Brian E. Mueller has been serving as our Chief Executive Officer since July 1, 2008, as a director since March 2009, and as the Chairman of our Board since January 2017. Since July 1, 2018, Mr. Mueller has also served as the President of Grand Canyon University, an independent non-profit Arizona corporation that is our most significant university partner. From 2012 to 2018, Mr. Mueller served as the President of Grand Canyon University when it was owned and operated by the Company. See Policies and Procedures for Related Party Transactions. From 1987 to 2008, Mr. Mueller was employed by Apollo Education Group, Inc., a for-profit, postsecondary education company and the parent company of the University of Phoenix, serving between January 2006 and June 2008 as its President and a Director. Mr. Mueller previously served as the Chief Operating Officer of Apollo Education Group, Inc. from December 2005 to January 2006, as Chief Executive Officer of the University of Phoenix Online, a unit of the University of Phoenix, from March 2002 to November 2005, and as Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President of the University of Phoenix Online from May 1997 to March 2002. From 1987 to May 1997, Mr. Mueller held several positions in operations management for Apollo Education Group, Inc. From 1983 to 1987, Mr. Mueller was a professor at Concordia University. Mr. Mueller received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Education and a Master of Arts in Education degree from Concordia University.

David M. Adame has been serving as a member of our Board since June 22, 2021. Mr. Adame currently serves as President and CEO of Chicanos Por La Causa (“CPLC”). Mr. Adame has been with CPLC since 2008, serving as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer prior to becoming President and CEO. From 2003 to 2008, he was Vice President of Arizona Operations for McCormack Baron & Salazar, responsible for overseeing the firm’s role in Henson Village, a HOPE VI project in Phoenix. From 1997 to 2003, he served as Senior Deputy Director of Fannie Mae’s Arizona Partnership Office. From 1994 to 1997, he served as a Program Officer with the Phoenix Office of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (“LISC”) where he managed the HOMESTART program. Prior to 1994 he worked at JPMorgan Chase & Co. (then called Bank One Arizona) for eight years, including as Corporate Banking Associate and later as Assistant Vice President in the Retail Business Loan Center. Over the years, Mr. Adame has served on numerous boards including: the Greater Phoenix Economic Council; the AARP Foundation; the National Association for Latino Community Asset Builders; the Arizona-Mexico Commission; the Maricopa Community Colleges Foundation; Unidos US; the Community Reinvestment Fund USA; the Creighton University Presidential Health Sciences Phoenix Advisory Board; and the Arizona Housing Commission. Recent honors include the Individual Hero of Education Award by Maricopa Community Colleges and the Maricopa Community Colleges Foundation, and the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Arizona Asian Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Adame received a Bachelor of Science in Business degree from Arizona State University (“ASU”) and a Master’s in Business Administration from the ASU School of Global Management. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters from the University of Arizona, and an Honorary Doctorate from the National Autonomous University of Mexico.

Sara R. Dial has been serving as a member of our Board of Directors since March 2013, and as the lead independent director since January 2017. Ms. Dial has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Sara Dial & Associates, an economic development consulting firm specializing in site selection and government relations since 1996. She has led high profile economic development initiatives in Arizona including the restructuring of Arizona's statewide economic development organization under Governor Brewer, resulting in the creation of the agency now known as the Arizona Commerce Authority. From 1993 to 1996, Ms. Dial served as the director of the Arizona Department of Commerce, having previously served as the finance director from 1991 to 1993. Prior to her work in the public sector, Ms. Dial worked in the investment banking industry at Rauscher Pierces Refsnes, (now known as RBC Capital), Boettcher and Company and Kemper Securities Group, focusing on municipal finance. In 2019, she became a National Association of Corporate Directors Board Leadership Fellow on behalf of her commitment to exemplary corporate governance. Currently, Ms. Dial is a director for WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp., a publicly traded provider of portable storage and mobile office solutions. Ms. Dial was previously a member of the board of trustees at Seattle Pacific University. Ms. Dial is a graduate of Stanford University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in international relations. She is NACD (National Association of Corporate Directors) Directorship Certified™. The NACD Directorship Certification® program equips directors with the foundation of knowledge sought by boards to effectively contribute in the boardroom. NACD Directorship Certified directors pass a foundational exam developed by experienced directors and, via continuing recertification requirements, commit to continuing education on governance and emerging issues impacting the businesses they serve in order to elevate the profession of directorship.

 

Jack A. Henry has been serving as a member of our Board of Directors since November 2008. Since 2000, Mr. Henry has served as the Managing Director of Sierra Blanca Ventures, LLC, a private investment and advisory firm. From 1966 to 2000, Mr. Henry worked as a certified public accountant for Arthur Andersen, a national accounting firm, retiring in 2000 as the Managing Partner of the Phoenix, Arizona office. Mr. Henry currently serves on the board of directors and as chair of the audit committee of TPI Composites, Inc., a manufacturer of composite wind blades, and on the board of directors and audit committee of a private company. He is past President and founder of the Arizona Chapter of the National Association of Corporate Directors having served in that capacity for 15 years. Mr. Henry received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Michigan.

Chevy Humphrey has been serving as a member of our Board of Directors since August 2019. Ms. Humphrey is the first Black American to head a science center in the United States and, in January 2021, Ms. Humphrey became the first women and first Black American to lead the Museum of Science and Industry (“MSI”), in Chicago, Illinois. Before joining MSI, Ms. Humphrey had served as President and CEO of the Arizona Science Center, one of the nation’s premier science and education centers, since 2005. During her tenure at Arizona Science Center, Ms. Humphrey secured numerous national competitive and prestigious grants for the Arizona Science Center from organizations such as the National Institutes for Health and the National Science Foundation and has been recognized by the Phoenix Business Journal as a Most Admired CEO and by the Women’s National Basketball Association as a Visionary Leader. Ms. Humphrey currently serves as a board member and Chair of the American Alliance of Museums, an organization that supports more than 35,000 museums, zoos, science centers and similar organizations. Ms. Humphrey also serves as a board member of College Success Arizona, an organization focused on increasing the post-secondary attainment rates of Arizona students, and the Sandra Day O’Connor Institute, an organization that advances civics education, civic engagement and civil discourse. Ms. Humphrey received a Bachelor of Business degree with a concentration in Marketing from the University of Phoenix, a Master of Business Administration degree from Northeastern University with specializations in Marketing and Entrepreneurship/Innovation, and is pursuing her Doctorate of Business Administration from Grand Canyon University.

Lisa Graham Keegan has been serving as a member of our Board of Directors since August 2019. Since 2001, Ms. Keegan has served as the Principal Partner at The Keegan Company, an education policy consulting firm, where she leads numerous projects, writes, and speaks on critical issues in American education. From 1991 to 2001, Ms. Keegan served as an Arizona elected official, first in the Arizona House of Representatives from 1991 to 1995, where she chaired the House Education Committee and oversaw the K-12, community college and university education budgets on the Appropriations Committee, and later as the Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction from 1995 to 2001, where she oversaw Arizona’s public school system and directed the state’s Department of Education. In 2000 and 2008, respectively, Ms. Keegan served as education advisor to the John McCain campaigns for President. Ms. Keegan received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Stanford University and a Masters’ Degree from Arizona State University.