The following members make up the Universal Technical Institute, Inc. Board of Directors. Please select an individual member below to learn more about them and the committees they contribute to.
Robert T. DeVincenzi has served as a director on the Board of Universal Technical Institute, Inc since April 2017, serving as Chairman of the Board since September 2017. Additionally, Mr. DeVincenzi has been a principal partner in Lupine Venture Group, a business advisory firm providing strategic consulting and corporate development advisory services since 2014. Mr. DeVincenzi served as Chairman of the Board and earlier as Lead Independent Director and Interim CEO of Lazydays Holdings Inc during the period from January 2022 to November of 2025. Mr. DeVincenzi also served as an Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship and Strategic Management at California State University, from 2014 until 2022. Mr. DeVincenzi also served as a director and earlier as President and CEO of Redflex Holding Limited, from 2012 to 2021. From 2008 to 2011, he was President and CEO of LaserCard Corporation. Prior to that, Mr. DeVincenzi was President and CEO at Inkra Networks Inc., and Ignis Optics Inc., both telecommunications companies, and has held senior executive sales, marketing and strategy positions at a several technology and services companies.
Mr. DeVincenzi received a Master of Arts degree from Gonzaga University in Organizational Leadership, a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from California State University, San Luis Obispo and has completed Directors College at Stanford University. Mr. DeVincenzi brings to our Board significant business leadership and strategy development experience, as well as public company board expertise. Mr. DeVincenzi qualifies as an ‘‘audit committee financial expert’’ under SEC guidelines.
George W. Brochick has served as a director on our Board since March 2020. Mr. Brochick has served as Executive Vice President—Strategic Development at auto and commercial truck retailer Penske Automotive Group (NYSE: PAG) since July 2012, and has held various executive positions since joining the company in 1996. In addition to his current executive functions, Mr. Brochick held numerous dealership general manager positions throughout his automotive career. Previously, Mr. Brochick served as Vice President, Operations, for a heavy-duty truck and mining construction equipment retailer Southwest Kenworth, Inc. from 1977 to 1984 and also held the position of Director, Marketing Services, for Euclid, Inc., a division of Daimler-Benz, A.G. Mr. Brochick formerly served as a Board Member of the Duke University Board of Visitors and has served on the Board of Directors of the American International Automobile Dealers Association.
Jerome A. Grant has served as our Chief Executive Officer and as a director on our Board since November 2019. Mr. Grant joined us as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer in November 2017. Prior to joining us, Mr. Grant served as Senior Vice President, Chief Services Officer with McGraw-Hill Corporation, a learning science company, from June 2015 to April 2017. Prior to joining McGraw-Hill, Mr. Grant spent more than 14 years in executive leadership roles at Pearson Education, Inc., an educational publishing and services company, including President of Business and Technology, Chief Learning Officer, Vice President – Digital Products and Vice President – Technology Strategy. Mr. Grant received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Labor Relations and Marketing from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Lieutenant General William J. Lennox, Jr. (USA Ret.) has served as a director on our Board since January 2014. General Lennox has served as Chief Executive Officer of Lennox Strategies, LLC, a consulting company and personal business venture, since 2012. General Lennox served as President of Saint Leo University, a private university, from July 2015 to June 2018. From 2006 to 2012, General Lennox served as Senior Vice President, Washington, D.C., for Goodrich Corporation, a Fortune 500 aerospace firm. Prior to his position at Goodrich Corporation, General Lennox served approximately 35 years in the United States Army, culminating as Superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point. General Lennox formerly served on the Board of Directors of Ignite Fueling Innovation, Inc., a veteran owned and operated systems and software engineering company. General Lennox received a Bachelor of Arts degree concentrating in International Affairs from the United States Military Academy at West Point, as well as a Master of Arts degree and Ph.D. in Literature from Princeton University.
Shannon L. Okinaka has served as director on our Board since March 2022. In February 2026, Ms. Okinaka joined Make-A-Wish Foundation of Hawai’i as Director of Finance and Administration. From 2024 to March 2025, Ms. Okinaka served as Executive Vice President of Administration of the commercial airline company Hawaiian Airlines, Inc., a subsidiary of Alaska Air Group, having previously filled the roles of Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. from 2015 to 2024, and Vice President – Controller of Hawaiian Airlines from 2011 to 2015. Ms. Okinaka initially joined Hawaiian Airlines as Senior Director in charge of Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and special projects. Before joining Hawaiian Airlines, Ms. Okinaka worked for Hawaiian Electric Company, and the accounting firm of Coopers & Lybrand/PricewaterhouseCoopers. Ms. Okinaka was certified as a public accountant in the State of Hawaii. Ms. Okinaka also serves on the Board of Directors of Island Insurance Company, an insurance provider. Ms. Okinaka graduated from the Shidler College of Business at University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, earning a Bachelor of Business Administration in Management Information Systems and Accounting. Ms. Okinaka qualifies as an ‘‘audit committee financial expert’’ under SEC guidelines.
Loretta L. Sanchez has served as a director on our Board since May 2021. Ms. Sanchez served in Congress from1997 to 2017 as a Democrat from California’s 46th Congressional District, representing Orange County. One of her key priorities was ensuring access to all types of higher education, including career and technical skills training. While in Congress, Ms. Sanchez served on the Education and Labor Committee, Armed Services Committee, and as a ranking member of the Homeland Security Committee Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies. Ms. Sanchez is currently Chief Executive Officer of Datamatica LLC, a consulting, data analytics and messaging firm that focuses on local, state and federal issues and campaigns, that she joined in December 2018. Ms. Sanchez received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Economics from Chapman University and a Master of Business Administration degree from American University in Washington, DC. Ms. Sanchez is currently a public member of the Board of Directors of Career Education Colleges and Universities, a national association representing the proprietary sector of higher education, and also is a Trustee at Chapman University in Orange, California.
Christopher S. Shackelton has served as a director on our Board since June 2016. From June 2016 until December 2023, Mr. Shackleton served as the designee to our Board of the holders of our outstanding Series A Preferred Stock (as further described below). Following the full conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock to common stock in December 2023, the Board appointed Mr. Shackleton as a Class III director. Mr. Shackelton is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Coliseum Capital Management, LLC, a multi-strategy investment firm. Previously, he was Chairman of the Board of ModivCare Inc. (formerly Providence Service Corp.), a home health care company, from November 2012 to December 2024, Chairman of Rural/Metro Corp, an emergency medical services company, from December 2010 to June 2011, Chairman of Medalogix LLC, a home health care service, from August 2014 to May 2021 and Chairman of Lazydays Holdings, Inc., a recreational vehicle retailer, from December 2021 to June 2024 (and as a director since March 2018). He has also served on the boards of Interstate Hotels & Resorts, Inc., a global hotel management company, from February 2009 through March 2010, Advanced Emissions Solutions, Inc., a producer of activated carbon and other environmentally efficient carbon products for use in purification and sustainable materials, from July 2014 to June 2016, LHC Group, Inc., a provider of healthcare solutions, from November 2012 to August 2017, BioScrip, Inc., a provider of healthcare solutions, from March 2015 to August 2019, and Gildan Activewear Inc., a manufacturer of branded clothing, from December 2023 to May 2024. Prior to these positions, he worked at Watershed Asset Management and Morgan Stanley & Co., both financial institutions. He received a bachelor’s degree in economics from Yale University.
Michael A. Slubowski has served as a director on our Board since March 2023. Mr. Slubowski is the President, Chief Executive Officer, and Board Member of Trinity Health, a national health system that includes 29,000 affiliated physicians and 127,000 employees. During his 40 years as a healthcare executive, Mr. Slubowski has also served as President and CEO of Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health System, a nonprofit healthcare organization, as President of Health Networks for Trinity Health before its 2013 merger with Catholic Health East, and in executive leadership positions at health systems including Henry Ford Health System in Detroit, Michigan; Samaritan Health Services in Phoenix, Arizona; and Providence Hospital in Southfield, Michigan. Mr. Slubowski earned his bachelor's degree in business administration and his master’s degree in business administration from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. He completed healthcare leadership training through an Advanced Leadership Institute conducted by the University of Michigan School of Business and sponsored by the National Center for Healthcare Leadership. He also holds fellowships in the American College of Healthcare Executives and the American College of Medical Practice Executives.
Linda J. Srere, has served as a director on our Board since February 2005. Ms. Srere is a marketing and advertising consultant. From January 2000 to November 2001, she served as President of Young & Rubicam Advertising, a worldwide advertising network. From September 1998 to January 2000, Ms. Srere served as Vice Chairman and Chief Client Officer of Young & Rubicam Inc. (‘‘Y&R’’), a global marketing communications company. From January 1997 to September 1998, she served as President and CEO of Y&R’s New York office. Ms. Srere joined Y&R in September 1994 as Executive Vice President and Director of Business Development. Ms. Srere served as the Chairman of advertising agency Earle Palmer Brown New York from 1992 to 1994, and served as President of advertising agency Rosenfeld, Sirowitz, Humphrey & Strauss from 1990 to 1992. For 11 years, until July 2012, Ms. Srere was a director of video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. (Nasdaq: EA). During her tenure, she served on its Compensation, Nominating, and Governance committees. Ms. Srere also served as a director of aQuantive, Inc., which was sold to Microsoft in 2007 and previously served on the Advisory Board of SOS Method, a meditation technology platform. She currently sits on the Investor and Executive Council of DCubed Group, a private market investment firm.
Kenneth R. Trammell has served as a director on our Board since June 2011. From May 2020 until the sale of the company in March 2021, Mr. Trammell was a director of Red Lion Hotels Corp, an owner and franchiser of hotels. During that time, he served as chair of the Audit Committee and as a member of the Nominating and Governance Committee. Mr. Trammell served as an Executive Vice President of Tenneco Inc., a publicly traded manufacturer of vehicle components and systems, from January 2006 until his retirement in December 2018, as the Chief Financial Officer from September 2003 until June 2018, and as Controller from 1997 through 2003. He also returned to Tenneco as Interim Chief Financial Officer from April 2020 to September 2020. Prior to joining Tenneco in 1996, Mr. Trammell spent 12 years with the international public accounting firm of Arthur Andersen LLP. Mr. Trammell received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Accounting from the University of Houston. Mr. Trammell has significant business experience in the original equipment and aftermarket automotive parts industry for more than 20 years. Mr. Trammell qualifies as an ‘‘audit committee financial expert’’ under SEC guidelines.
