E Slade Mead

Mr. Mead served as a director from October 2007 until January 2011 and since December 15, 2011. From January 2011 until his re-election to serve as a director on December 15, 2011, Mr. Mead served as an independent Board observer and participated in Board meetings in a non-voting capacity. Since July 2009, Mr. Mead has been the Director of College Placement at the Trinity-Pawling School in Pawling, New York. Mr. Mead also provides consulting work representing professional athletes. Previously, Mr. Mead worked for Advantage International, a global sports management firm, where he ran the London office and represented several professional tennis and baseball players. Between 2002 and 2004, Mr. Mead was an Arizona State Senator where he served on the Appropriations, Government and Education (Vice-Chair) Committees. With a deep commitment to education, Mr. Mead was voted the Arizona School Board Legislator of the Year (2003), Arizona Women’s Political Caucus Legislator of the Year (2004), and Arizona Career Technical Education Policy Maker of the Year (2004). Mr. Mead remains active in education and state politics as he ran for Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction in 2006, and is a Court appointed School Board and Receiver Board member for the Maricopa Regional School District. Mr. Mead holds a Yale Undergraduate and attended the University of Connecticut Law School.