Dearborn Financial Services Names Melanie Kimmel Vice President and Managing Director, Eastern Region

New York/Chicago, IL, April 18, 2002 - Dearborn Financial Services, a Kaplan Professional company, has named Melaine Kimmel Vice President and Managing Director, Eastern Region. In this role Kimmel will manage operations, including sales, regional marketing, business development, customer service and classroom operations, for Dearborn's east-coast based clients and students.

"Melaine has an impressive background in financial services and education," said Eric Cantor, President of Kaplan Professional. "Her wealth of knowledge and experience will be invaluable as we continue to build Dearborn's east coast and national continuing education businesses."

Kimmel, age 40, has nearly 20 years of extensive experience in financial services training and development. Most recently Kimmel served as Senior Vice President, Content and Production at eMind, an online provider of training solutions to the financial services industry. In this role she directed the development and deployment of financial training products and online production, and managed eMind's continuing education business. Previously she spent 13 years with Securities Training Corporation where, as the Senior Vice President of Product Design and Development, she created new services and developed the company's existing product offerings. Kimmel received her Bachelor's degree in education from State University College at Buffalo in 1983.

Kimmel is available to comment on the following subjects: compliance trends and initiatives in the securities industry; Broker-Dealer training; NYSE/NASD licensing; continuing education in the financial industry; eLearning; and online course development.

About Dearborn Financial Services
Dearborn Financial Services (www.dearborn.com), a Kaplan Professional company, is a leading provider of pre-licensing and continuing education training and certification for securities, insurance and financial services professionals. Offering an array of tools including online courses, classroom instruction, interactive CD-ROMs, and print materials, Dearborn supplies education courseware to corporations, independent schools, and colleges, and conducts classes in more than 120 locations in the U.S. and abroad. For more than 30 years, Dearborn has worked with top insurance companies, securities firms, brokerage houses, and banks, providing high-quality, professional, and personalized education to executives and staff. Kaplan Professional (www.kaplanprofessional.com) is a unit of Kaplan, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO), and includes world-class brands Schweser Study Program, Dearborn Trade Publishing, Perfect Access Speer, Dearborn Real Estate Education, Self Test Software, Kaplan Professional Real Estate Schools, and Call Center Solutions.

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