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NASDAQ: PRDO

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Committee Composition

Committee Charting

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Dennis H. Chookaszian Greg L. Jackson Kenda B. Gonzales Leslie T. Thornton Patrick W. Gross William D. Hansen
Audit Committee $ $ CC
Compensation Committee CC
Compliance and Risk Committee CC
Nominating and Governance Committee CC
Audit Committee Compensation Committee Compliance and Risk Committee Nominating and Governance Committee
Dennis H. Chookaszian $
Greg L. Jackson CC
Kenda B. Gonzales $ CC
Leslie T. Thornton CC
Patrick W. Gross
William D. Hansen CC

Audit Committee

Committee Members
$ Dennis H. Chookaszian
$ CC Kenda B. Gonzales
Leslie T. Thornton

Compensation Committee

Committee Members
Greg L. Jackson
Patrick W. Gross
CC William D. Hansen

Compliance and Risk Committee

Committee Members
Dennis H. Chookaszian
Kenda B. Gonzales
CC Leslie T. Thornton
Patrick W. Gross

Nominating and Governance Committee

Committee Members
Dennis H. Chookaszian
CC Greg L. Jackson
William D. Hansen

Dennis H. Chookaszian

Dennis H. Chookaszian has been a Director of PRDO since October 2002. Mr. Chookaszian was formerly the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CNA Financial Corporation ('CNA'). During his 25-year career with CNA, Mr. Chookaszian held several management positions at the business unit and corporate levels. In 1992, he was named Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CNA Insurance Companies and in 1999 he became Chairman of the executive committee of CNA. Mr. Chookaszian retired from CNA in 2001. From 1999 until 2001, Mr. Chookaszian served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of mPower, Inc., a financial advice provider focused on the management of 401(k) plans online. Mr. Chookaszian is a director of Marshall & Swift, L.P., a database software company, Sapient Corporation, a business and technology consultancy, Insweb Corporation, an on-line insurance provider and was recently nominated subject to shareholder approval, to serve as a director of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. Mr. Chookaszian received certification as a public accountant in 1971.
Committee Membership
$ Audit Committee
Compliance and Risk Committee
Nominating and Governance Committee

Greg L. Jackson

Greg L. Jackson has been a Director of PRDO since November 2008 . Mr. Jackson joined Ensign Peak Advisors in January 2011 as a Senior Portfolio Manager. Prior to that time, Mr. Jackson was an investment partner of Blum Capital Partners, L.P., which he joined in 2003, and where he had served as Co-Head of its Investment Committee, a member of its affiliate, Blum Strategic GP, L.L.C., and managing member of each of the following affiliates: Blum Strategic GP II, L.L.C., Blum Strategic GP III, L.L.C. and Blum Strategic GP IV, L.L.C. His responsibilities at Blum Capital Partners included sourcing new investment opportunities, managing Blum's investment portfolios and overseeing the investment research process. Prior to joining Blum, Mr. Jackson spent six years at Harris Associates LP where he was the co-portfolio manager of the Oakmark Global Fund, which received a Morningstar 5-star rating during his tenure, from its inception in August 1999 through October 2003. He also was a partner at Harris Associates LP and an investment analyst of domestic equities. Prior to joining Harris Associates LP, he was a partner, portfolio manager and investment analyst with Yacktman Asset Management. Mr. Jackson also currently serves as a director for AxisPointe, Inc. and Veracity Payment Solutions, Inc., which are portfolio companies of Blum Capital Partners, L.P. and its affiliates. Mr. Jackson received his BS from the University of Utah and his MBA from the University of Chicago.
Committee Membership
Compensation Committee
CC Nominating and Governance Committee

Kenda B. Gonzales

Kenda B. Gonzales has been a director of PRDO since October 2016. Ms. Gonzales is currently Chief Financial Officer for Harrison Properties LLC, a Phoenix based industrial real estate management company. Ms. Gonzales served as Chief Financial Officer of Apollo Group, Inc. from October 1998 to November 1, 2006, as Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of UDC Homes Inc. from July 1996 to August 1998, and as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Continental Homes Holding Corp. from May 1985 to July 1996. Ms. Gonzales began her career as a Certified Public Accountant with Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Company. She serves as a Member of the Advisory Board of the Scottsdale Branch of the First Western Trust Bank and formerly served as an independent member and Chair of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Main Street Restaurant Group, Inc. and as the Chair of the Audit Committee and Community Expert Member of the Arizona Board of Regents. Ms. Gonzales received a Bachelor of Accountancy degree from the University of Oklahoma.
Committee Membership
$ CC Audit Committee
Compliance and Risk Committee

Leslie T. Thornton

Leslie T. Thornton has been a director of PRDO since December 2005. Ms. Thornton was formerly Chief of Staff to U.S. Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley. During her nearly eight years at the Department of Education (DOE), Ms. Thornton served as the liaison between the Secretary and the White House on policy, political, ethics, personnel and other matters; supervised the higher education administrative appeals process for the Secretary; and helped implement President Clinton's education initiatives. In addition to her work at the DOE, Ms. Thornton founded the Educational Equity Institute and Capitol Education Fund, organizations dedicated to improving educational access and opportunity. She began her career as a trial attorney in the Washington D.C. Public Defender's Office. Ms. Thornton was previously a partner with the multi-service law firm of Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky, LLP in Washington D.C. She now serves as Vice President & General Counsel of WGL Holdings, Inc. & Washington Gas Light Company. Ms. Thornton holds a law degree from Georgetown University and an undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania. She has written extensively on education, law and politics, and is a frequent speaker on these topics.
Committee Membership
Audit Committee
CC Compliance and Risk Committee

Patrick W. Gross

Patrick W. Gross has been a director of PRDO since December 2005. Mr. Gross was the founder and former principal executive officer of American Management Systems (AMS), a business and technology consulting firm, and founder and chairman of The Lovell Group. During his 32-year tenure at AMS, the company grew to $1 billion in revenue with more than 7,000 professionals throughout North America and Europe. He is co-founder and former chairman of the World Affairs Council of Washington, D.C., and currently serves as co-chairman of the Trustees Research and Policy Committee of the Committee for Economic Development (CED). He is Vice Chairman of The Council For Excellence In Government. In addition, he served as vice chairman of Youth for Understanding International Exchange and serves on the board of the All Kinds of Minds Institute, a non-profit organization assisting students who struggle with learning. Mr. Gross is a director of Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE), Liquidity Services Inc. and Mobius Management Systems, Inc. He attended Cornell University and received a BES from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Mr. Gross also earned an MSE from the University of Michigan, and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Committee Membership
Compensation Committee
Compliance and Risk Committee

William D. Hansen

William Hansen has been a director of PRDO since November 2017. Since July 2013, Mr. Hansen has served as chief executive officer and president of Strada Education Network, formerly called USA Funds, a national nonprofit dedicated to improving lives by strengthening the pathways between education and employment. From July 2011 through July 2013, Mr. Hansen served as the chief executive officer of Madison Education Group, LLC, an education-related consulting firm. From July 2009 to December 2010, he served as the president of Scantron Corporation, a provider of assessment and survey solutions. Mr. Hansen also served as the chairman of Scantron Corporation from September 2010 to July 2011. Mr. Hansen held various leadership positions at Chartwell Education Group, LLC, an education-related consulting firm, from July 2005 to July 2009, including chief executive officer and senior managing director. Mr. Hansen served as the Deputy Secretary at the United States Department of Education from May 2001 to July 2003. He has served as a director of Performant Financial, a public company providing technology-enabled recovery and analytics services, since December 2011. He also served as a director of the First Marblehead Corporation, a then public specialty finance company focused on the education financing marketplace, from 2003 until that company was acquired in 2016. Mr. Hansen received a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from George Mason University.
Committee Membership
CC Compensation Committee
Nominating and Governance Committee
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CC= Chairperson
= Member
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