclusively on the acquisition of post-secondary education
companies. Education Futures Group focuses on acquisitions where
the target companies could benefit from an operationally-oriented buyer
with a strong capital base. Prior to that, Mr. Tolbert was the
Chief Financial Officer and a Shareholder of Virginia College, a
Birmingham based career college, until the sale of the company in
December 2004. Prior to investing in and joining Virginia College,
Mr. Tolbert was the Founder and CEO of Career College Loan Company, a
specialty consumer finance company, providing tuition financing to the
for-profit education sector. Mr. Tolbert has also worked for
McKinsey & Company in the Financial Institutions Group and Morgan
Stanley International in the Mergers & Acquisitions Department.
Mr. Tolbert has a Bachelor of Science in Economics, summa cum laude,
from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a Masters
of Business Administration from the University of Chicago.
Mr. Tolbert sits on the Board of the American Israel Chamber of
Commerce, the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce, and Tech Birmingham.
Mr. Tolbert was appointed by Governor Riley to serve on the Alabama
Workforce Investment Board.
Mr. Tolbert, his wife, Margery, and their two children live in
Birmingham, AL.
