Alan Wheat Joins Perdoceo Education Corporation Board of Directors
March 09 2021 - 4:15PM
Business Wire
Perdoceo Education Corporation (NASDAQ: PRDO), a provider of
postsecondary education programs, today announced that Alan D.
Wheat has been appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors. Mr.
Wheat’s appointment follows a March 8, 2021 vote by the Board of
Directors to expand the number of eligible board seats from eight
to nine.
Former Congressman Alan Wheat currently serves as the chair of
the Polsinelli law firm’s national Public Policy Practice. In 1982,
he was elected to the United States House of Representatives, where
he became part of the House leadership as the youngest member in
Congressional history to be appointed to the powerful Rules
Committee. While in Congress, he was one of the nation's first
African-Americans to represent a district with a white majority.
Congressman Wheat left the House in 1994 to run for a seat in the
United States Senate. He was the first minority candidate selected
as a major party nominee for statewide office in Missouri. After
his unsuccessful Senate race, Mr. Wheat accepted the position of
vice president of Public Policy and Government Relations with CARE,
one of the largest and most vital global relief and development
organizations. After CARE, he served as Deputy Campaign Manager in
the 1996 Clinton-Gore campaign and later formed Wheat Government
Relations which he headed until joining Polsinelli in 2013. Mr.
Wheat is the Chairman of Public Policy at Polsinelli where he
continues to manage a bi-partisan team of public policy
professionals.
“We are extremely pleased to have Alan Wheat join our board,”
said Thomas Lally, Chairman of the Board of Directors. “With his
extensive knowledge of the legislative and regulatory processes,
Mr. Wheat will add invaluable experience and insight to our
board.”
About Perdoceo Education Corporation
Perdoceo’s academic institutions offer a quality postsecondary
education primarily online to a diverse student population, along
with campus-based and blended learning programs. The Company’s
accredited institutions – Colorado Technical University (“CTU”) and
the American InterContinental University System (“AIU”) – provide
degree programs through the master’s or doctoral level as well as
associate and bachelor’s levels. Perdoceo’s universities offer
students industry-relevant and career-focused degree programs that
are designed to meet the educational needs of today’s busy adults.
CTU and AIU continue to show innovation in higher education,
advancing personalized learning technologies like their
intellipath® learning platform and using data analytics and
technology to support students and enhance learning. Perdoceo is
committed to providing quality education that closes the gap
between learners who seek to advance their careers and employers
needing a qualified workforce.
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