Adtalem Global Education Names Gena Ashe as Chief Legal Officer
May 25 2017 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Adtalem Global Education (NYSE: ATGE), a leading global
education provider, today announced that Gena Ashe has been named
senior vice president, chief legal officer, and corporate secretary
of the company, effective May 30, 2017. She will serve on the
company’s executive leadership team, reporting to president and
CEO, Lisa Wardell, and will be responsible for strategic leadership
and oversight of all legal matters impacting the enterprise
worldwide.
“I am pleased to welcome Gena to the leadership team,” said Lisa
Wardell, president and CEO of Adtalem. “Gena brings extensive
strategic and global legal expertise to the role of chief legal
officer. Her breadth of experience in law department optimization,
talent development, mergers and acquisitions, board governance and
compliance, combined with her success in counseling companies
through periods of transformation, will be instrumental in helping
Adtalem reach its strategic objectives.”
Most recently, Ashe was executive vice president, chief legal
officer, and corporate secretary for BrightView Landscapes LLC
(formerly The Brickman Group, Ltd. LLC), the country’s largest
landscape maintenance and construction company with more than $2
billion in annual revenues, 22,000 employees and a multi-national
scope. At BrightView, she was responsible for all legal, compliance
and risk management matters impacting the enterprise, including all
corporate governance, board affairs, and mergers and acquisitions
activity, and for leading the company’s environment, health and
safety function. Prior to her tenure at BrightView, she held senior
legal leadership positions in companies across a diverse portfolio
of business sectors, including: Darden Restaurants, Inc.,
AT&T/Lucent Technologies, Inc. and The Public Broadcasting
Service (PBS). While at PBS, Ashe led the legal department as
deputy general counsel and served as chief regulatory counsel. She
began her legal career as an attorney with IBM Corporation after
initially working with the company as an electrical engineer and
scientist.
Ashe holds a Juris Doctorate from the Georgetown University Law
Center, a Master of Science, Electrical Engineering from the
Georgia Institute of Technology, and a Bachelor of Arts in
Mathematics with a minor in Physics from Spelman College. She
serves on the board of directors of XPO Logistics, Inc. (NYSE:
XPO), a global provider of transportation and logistics solutions
and is also a member of the law advisory board of the Georgetown
University Law Center, the board of trustees of Spelman College and
the board of directors of the National Black MBA Association.
About Adtalem Global Education
The purpose of Adtalem Global Education is to empower students
to achieve their goals, find success, and make inspiring
contributions to our global community. Adtalem Global Education
Inc. (NYSE: ATGE; member S&P MidCap 400 Index) is a leading
global education provider and the parent organization of Adtalem
Educacional do Brasil, American University of the Caribbean School
of Medicine, Becker Professional Education, Carrington College,
Chamberlain University, DeVry University and its Keller Graduate
School of Management, Ross University School of Medicine and Ross
University School of Veterinary Medicine. For more information,
please visit adtalem.com.
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