Capella News

MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 1, 2008 –Lois M. Martin, senior vice president & CFO of Capella Education Company, is one of three top-level executives chosen to share their expertise at the Twin Cities Women on Boards panel discussion on Dec. 2 at the Metropolitan Ballroom in Golden Valley, Minn. 

Capella Education Company, where Martin has served since 2004, provides exclusively online post-secondary education through its wholly owned subsidiary Capella University (www.capella.edu).  Martin also sits on the boards of two global corporations, ADC Inc. and MTS Systems Corporation. Prior to joining Capella, Martin held executive positions at World Data Products and Deluxe Corporation.

Women on Boards is an annual event designed to educate and prepare women for board service.
It was founded in Minneapolis in 2002 and has since expanded to Chicago, St. Louis, Denver, Dallas, San Francisco, and Atlanta.

About Capella Education Company
Founded in 1991, Capella Education Company (NASDAQ: CPLA) is a national leader in online education and parent company of Capella University, a regionally accredited* online university. Capella University offers graduate degree programs in business, information technology, education, human services, psychology, public health, and public safety, and bachelor’s degree programs in business, information technology, and public safety. These academic programs are designed to meet the needs of working adults, combining high quality, competency-based curricula with the convenience and flexibility of an online learning format. Currently, Capella University offers 22 graduate and undergraduate degree programs with 111 specializations and more than 1020 courses. More than 24,000 learners were enrolled as of October 31, 2008. For more information about Capella Education Company, please visit http://www.capellaeducation.com. For more information about Capella University, please visit http://www.capella.edu or call 1.888.CAPELLA (227.3552).

* Capella University is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission and is a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA), www.ncahlc.org.
Capella University, 225 South Sixth Street, Ninth Floor, Minneapolis, MN 55402, 1-888-CAPELLA (227-3552), www.capella.edu.