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Richard Surratt
President and Chief Executive Officer

Richard Surratt was named President and Chief Executive Officer of Voyager Learning Company (formerly ProQuest Company) in January 2007. He joined the company in 2005 as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. As CFO, he provided planning and oversight for all the financial activities of the company and served on the executive management team.

Before joining Voyager Learning Company, Surratt was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Independence Air where he was responsible for the company's accounting, treasury, legal, financial planning, and information systems activities. Prior to that, he was with Mobil Corporation in various financial and management positions.

Surratt holds a BS degree from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, an Master of Science degree from The George Washington University, and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.

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Ron Klausner
President, Voyager Expanded Learning

As president of Voyager Expanded Learning, Ron Klausner manages all of the company’s K-12 product lines, including Voyager, Learning A-Z, and ExploreLearning.

Since joining the company in 2003 as President, ProQuest Information and Learning, Mr. Klausner was responsible for helping transform ProQuest’s presence in the K-12 market through acquisitions.

Mr. Klausner is a veteran executive with a track record of developing exceptional customer relationships and achieving operating success in both domestic and global business environments. He came to ProQuest from D&B (formerly known as Dun & Bradstreet), a global business information and technology solutions provider, where he worked for 27 years. In his last position, he served as the company’s senior vice president, U.S. Sales, leading a segment with more than $900 million in revenue. Previously, he led global data and operations, and customer service, providing business-to-business, credit, marketing and purchasing information in over 200 countries.

Mr. Klausner received a master’s of business administration degree in accounting from New York University.

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David Asai
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

David Asai was named Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Voyager Learning Company (formerly ProQuest Company) in January 2007. He joined the company as Vice President and Corporate Controller in 2006. Asai has more than 12 years of experience as a senior financial executive with public companies. He came to Voyager Learning Company from Independence Air, where he served as the Vice President Finance and Controller for eight years before being promoted to Chief Financial Officer in 2005. There, he was responsible for the company's corporate accounting, tax, and financial planning activities.

Prior to Independence Air, he was with Reno Air for four years as Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller. In addition, he served as the Chief Financial Officer of the privately owned Spirit Airlines.

Asai holds a BS degree from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He is a Certified Public Accountant.

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Todd Buchardt
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

As senior vice president, general counsel and secretary, Todd Buchardt heads up Voyager Learning Company's corporate legal functions. He was named the company's general counsel and secretary in 1998. Prior to joining the company, he held various legal positions with First Data Corp. from 1986 to 1998.

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Management Team: Voyager Expanded Learning

 
   
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