Board of Directors
Michael Lomax
Dr. Michael Lomax was named a director of Capella Education Company in 2010. He is the president and CEO of the United Negro College Fund. He previously served as president of Dillard University in New Orleans. In addition, Lomax serves on numerous boards of directors, including Teach for America, The Council of Independent Colleges, The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, and the KIPP Foundation, the nation's largest and highest performing charter school network. He has also been the recipient of 12 honorary degrees and numerous recognitions, such as the Bennie Achievement Award from Morehouse College and the Emory Medal from Emory University. Lomax earned a PhD in American and Afro-American Literature from Emory University in Atlanta, a Master of Arts in English Literature from Columbia University in New York, and a Bachelor of Arts in English from Morehouse College in Atlanta.
