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Lee Enterprises Elects Dr. Shaun McAlmont to Board of Directors
Adds Extensive, Hands-On Digital Transformation Experience A Media Snippet is available by clicking the image or link: DAVENPORT, Iowa, May 09, 2022 (GLOBE
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[{"type":"text","content":"Adds Extensive, Hands-On Digital Transformation Experience\n A Media Snippet is available by clicking the image or link: DAVENPORT, Iowa, May 09, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lee Enterprises, Incorporated (NASDAQ: LEE), a leading provider of high quality, trusted, local news, information and a major platform for advertising in 77 markets, announced today that Dr. Shaun McAlmont has been elected to the Company’s Board, effective immediately. Dr. McAlmont is a seasoned executive with deep experience overseeing successful digital transformations, change management and strategic partnerships. McAlmont is President and CEO of NINJIO, LLC, a cybersecurity training company, and a member of the Board of Directors of BorgWarner (NYSE: BWA). Previously, McAlmont was President of Career Learning at Stride, Inc. (NYSE: LRN), a $1.5 billion technology-based education company, where he led a multi-year digital transformation that doubled the size of the career learning business through the introduction of new IT, business and healthcare career training programs, three acquisitions, and strategic corporate and higher education partnerships. “On behalf of the Lee Board of Directors, I’m pleased to welcome Shaun to the Board. He brings specific qualifications the Board was seeking to add, including extensive, hands-on involvement leading successful digital transformations and executive leadership and public company board experience,” commented Mary Junck, Chairman of Lee Enterprises. “Shaun’s appointment is the result of an intensive and deliberative search that began last summer as part of our continual efforts to ensure Lee’s Board is comprised of directors with the right skills and experience to oversee our continued digital growth and transformation. We look forward to benefitting from Shaun’s perspective and expertise.” “I welcome the opportunity to work with my new colleagues on the Board and Lee’s management team to accelerate the company’s ongoing transformation,” McAlmont said. “Over a 25-year career leading digital transformations at scale in online learning and workforce training, I have leveraged past learnings to drive growth and generate value at several companies. I look forward applying my expertise and experience at Lee.” With the addition of Dr. McAlmont, Lee’s Board will be comprised of nine directors, seven of whom are independen...