As the Vice President of Corporate Communications for American Public Education, Inc. (NASDAQ: APEI), Mr. Symanoskie
leads the company’s highly visible and proactive investor relations (IR) program, which is frequently ranked among
the
top IR programs by Investor Relations Magazine. After joining the company in 2007, Mr. Symanoskie shaped the
communications strategy for APEI’s initial public offering, which was the NASDAQ’s second most successful domestic
IPO
of 2007. Since then, he has guided APEI’s financial communications during a period of rapid industry change.
Prior to joining APEI, Mr. Symanoskie led the investor relations and corporate communications program for Laureate
Education, Inc. (NASDAQ: LAUR) – a higher education company with operations in over 16 countries and annual
revenues of
nearly $2 billion. During his seven-year tenure there, he successfully guided Laureate’s corporate and investor
communications through a major corporate strategy shift and several complex acquisitions and divestitures. In
addition,
he was instrumental in the research, development and launch of the Laureate International Universities brand and
visual
identity. From 1998 to 2000, Mr. Symanoskie was the Manager of Investor Relations for Strayer Education (NASDAQ:
STRA),
a post-secondary company with campus-based and online operations.
A member of the National Investor Relations Institute, Mr. Symanoskie was the Founding President of its Baltimore
Chapter from 2000 to 2006, where he took an active role in providing professional development to the Baltimore-area
IR
community. He currently serves as a volunteer at the Virginia Tech/APEX Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
Mr.
Symanoskie holds an MBA from Strayer University (1999) and a Bachelor of Science in Economics (1994) from Virginia
Tech.