John Canning And Stanford Goldblatt Join Rasmussen's Board of Directors
January 10, 2007
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Nicole Stefurak
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Chicago, IL - Rasmussen College, Inc. is pleased to announce that Stanford Goldblatt and John Canning have joined the company's Board of Directors.
John A. Canning is the Chairman, CEO and Co-Founder of Madison Dearborn Partners in Chicago, Illinois. Madison Dearborn Partners is one of the largest and most experienced private equity investment firms in the United States. The limited partners in Madison Dearborn Partner's investment funds include many of the largest endowments, public and private pension funds, and financial institutions in the U.S., as well as established institutional investors in Europe, Asia and Australia. Mr. Canning is also a member of the Board of Trustees at Northwestern University.
Stanford J. Goldblatt, Esq. is a partner in the corporate department of the international law firm Winston & Strawn LLP and has served as head of its private equity practice. Mr. Goldblatt was recently honored in the 2007 edition of The Best Lawyers in America for corporate law. Prior to practicing law, Mr. Goldblatt served as CEO of Goldblatt's department stores, a longtime successful Chicago area department store chain that operated from 1914 to 2003. Mr. Goldblatt has served on the Board of Trustees of the University of Chicago since 1975 and was the first Chairman of the Board of the University of Chicago Hospitals.
"We rely on our Board of Directors for their expertise and insight on how we operate our business," said Michael Locke, CEO of Rasmussen College, Inc. "Adding John and Stan to our board is a tremendous honor and we look forward to their involvement with Rasmussen College."
The Rasmussen College, Inc. board of directors also includes other Chicago leaders including Henry Bienen, the President of Northwestern University, and Jack Staley, former Chairman of the DePaul University Board of Trustees.
ABOUT RASMUSSEN
Rasmussen is a higher education provider and is recognized as a leader in innovative curriculum design, instructional delivery, and technology application in education. The company operates 12 campuses in 5 states as well as Rasmussen College Online. Rasmussen offers associates, bachelors and masters level programs through its network of schools and degree partnerships. Rasmussen is the parent company of Deltak Edu, which provides marketing, recruitment, student services and program development to partner schools including Utica College, Gonzaga University, and Loyola University New Orleans. For more information please visit corporate.rasmussen.edu.
