Andrew S. Rosen
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Kaplan, Inc.
Andrew S. Rosen is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Kaplan, Inc. Rosen joined Kaplan in 1992 and was named Chairman and CEO in November 2008.
Throughout his career, Rosen has embraced an outcomes-based approach to education, focusing on student achievement and success. As CEO of the company’s largest business, Kaplan Higher Education (KHE), Rosen redefined the higher education landscape, bringing online and campus-based learning opportunities to working adults. Under his leadership, KHE has grown to account for half of Kaplan’s revenue and today provides postsecondary education to more than 100,000 students across the globe.
Rosen is a pioneer in the burgeoning online education market. As President of Kaplan University, Rosen led the school’s growth from 34 students in 2001 to more than 78,000 online students today. He also oversaw Concord Law School, the nation’s first fully online law school, and Kaplan Virtual Education, a leader in virtual high school instruction and online content and curriculum development.
Rosen is currently working on his first book, “Change.edu: Opportunity and Innovation in Higher Education,” which will be published in April, 2011. In “Change.edu,” he makes an impassioned argument for the role that proprietary education can play in advancing the evolution of higher education and frames that perspective from an historical context.
Rosen came to The Washington Post Company in 1986 as a staff attorney for The Washington Post newspaper and moved to Newsweek as Assistant Counsel in 1988. When he moved to Kaplan, he served as Center Administrator, Regional Director, and Vice President for Field Management prior to assuming the role of Chief Operating Officer in 1997. He was named President of Kaplan, Inc. in 2002 and assumed leadership for Kaplan’s higher education operations in 2004.
Before joining The Washington Post Company, Rosen served as law clerk to the Hon. Levin H. Campbell, Chief Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, in Boston. He holds an A.B. degree from Duke University and a J.D. from Yale Law School. Rosen currently serves on the boards of Enterprise Florida, the Museum of Art in Fort Lauderdale, the Broward Workshop and the Council for Educational Change. He is also a member of the CEO Council for the Broward Alliance.
Matthew Seelye
Chief Financial Officer
Kaplan, Inc.
In his current role as CFO, Matthew Seelye oversees all of Kaplan’s financial operations, including accounting, financial reporting and analysis, transaction support, real estate, internal audit and procurement. Seelye joined Kaplan in 2001 as CFO of Kaplan Higher Education Campuses, then progressed to CFO of all of Kaplan Higher Education (KHE), which includes Kaplan University. During this period, KHE grew from a $100 million company with 28 institutions to a $1.5 billion company with over 75 institutions. KHE’s expansion was a result of both organic growth and strategic acquisitions. During this period of rapid growth, Seelye led the KHE finance function in a manner that ensured capital was strategically allocated to support long-term growth, the underlying financial infrastructure and related control environment was scaled properly, and business risks were appropriately managed.
Prior to joining Kaplan, Seelye was the Corporate Controller of the Washington Post Company from 1997 to 2001. Previously at Price Waterhouse (now PricewaterhouseCoopers), he held progressive positions from 1990 to 1997 leading to Manager in the Business Assurance practice.
Seelye is currently a member of the Financial Executives Institute (FEI). He holds a CPA and graduated with a B.B.A. majoring in Finance/Accounting from James Madison University.
Allison Rutledge-Parisi
Chief Administrative Officer
Kaplan, Inc.
Allison Rutledge-Parisi oversees talent management, executive compensation, human resources, and other functions for Kaplan, Inc.
At Kaplan, Rutledge-Parisi has focused on talent management at all levels – executive, managerial, and individual contributor. She launched the Kaplan Leadership Academy in 2008, through which Kaplan’s senior managers worldwide participate in a year-long development program. Rutledge-Parisi has also led the roll-out of Kaplan’s global performance management system and talent assessment program.
Before joining Kaplan in 2004 as an intellectual property lawyer, Rutledge-Parisi was an attorney with the Manhattan law firm Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler, LLP. She also clerked for Judge Robert W. Sweet in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. She is a graduate of Yale University and Columbia Law School, where she was named a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.
Darrell Splithoff
Executive Vice President, Strategy and Innovation
Kaplan, Inc.
Darrell Splithoff oversees the development of Kaplan's business strategies, academic innovation, technology and organization planning, as well as the sharing of Kaplan capabilities across operating units.
Splithoff joined Kaplan in September 2008. Prior to joining Kaplan, Splithoff was an independent consultant and assisted a major for-profit higher education company in developing a longer term business strategy and annual strategic planning process. He also helped develop a new plan of organization for the executive team. From 2002 to 2006, Splithoff was Senior Vice President at William Wrigley Jr. Company, where he facilitated the development of Wrigley's first strategic plan, diversification of the company's product portfolio and managed the company's extensive supply chain network. Splithoff also held executive positions at The Keebler Company and was a business consultant at Booz, Allen and Hamilton.
Splithoff is a graduate of Northwestern University, where he earned both his B.A. and his M.M.
Bror Saxberg
Chief Learning Officer
Kaplan, Inc.
Bror Saxberg is responsible for the research and development of innovative learning strategies, technologies and products across Kaplan's full range of educational services offerings. He also oversees future developments and adoptions of innovative learning technologies and maintains consistent academic standards for Kaplan's products and courses.
Saxberg most recently served as Senior Vice President and Chief Learning Officer at K12, Inc., where he was responsible for designing both online and off-line learning environments and developing new student products and services. Prior to joining K12, Inc., he was Vice President at Knowledge Universe, where he co-founded the testing and assessment division that became known as Knowledge Testing Enterprise (KTE). Saxberg began his career at McKinsey & Company, Inc. and later served as Vice President and General Manager for London-based DK Multimedia, part of DK Publishing, and education and reference publisher.
Saxberg holds a B.A. in Mathematics and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Washington. As a Rhodes Scholar, he received an M.A. in Mathematics from Oxford University. He also received a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from M.I.T. and an M.D. from Harvard Medical School.
Edward Hanapole
Chief Information Officer
Kaplan, Inc.
Edward L. Hanapole is Chief Information Officer for Kaplan, Inc., a subsidiary of The Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO) and a leading global provider of educational services offering post-secondary education, test preparation, professional training and K12 programs.
Hanapole is responsible for the company’s corporate technology applications and sets best practices and standards for the company’s individual businesses. Together with the CTOs at each business unit, Hanapole helps shape Kaplan’s content development and delivery strategy to best suit the needs of the company’s more than 1 million annual students worldwide.
He most recently served as Chief Information Officer for Star TV based in Hong Kong, one of the largest broadcast media companies in Asia and part of News Corporation. He worked earlier for the company in its New York headquarters in 2006 as Vice President of Global Technology. Prior to Star TV, Hanapole served in a variety of executive positions at IBM from 1999 to 2006, where he was involved on a range of projects involving customers in broadcasting, publishing, telecommunications, digital media and sports. Hanapole has also worked as Chief Information Officer for the New York Times Digital group and held positions with Simon & Schuster and the Standard & Poor’s division of the McGraw Hill Companies.
Hanapole earned his Bachelor of Science in Telecommunications Management at Syracuse University.
Johan de Muinck Keizer
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Kaplan, Inc.
Johan de Muinck Keizer has served as the Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Kaplan, Inc. since 2006. In this position, he is responsible for Kaplan’s global legal affairs, mergers and acquisitions, and oversees Kaplan’s team of attorneys across all of its divisions.
De Muinck Keizer joined Kaplan in 1999 as associate general counsel and was promoted to deputy general counsel in 2000. Before joining Kaplan, Inc., de Muinck Keizer served as general counsel for Global Intellicom, Inc., a publicly traded computer hardware and software company. Prior to that, he worked in private law firms in New York City.
De Muinck Keizer received a J.D. degree from Boston University of Law and a B.A. degree from Brown University.
Melissa Mack
Senior Vice President, Marketing, Kaplan, Inc.
Chairman, Kaplan Educational Foundation
Melissa Mack oversees all aspects of Kaplan’s corporate branding and communications activities including marketing and brand strategy, media relations, internal communications, and corporate positioning and promotion. She also serves as Chairman of the Kaplan Educational Foundation. Mack is the managing editor of the Kaplan/Newsweek “How to Get Into College” guide and has overseen Kaplan’s role in several other Kaplan/Newsweek newsstand publications.
Mack joined Kaplan in 1992, and has presided over Kaplan’s marketing communications function as the company has evolved from a $75 million company in 1992 to a more than $2.6 billion company in 2009. Mack came to Kaplan from the New York public relations firm Rubenstein Associates, where she handled public relations for numerous clients in NY and across the country, in areas such as business, real estate and education. She previously worked at David Wachsman Associates.
Mack serves on the Arts & Sciences Bachelor’s of Science in Communications Advisory Board for Kaplan University and on the Education Industry Leadership Board. She holds a B.A. degree from Brown University.
Jeff Conlon
Chief Executive Officer
Kaplan Higher Education
Jeff Conlon is Chief Executive Officer of Kaplan Higher Education (KHE), the higher education division of Kaplan, Inc. that provides career-oriented degree and certificate programs to more than 100,000 students throughout the United States. In this role, he oversees all facets of academic and institutional operations, reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer of Kaplan, Inc.
Conlon has held many roles within the Kaplan family prior to becoming CEO of KHE. Previously, he was President of Kaplan Higher Education campuses. He also served as Senior Vice President of Kaplan University, where he managed fast-growing student enrollment, and led the restructuring of the Academic team and the introduction of a new academic technology platform.
Before joining KHE in January of 2005, Conlon was the Chief Executive Officer of Kaplan’s SCORE! Educational Centers (today Kaplan Tutoring), a leading provider of after-school learning programs for students in grades pre-K through 10. He was responsible for the performance of 170 after-school education centers nationwide and the execution of a strong growth plan for new and existing markets.
Conlon started with Kaplan as an Area Director for Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions in 1993. He quickly moved on to become a Regional Director, managing 15 KTPA retail centers – effectively reorganizing their infrastructure and dramatically increasing enrollments.
Conlon began his career as a consultant at Mercer Management Consulting. He holds a B.A. from Brown University and an M.B.A. from Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management.
John Polstein
Chief Executive Officer
Kaplan Test Prep
John Polstein has played a primary management role in Kaplan’s transformation into the $2.6 billion educational services company it is today. Specifically, he has spearheaded the strong growth of the test prep division, managing the diversification of its offerings into new areas including admissions consulting and online programs, establishing the company as a leader in providing educational services to K12 schools, expanding Kaplan's book and software publishing division, and initiating Kaplan's growth overseas.
Under Polstein, Kaplan has furthered its leadership position in the test prep market, growing to more than twice the size of its nearest competitor and maintaining healthy growth every year. Polstein also oversaw the acquisition of new operations in the UK, Canada and Australia; under his management Kaplan’s English language business expanded to become one of the leading global providers of English language training. Today, Kaplan Test Prep publishes more than 190 book and software titles, provides test preparation for more than 90 standardized exams, and operates centers in 19 countries outside the US. Kaplan has secured its place as the leading provider of licensing test preparation to medical professionals, particularly international doctors who need to pass rigorous boards to practice in the U.S., as well as a leader in preparing law school graduates for the bar exam. Additionally, Kaplan is a premier provider in licensing and continuing education in the fields of securities, insurance, financial services, real estate and information technology.
Prior to his current role, Polstein held a variety of positions within the company, overseeing test prep centers and helping to standardize and streamline operations around the country. Since joining Kaplan in 1992, he first served as the Director of Pre-College Programs, then moved into field management running the Manhattan test prep center (the country’s largest) and from there, advanced to the roles of Regional Director and Regional Vice President overseeing the Northeast region. He assumed leadership for the test prep division in 1998. Through all his efforts at Kaplan, Polstein has dedicated himself to helping students meet and exceed their goals and enhance their opportunities for success.
Polstein is an active member of the board of directors of Reading Is Fundamental, a national non-profit literacy organization. He received his B.A. from Amherst College and his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
Jim Rosenthal
Chief Executive Officer
Kaplan Ventures
Jim Rosenthal is the Chief Executive Officer of Kaplan Ventures, which includes the company’s medium-sized, high-growth businesses. Kaplan Ventures’ U.S. businesses includes online high schools, lead generation for online universities, compliance training in highly regulated industries, IT certification prep, ERP training software, as well as insurance and securities compliance software and services. The Ventures group also includes test prep and English language training in Israel; and is actively seeking education investments in Latin America.
These businesses operate as Kaplan Virtual Education, Education Connection Services, Kaplan EduNeering, Kaplan IT Learning, Kaplan Continuing Education, Kidum, and Kaplan Latin America Ventures.
Prior to Kaplan, Rosenthal was President of New Line Television and Consumer Products. In that role, he managed all aspects of the company’s television production as well as distribution of New Line feature films and television series; oversaw the studio’s licensing programs for consumer products based on its movies; and created and ran the company’s e-commerce and new media initiatives. Rosenthal was with New Line Cinema for 16 years. He also built and managed New Line’s business development and strategic planning department.
Prior to joining New Line, Rosenthal was a Senior Associate for Media and Communications with Booz, Allen & Hamilton, working out of their New York offices as well as Singapore and Sydney, Australia.
Rosenthal serves on the Boards of the Center for Hearing and Communication in NYC and Second Time Around. He holds an A.B. from Harvard University.
Jose Wehnes
Chief Executive Officer
Kaplan Europe
Jose Wehnes oversees Kaplan’s European businesses and is responsible for developing a strategic program for Kaplan’s future growth in Europe. Based in London, UK, Kaplan Europe provides education and training for professional qualifications, English language programs, university pathways and higher education.
Wehnes has 30 years of multinational experience in global expansion, digital business development, business turn-arounds, acquisitions & integrations and developing leadership programs.
Prior to joining Kaplan, Wehnes was Managing Director of Elsevier, Health Sciences where he is credited with tripling their international business over six years. Previously he was Managing Director for the international arm of Harcourt Publishers and held earlier leadership roles at Richmond Publishers, Santillana Grupo Prisa and Thomson Learning in the US, Latin America and France.
Wehnes earned a B.A. from University of California at Berkeley. He is a frequent speaker on innovation, brand management, marketing and strategy.
Mark Coggins
Chief Executive Officer
Kaplan Asia Pacific
Mark Coggins is Chief Executive Officer for Kaplan Asia Pacific, one of the foremost education and training companies in the region. Under his leadership, Kaplan Asia Pacific has developed a comprehensive portfolio of training and educational offerings in Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, China and Vietnam.
Kaplan's holdings in Asia Pacific include: Kaplan Language Training and test prep centers in Hong Kong; Kaplan Higher Education, one of Singapore’s top private higher education institutions and one of Asia’s largest; Shanghai-based Kaplan China, which provides academic preparation programs for entry to overseas universities at campuses in several cities in China, and Kaplan Professional in Australia, which delivers a broad range of financial services education and professional development courses. In addition, three Kaplan Business School Centers operate in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide, Australia.
Before joining Kaplan Asia in 2003, Coggins held various senior management positions in the investment banking industry. He was Head of Equity Research at Banque Paribas in Hong Kong where he also was a member of the global product team. Most recently he was Head of the Asian Equity business for HSBC based in Hong Kong.
Prior to coming to Hong Kong in the mid 1990’s, Coggins was a Chartered Accountant with PriceWaterhouse Coopers in London and spent several years engaged in capital market training and consulting.
Coggins holds a B.S. in Economics from the University of London. He is also a Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
Our Legacy
In order to fully understand Kaplan’s history and growth, it is important to note the contributions of two previous leaders that helped shape Kaplan into the diverse global education company it is today.
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Stanley H. Kaplan
Stanley Kaplan, the company’s namesake, invented the test prep industry when he founded the company in 1938. From a small operation in the basement of his parents’ Brooklyn home, the Stanley H. Kaplan Educational Centers grew to be a successful national business under Kaplan’s leadership until his retirement in 1994.
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Jonathan N. GrayerJonathan Grayer served as Kaplan’s Chief Executive Officer from 1994 to 2008. Through organic growth and a series of strategic acquisitions, Grayer transformed Kaplan from a US test prep provider into a diversified $2 billion global education company that provides lifelong learning to students of all ages.
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