Mr. R. Christopher Hoehn-Saric
Senior Managing Director
Sterling Capital Partners, LP

Mr. Hoehn-Saric was the key management participant in a management led going private transaction for Educate, Inc. valued at over $550 million completed in June 2007.  Sterling Capital Partners, in which Mr. Hoehn-Saric is a Senior Managing Director, was the controlling investor of a group that included Citigroup.  He continues to serve as Chairman of the Board for the Educate private companies and has Sterling’s key oversight role for the Educate investment.

Mr. Hoehn-Saric was the CEO of Educate, Inc., the parent company to Sylvan Learning Centers from June 2003 through June 2007 and Chairman of the Board from April 2004 through June 2007.  Previously, from January 2000 until June 2003, he was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sylvan Ventures, the incubator subsidiary of Educate’s predecessor Laureate.  Beginning in April 1993 he served as Chairman of the Board of Laureate and as co-Chief Executive Officer of Laureate beginning in December 1995 until June 2003.  He also served as President of Laureate from 1988 to 1993 and has been a member of Laureate’s Board since 1986.
  
Mr. Hoehn-Saric began his noteworthy entrepreneurial career by co-founding Health Management Corporation, a health services company, and LifeCard International, a medical technology firm, both of which were later sold to Blue Cross Blue Shield.  He also co-founded Sterling Capital, Ltd., an investment company in which Mr. Hoehn-Saric has served as a principal since 1983.  Sterling Capital acquired the predecessor to Sylvan Learning Systems, Inc., of which Mr. Hoehn-Saric and a partner assumed control in 1988.  In addition, he is a General Partner in Sterling Venture Partners, a growth venture capital fund and Sterling Capital Partners, a mid-market buy-out fund with over $1.8 billion in capital.

Mr. Hoehn-Saric serves on the board of Sterling Capital.  He also serves on the boards of Laureate Education, Inc., The Becker Group, Florida Coastal School of Law, Meritas LLC, Safety Systems Corporation, CA Holding I, Inc., CA Holding II, Inc., the Advisory Council of The Sheridan Libraries of Johns Hopkins University, and on the Board of Trustees for Johns Hopkins University.