---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-24-013400"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LINC"
cik: "0001286613"
company_name: "LINCOLN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES CORP"
filed_at: "2024-03-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T16:46:47.772003+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lincoln Educational Services announces Chair J. Barry Morrow not to stand for re-election; John Bartholdson to succeed

## Summary
- J. Barry Morrow, Chair since 2015 and board member since 2006, will not stand for re-election at the 2024 Annual Meeting in May.
- Current board member John A. Bartholdson (joined in 2019) has been named as successor Chair effective after the Annual Meeting.
- Board will temporarily reduce to eight members and initiate a search for a new director to fill the vacancy.
- Morrow's decision was not due to any disagreement with the company or its management, per the filing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-24-013400
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LINC
- cik: 0001286613
- company_name: LINCOLN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES CORP
- filed_at: 2024-03-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1286613/000114036124013400/0001140361-24-013400-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1286613/000114036124013400/ef20024207_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-24-013400
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-24-013400.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-24-013400.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  John A. Bartholdson was appointed as Board Chair at LINCOLN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES CORP.
  - Action: named as successor
  - Role: Board Chair
  source text: The Board has named current Board member, John A. Bartholdson, as Mr. Morrow’s successor as Board Chair effective immediately following the Annual Meeting.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1286613/000114036124013400/0001140361-24-013400-index.htm
- Executive change
  J. Barry Morrow departed as Chair of the Board at LINCOLN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES CORP.
  - Action: not stand for re-election
  - Role: Chair of the Board
  source text: On March 13, 2024, J. Barry Morrow, Chair of the Board of Directors of Lincoln Educational Services Corporation (the “Company”), notified the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of his decision not to stand for re-election to the Board
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1286613/000114036124013400/0001140361-24-013400-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.