Article: Education Management Names Nelson CEO, McKernan Executive Chairman.

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Education Management LLC today announced that, effective February 20, 2007, Todd S. Nelson will become its new President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the company's Board of Directors, and its current Chief Executive Officer, John R. McKernan, Jr., will become Executive Chairman and remain Chairman of the Board of Directors.

Mr. Nelson is a former President and Chief Executive Officer of Apollo Group, the largest company in the for-profit higher education industry and parent company of the University of Phoenix.

In making the announcement Mr. McKernan said, "Bringing Todd on board as our Chief Executive ...

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