---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-21-027372"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LINC"
cik: "0001286613"
company_name: "LINCOLN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES CORP"
filed_at: "2021-08-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T20:04:35.195381+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lincoln Educational appoints Felecia Pryor to board, expands to 10 members

## Summary
- Board increased from 9 to 10 directors; Felecia Pryor appointed as independent director.
- Pryor is EVP & Chief HR Officer at BorgWarner; joined Compensation Committee.
- Appointment effective Aug 5, 2021; term until 2022 annual meeting.
- No material arrangements or related-party transactions disclosed per Item 404(a).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-21-027372
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LINC
- cik: 0001286613
- company_name: LINCOLN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES CORP
- filed_at: 2021-08-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1286613/000114036121027372/0001140361-21-027372-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1286613/000114036121027372/brhc10027733_8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-21-027372
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-21-027372.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Felecia Pryor was appointed as Independent Director at LINCOLN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Independent Director
  source text: On August 5, 2021, at a meeting of the Board and upon the recommendation of the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee, the Board appointed Felecia Pryor as an independent director to fill the vacancy created by the increase in the size of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1286613/000114036121027372/0001140361-21-027372-index.htm

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