Dino J. DeConcini has been a director of Apollo Group since 1992. From December 2007 through September 2010 he served as Lead Independent Director. Mr. DeConcini is the Chairman of the Nominating and Governance committee, and a member of the Compensation Committee. From 1959 to 1962 he served in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Office. From 1962 to 1979 he practiced law and held various government positions including Tucson City Attorney and Chief of Staff to the Governor of Arizona. From 1979 to 1995, Mr. DeConcini was a shareholder in DeConcini, McDonald, Brammer, Yetwin and Lacy, P.C., Attorneys at Law. From 1980 to 1993, Mr. DeConcini was also Vice President and partner of Paul R. Gibson & Associates, an international business consulting firm, and from 1993 to 1995 and 2002 to 2005, was a Vice President and Senior Associate of the successor firm, Projects International, Inc. From 1995 to 2000, he was the Director of the U.S. Savings Bonds Program in the Treasury Department and from 2000 to 2002; he was the Director of Financial Education at Consumer Federation of America. Between 1981 and 1992, Mr. DeConcini was a member of the board of directors of University of Phoenix. Mr. DeConcini is a graduate of Georgetown University School of Foreign Service and the University of Arizona Law School.