Sodeika Succeeds Thomas Parrott as Senior Vice President of External Relations and Regulatory Affairs at DeVry Education Group
March 02 2015 - 4:05PM
Business Wire
DeVry Education Group (NYSE:DV), a global provider of
educational services, today announced that Lisa M. Sodeika is
succeeding Sharon Thomas Parrott as senior vice president of
external relations and regulatory affairs. Thomas Parrott is
retiring after a 33-year career with the organization and will
remain with DeVry Group through June 30, 2015, to ensure a smooth
transition. Sodeika assumes her new role effective today.
“Lisa is a proven leader with a wide range of experience in
strategic communications, business operations and external
relations,” said Daniel Hamburger, president and CEO of DeVry
Group. “We would like to thank Sharon for her many years of
exemplary leadership; her commitment to DeVry Group and its
institutions; and, most important, her unwavering service to our
students. Sharon has been the critical force behind the development
of our regulatory and compliance infrastructure at both the federal
and state level. She was also a key leader of DeVry University’s
Advantage Academy, our dual-degree high school that we pioneered
with Chicago Public Schools (CPS). A native of Chicago’s South Side
and CPS alumna, Sharon always viewed the Advantage Academy as one
of her proudest achievements. The Advantage Academy’s nearly 1,000
graduates would certainly agree.”
Sodeika comes to DeVry Group from HSBC North America Holdings,
Inc., where she most recently served as executive vice president of
corporate affairs. In that role, she was responsible for promoting
and protecting the HSBC brand. Sodeika led HSBC’s North American
communications and sustainability functions; directed the company’s
U.S. public policy and community reinvestment regulatory compliance
functions; and led its global nongovernmental organization
engagement strategy. Previously, Sodeika was the senior vice
president of consumer affairs at Household International.
“Quality education is key to pursuing our life goals and
essential to our country’s economy,” said Sodeika. “I’m delighted
to join DeVry Education Group’s ‘students first’ mission, and to
engage colleagues and public stakeholders in advancing quality
private-sector education as an important choice in the
postsecondary education field.”
Sodeika received her Master of Arts in workplace ethics and East
Asian studies from Loyola University and her Bachelor of Arts in
mass communications from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She
is a past member and chair of the Federal Reserve Board’s Consumer
Advisory Council; she serves on the board of Wings Program, Inc.;
and is a member of the Arthur Page Society, the Economic Club of
Chicago, the International Women’s Forum and the Executives Club of
Chicago.
About DeVry Education Group
The purpose of DeVry Education Group is to empower its students
to achieve their educational and career goals. DeVry Education
Group Inc. (NYSE: DV; member S&P MidCap 400 Index) is a global
provider of educational services and the parent organization of
American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine, Becker
Professional Education, Carrington College, Chamberlain College of
Nursing, DeVry Brasil, DeVry University, Ross University School of
Medicine and Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine. These
institutions offer a wide array of programs in healthcare,
business, technology, accounting and finance. For more information,
visit www.devryeducationgroup.com.
DeVry Education GroupInvestor Contact:Joan Walter,
630-353-3800jwalter@devrygroup.comorMedia Contact:Ernie Gibble,
630-353-9920egibble@devrygroup.com
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