Industry & Services >> Analyst Interviews >> September 7, 2009

Trends In Postsecondary For-profit Education – Amy Junker – Robert W. Baird & Co.

Amy Junker is the Senior Analyst covering education services at Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc. Previously, she was a Junior Analyst at Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., a Research Associate at William Blair & Co., L.L.C.; an Intern at Institutional Capital Corp. and an Associate Instructor of mathematics at Indiana University. In the Financial Times/StarMine analyst awards, she was ranked among the top three analysts for stock picking in 2008 and 2010, and among the top three earnings estimators in 2010 in diversified consumer services. Ms. Junker also ranked number two in consumer discretionary in the Forbes "The Best Brokerage Analysts" 2010 list. Ms. Junker received a B.A. in mathematics from Kalamazoo College and an M.A. in mathematics from Indiana University. Profile
TWST: Please start with an overview of the particular sectors of the education

industry that you cover.

Ms. Junker: We cover the postsecondary education companies, and that's going to