Mr. Joseph L. D'Amico was appointed President and Chief Operating Officer of Apollo Group Inc in March 2009. Previously, Mr. D’Amico served as President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer from June 2008 to March 2009; Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from June 2007 to June 2008; and served in the role of Chief Financial Officer from December 8, 2006 to June 2007 as a consultant. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. D’Amico was a senior managing director of FTI Palladium Partners, an interim management company and a division of FTI Consulting, Inc. Prior to joining FTI in August 2002, he was a partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP for 21 years where he served in leadership roles in the firm’s Financial Advisory Services group as well as having served as an audit partner earlier in his career, responsible for public and privately held companies. Mr. D’Amico is a Certified Public Accountant. He received his Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago and his Bachelor of Science in Accountancy from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.