Mr. Jack A. Henry is a Independent Director of Grand Canyon Education, Inc., since November 2008. Since 2000, Mr. Henry has served as the managing director of Sierra Blanca Ventures, LLC, a private investment and advisory firm. From 1966 to 2000, Mr. Henry worked as a certified public accountant for Arthur Andersen, a national accounting firm, retiring in 2000 as the managing partner of the Phoenix, Arizona office. Mr. Henry currently serves on the boards of directors of White Electronic Designs Corporation, a Nasdaq-listed provider of semiconductor packages, memory devices, and electromechanical assemblies to the aerospace and defense industries, as well as several other private companies. Mr. Henry currently serves as President of the Arizona Chapter of the National Association of Corporate Directors. Mr. Henry received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Michigan.