LESLIE T. THORNTON - Corporate Board Profile

PERDOCEO EDUCATION Corp

Filing Date	Source Excerpt
2012-04-02	Ms. Thornton, age 53, has served as Lead Independent Director of the Board since October 31, 2011...Chairperson of the Compliance Committee...2011 DIRECTOR COMPENSATION: Leslie T. Thornton (Lead Independent Director and Chairperson of the Compliance Committee)...Total: $285,753
2013-04-08	Leslie T. Thornton, age 54, has served as Lead Independent Director of the Board since October 2011. ... The current Committee assignments are shown in the following table: Leslie T. Thornton Audit (Chairperson), Compensation. The total compensation of our non-employee directors for the year ended December 31, 2012 is shown in the table below. Leslie T. Thornton Fees Earned in Cash $117,000, Option Awards $65,206, Total $182,206.
2014-04-17	Ms. Thornton, age 55, served as Lead Independent Director of the Board from October 2011 through May 2013. Ms. Thornton has been Vice President and General Counsel of WGL Holdings, Inc. since January 2012, having joined that company as Counsel to the Chairman in November 2011. WGL Holdings, Inc., a public retail gas and electric marketing firm and a design-build energy company, operates a regulated natural gas utility serving more than one million customers throughout metropolitan Washington, D.C., Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania. Ms. Thornton served as a partner with the law firm of Dickstein Shapiro LLP in Washington D.C. from 2004 until she joined WGL Holdings, Inc., and as a partner with the law firm of Patton Boggs, LLP from 2000 to 2004. Beginning with the Presidential Transition of 1992 and until 2000, Ms. Thornton worked with U.S. Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley, first as Deputy Chief of Staff and Counselor, and then as Chief of Staff at the U.S. Department of Education ("ED"). During her nearly eight years at ED, Ms. Thornton advised the Secretary on all ED matters, served as the liaison between the Secretary and the White House on policy, political, ethics, personnel and other issues; supervised the higher education administrative appeals process for the Secretary; and helped implement President Clinton's education initiatives. Ms. Thornton was selected by the White House in 1995 to serve on the President's White House Budget Working Group and in 1996 served in a senior role on President Clinton's presidential debate team. In addition to her work at ED, Ms. Thornton founded the Educational Equity Institute and Capitol Education Fund, organizations dedicated to improving educational access and opportunity. She holds a Professional Director Certification from the American College of Corporate Directors, a public company director education and credentialing organization. Ms. Thornton holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Pennsylvania and a law degree from Georgetown University. The current Committee assignments of the independent directors are shown in the following table: Leslie T. Thornton Audit (Chairperson) Compensation
2015-04-08	Ms. Thornton, age 56, served as Lead Independent Director of the Board from October 2011 through May 2013. ... Ms. Thornton holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a law degree from Georgetown University Law Center. ... The current Committee assignments of the directors are shown in the following table: Leslie T. Thornton - Audit (Chairperson), Compensation. ... 2014 Director Compensation: Leslie T. Thornton total $159,177.
2016-04-08	Ms. Thornton, age 57, served as Lead Independent Director of the Board from October 2011 through May 2013...Chairperson of the Compliance Committee. As of December 31, 2015, Ms. Thornton held options to purchase 194,664 shares of Company common stock and 14,619 deferred stock units.
2017-04-10	Ms. Thornton, age 58, served as Lead Independent Director...Chairperson of the Compliance Committee...2016 Director Compensation table shows total $175,777.
2018-04-17	Ms. Thornton, age 59, served as Lead Independent Director of the Board from October 2011 through May 2013... Chairperson of the Compliance Committee...2017 Director Compensation: $163,502 total.
2019-03-22	Ms. Thornton, age 60, served as Vice President and General Counsel of WGL Holdings, Inc. ... The total compensation of our non-employee directors for the year ended December 31, 2018 is shown in the table below. Leslie T. Thornton: $173,253.
2020-04-15	Ms. Thornton, age 61, served as Vice President and General Counsel of WGL Holdings, Inc... The total compensation of our non-employee directors for the year ended December 31, 2019 is shown in the table below. Leslie T. Thornton: Fees Earned in Cash $90,000, Option Awards $82,584, Total $172,584.
2021-04-20	Ms. Thornton, age 62, served as Vice President and General Counsel of WGL Holdings, Inc. ... The total compensation of our non-employee directors for the year ended December 31, 2020 is shown in the table below. ... Leslie T. Thornton (8) $86,099 $123,273 $209,372
2022-04-12	Ms. Thornton, age 63, served as Vice President and General Counsel of WGL Holdings, Inc. ... The total compensation of our independent directors for the year ended December 31, 2021 is shown in the table below. Leslie T. Thornton (8) $88,653 $103,014 $191,667
2023-04-11	Ms. Thornton, age 64, served as Vice President and General Counsel of WGL Holdings, Inc. ... The total compensation of our independent directors for the year ended December 31, 2022 is shown in the table below. Leslie T. Thornton Fees Earned in Cash $95,000 Stock Awards $96,926 Total $191,926.
2024-04-12	Ms. Thornton, age 65, served as Vice President and General Counsel of WGL Holdings, Inc... The total compensation of our independent directors for the year ended December 31, 2023 is shown in the table below. Leslie T. Thornton: $191,502.