Colon McLean Joins Career Education Corporation as Senior Vice President of Human Resources & Chief Human Resources Officer

McLean brings more than two decades of experience to Career Education. He most recently served as Vice President Human Resources for Duke Energy Corporation, which employs more than 18,000 people and supplies energy to customers in the U.S. and South America. Employed by Duke Energy for twenty-one years, McLean held various HR leadership roles in the company, leading a large HR function and successfully managing culture change, establishing HR processes and controls, and improving compliance and risk management. McLean was also previously employed by Pricewaterhouse Coopers in their Global HR Management practice.

"Colon has extensive expertise that will benefit us immediately," said Thomas Budlong, Senior Vice President, Organizational Effectiveness and Administration for Career Education Corporation. "His breadth of experience, both in business operations as well as human resources, will be extremely valuable in his new role at CEC."

"CEC provides an ideal situation for me: the opportunity to combine one's avocation with one's vocation," said McLean. "I'm delighted to have the opportunity to be a part of an organization whose mission is to prepare people for meaningful careers through quality education."

About Career Education Corporation

The colleges, schools, and universities that are part of the Career Education Corporation (CEC) family offer high quality education to a diverse population of approximately 90,000 students across the world in a variety of career-oriented disciplines. The more than 75 campuses that serve these students are located throughout the U.S. and in France, Italy, and the United Kingdom, and offer doctoral, master's, bachelor's, and associate degrees and diploma and certificate programs. Approximately one third of students attend the web-based virtual campuses of American InterContinental University Online and Colorado Technical University Online.

CEC is an industry leader whose gold-standard brands are recognized globally. Those brands include Le Cordon Bleu Schools North America; Harrington College of Design; Brooks Institute; International Academy of Design & Technology; American InterContinental University; Colorado Technical University and Sanford-Brown Institutes and Colleges. Through its schools, CEC is committed to providing quality education, enabling students to graduate and pursue rewarding careers.

For more information, see the company's website at http://www.careered.com. The company's website includes a detailed listing of individual campus locations and web links to its more than 75 colleges, schools, and universities.

SOURCE: Career Education Corporation

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