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Board of Directors Bios

Mick J. Beekhuizen

Mick J. Beekhuizen joined Goldman, Sachs & Co. in 2000 and has been a Vice President in the Merchant Banking Division since 2006. Prior to joining the Merchant Banking Division in New York in 2004, Mr. Beekhuizen worked in the Investment Banking Division at Goldman, Sachs & Co. in Frankfurt, Germany.

Samuel C. Cowley

Samuel C. Cowley has served as Executive Vice President, Business Development, General Counsel and Secretary of Matrixx Initiatives, Inc., a seller of over-the-counter healthcare products, since May 2008. Prior to joining Matrixx Initiatives, Mr. Cowley served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel for Swift Transportation Co., Inc. and was a member of Swift Transportation’s board of directors from March 2005 to May 2007. Mr. Cowley previously was a partner with the law firm of Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. Mr. Cowley has been a director of Matrixx Initiatives since July 2005.

Adrian M. Jones

Adrian M. Jones joined Goldman, Sachs & Co. in 1994 and has been a Managing Director within the Principal Investment Area of its Merchant Banking Division since 2002, where he focuses on consumer-related and healthcare opportunities and is also a member of the Corporate Investment Committee of the Merchant Banking Division of Goldman, Sachs & Co. He serves on the boards of directors of Biomet, Inc., Dollar General Corporation, HealthMarkets, Inc. and Signature Hospital Holding, LLC.

Jeffrey T. Leeds

Jeffrey T. Leeds is President and Co-Founder of Leeds Equity Partners, which he co-founded in 1993 and which invests in private equity transactions in the education, information services and training industries. Prior to co-founding Leeds Equity Partners, Mr. Leeds spent seven years specializing in mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance at Lazard Freres & Co. Prior to joining Lazard Freres & Co., Mr. Leeds served as a law clerk to the Hon. William J. Brennan, Jr. of the Supreme Court of the United States during the 1985 October Term. Mr. Leeds also worked in the corporate department of the law firm of Cravath, Swaine & Moore in New York after graduating from law school. Mr. Leeds currently serves as a director of SeatonCorp. and RealPage, Inc. and as a Trustee on the United Federation of Teacher’s Charter School Board in New York City. Mr. Leeds has previously served as a director of Ross University, Argosy University and Datamark, Inc., among others.

John R. McKernan, Jr.

John R. McKernan, Jr. is our Chairman of the Board of Directors. Mr. McKernan served as our Executive Chairman from February 2007 to December 2008 and our Chief Executive Officer from September 2003 until February 2007. Mr. McKernan joined us as our Vice Chairman and a member of the Board of Directors in June 1999. In March 2003, he became our President and served in that office until September 2003. Mr. McKernan is also a director of BorgWarner Inc., a publicly traded producer of engineered components and vehicle powertrain system applications, and served as Governor of the State of Maine from 1987 to 1995.

Leo F. Mullin

Leo F. Mullin retired as Chief Executive Officer of Delta Air Lines, Inc. in December 2003 and Chairman in April 2004, after having served as Chief Executive Officer of Delta Air Lines, Inc. since 1997 and Chairman since 1999. Mr. Mullin currently serves in a consultative capacity as a Senior Advisor, on a part-time basis, to Goldman Sachs Capital Partners. Mr. Mullin was Vice Chairman of Unicom Corporation and its principal subsidiary, Commonwealth Edison Company, from 1995 to 1997. He was an executive of First Chicago Corporation from 1981 to 1995, serving as that company’s President and Chief Operating Officer from 1993 to 1995, and as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of American National Bank, a subsidiary of First Chicago Corporation, from 1991 to 1993. Mr. Mullin is also a director of Cooper-Standard Holdings, Inc., Hawker Beechcraft Corporation, Johnson & Johnson and ACE Limited, a provider of insurance and reinsurance services. He serves as Chairman of the Board of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and is a member of The Business Council.

Todd S. Nelson

Todd S. Nelson has served as our Chief Executive Officer and a Director since February 2007. Mr. Nelson also served as our President from February 2007 to December 2008. Mr. Nelson worked as an independent consultant from January 2006 through January 2007 and for Apollo Group, Inc. from 1987 through January 2006. Mr. Nelson served in various roles with Apollo Group, Inc. and was appointed President in February 1998, Chief Executive Officer in August 2001 and Chairman of the Board in June 2004. Mr. Nelson was a member of the faculty at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas from 1983 to 1984.

Michael K. Powell

Michael K. Powell currently serves in a consultative capacity as a Senior Advisor, on a part-time basis, to Providence Equity Partners and as Chairman of the MK Powell Group, a consulting firm. Mr. Powell was Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission from January 2001 to March 2005, having served as a Commissioner since November 1997. Mr. Powell previously served as the Chief of Staff of the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice. Mr. Powell is also a director of Cisco Systems, Inc., a multinational corporation that designs and sells networking and communications technology and services. Mr. Powell additionally serves on the boards of directors of ObjectVideo, CM Ware Inc., the Rand Corporation, the Aspin Institute and Archipelago Learning, as well as the Disabled Veterans for Life Memorial Foundation Advisory Board. Mr. Powell also serves as Rector of the Board of Visitors of the College of William and Mary.

Paul J. Salem

Paul J. Salem is a Senior Managing Director and a co-founder of Providence Equity Partners. Prior to joining Providence Equity Partners in 1992, Mr. Salem worked for Morgan Stanley & Co. in corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions. Prior to that time, Mr. Salem spent four years with Prudential Investment Corporation, an affiliate of Prudential Insurance, where his responsibilities included leveraged buyout transactions and helping to establish Prudential’s European investment office. Mr. Salem is also a director of Asurion Corp. and NexTag, Inc.

Peter O. Wilde

Peter O. Wilde is a Managing Director of Providence Equity Partners. Prior to joining Providence Equity Partners in 2002, Mr. Wilde was a General Partner at BCI Partners, where he began his career in private equity investing in 1992. Mr. Wilde is also a director of Asurion Corp., Decision Resources, Inc., JBP Holdings, LLC, which owns Assessment Technologies Institute and Jones & Bartlett Publishers, Kerasotes Theatres, Inc., and Survey Sampling International LLC and is chairman of Archipelago Learning.