Steve Cooper is a highly decorated 18-year veteran (active and reserve) of the United States Army where he served as an Infantryman and Military Police Officer. Some highlights of his distinguished military career are: he developed the first Department of Army police academy shortly after 9-11 that currently serves as the Department of Defense model; taught and established the first military police school on the west coast which received the highest possible accreditation; taught and managed several leadership and instructor training courses at a leadership academy, all of which he led through full accreditation, unprecedented growth and innovation; and, developed a degree completion program for Army instructors based on prior learning and training. Mr. Cooper also enjoyed a prolific academic career where he served in various roles such as professor, director of education as well as university president and chief executive officer. Mr. Cooper has edited two books on criminology and holds a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice (minor in Sociology) from California State University, Sacramento, where he was elected national vice-president of the National Criminal Justice Honor Society, and president of his social fraternity, Beta Theta Pi, and received a Master of Science in Criminology from Florida State University.

He has worked with the best teams to build online universities with a combined market cap greater than one billion dollars, which include American Public University System (NASDAQ: APEI); Chapman University College and Institute of Construction Management & Technology (ICMT) which he sold to Nouveau University (PEDU.OB).

Rick Gallagher joins Today's Campus with over 18 years experience in Educational Finances with National Education where he built a large national sales team that worked collaboratively with operations, IT, finance, research and development, as well as effective marketing programs. Establishing new product launch strategies, evaluating effectiveness, and resolving post launch issues, were all part of an effective marketing plan. After leaving the financial aid world Rick started his own consulting firm, RBG Enterprises. Through RBG he has had a wide variety of experiences including strategic planning, development of internal guidelines and processes for new sales divisions, as well as staff training on debt and default loan management. When not working to improve the productivity of companies Rick spends time with his family taking advantage of all that the Chesapeake Bay has to offer such as boating, fishing, golfing, surfing, to name a few.

Dean Dunbar has 20 years of experience in post-secondary higher education. Dean’s experience covers multiple facets of education including accreditation, campus operations, enrollment management, and instruction. He holds a Masters in Business Administration with a concentration in e-commerce from Keller Graduate School of Management.