UNITED STATES

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 14, 2017

 

Greenwood Hall, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Nevada   333-184796   99-0376273

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

12424 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 1030, Los Angeles, California   90025
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

(310) 907-8300

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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Item 5.02   Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

 

On August 14, 2017, the Board of Directors of Greenwood Hall, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed William Bradfield as Chief Executive Officer of the Company.

 

Mr. Bradfield, 68, has worked in higher education for nearly twenty-five years, primarily on the supply side for EdTech companies founded and owned by him. Mr. Bradfield has served as Executive Vice President of Business Development of the Company since 2015, where he has been responsible for revenue generation and revenue retention activities. He founded and, from 2013 until 2015, served as Chief Executive Officer of Campus Veritas, Inc., where he focused on online education and student success and retention. Mr. Bradfield founded and, from 2003 until 2013, served as Chief Executive Officer of Perceptis, Inc., a provider of customer support services to students, faculty and staff of colleges, universities and community colleges in the United States. Mr. Bradfield received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Lafayette College and completed Masters in Business Administration coursework through the University of Southern California.

 

Since his appointment as Executive Vice President of Business Development in 2015, Mr. Bradfield has received and will continue to receive an annual salary of $150,000, payable in accordance with the Company's standard payroll practices.

 

There are no family relationships between Mr. Bradfield and any of the Company’s executive officers and directors.

 

 

 
 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

  GREENWOOD HALL, INC.
Date: August 16, 2017    
  By: /s/ William Bradfield
    Name: William Bradfield
    Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

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