Kerry, B

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Bob Kerrey. Like

Colin Powell, Kerrey, the decorated Vietnam veteran, former U.S.

Senator (D-NE), and 1992 White House hopeful,  is now an economic

appendage of private equity man Jeffrey Leeds, an EDMC and APSCU board

member. Leeds and Kerrey recently wrote a Wall Street Journal

op-ed equating the gainful employment rule with Obamacare. The article

didn’t disclose that Leeds owns for-profit colleges, that Kerrey is part

of a for-profit education venture, or that Leeds helped fund Kerrey’s

failed 2012 campaign. Also following Powell, Kerrey will be the keynote

speaker at this year’s APSCU convention, as were George W. Bush,

education reformer Michelle Rhee, and General Wesley Clark in recent

years, all lending their credibility to this troubled industry. 

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http://www.leedsequity.com/people/investment-professionals/jeffrey-t-leeds

Jeffrey Leeds is President and Co-Founder of Leeds Equity.  Mr. Leeds

has over 20 years of experience investing in private equity transactions

in the knowledge industries.  Prior to co-founding Leeds Equity, Mr.

Leeds spent seven years specializing in mergers and acquisitions and

corporate finance at Lazard Frères & Co.  Prior to joining Lazard,

Mr. Leeds served as a law clerk to the Hon. William J. Brennan, Jr. of

the Supreme Court of the United States.  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 BARBRI, Evanta Ventures,

Knowledge Factor, INTO University Partnerships and Real Page.  Mr. Leeds

also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the Association of

Private Sector Colleges and Universities.  He has previously served as a

director of Argosy University, Datamark, Miller Heiman, Ross University

and SeatonCorp, among others.  He was the founding chairman of the

Green Dot New York Charter School and serves on the board of the Colin

L. Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership at the City College of

New York.

Mr. Leeds graduated summa cum laude from Yale University with a

B.A. degree in History and attended Oxford University as a Marshall

Scholar. Leeds earned his J.D., magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School.
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