Biography

Mr. Harry T. Wilkins, CPA
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Harry T. Wilkins, CPA, joined APUS as the Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President in January 2007, after having served on the institution's Board of Trustees and Board of Directors for three years.

Mr. Wilkins is a founding partner of Wilkins, Little & Matthews, LLP, a Baltimore-based CPA firm specializing in consulting for postsecondary education clients since 2001.  Prior to 2001, Mr. Wilkins served as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Strayer Education, Inc.  He joined Strayer Education, Inc. in 1991 shortly after it was purchased for $5 million, and left in 2001 when it was a public company with an $840 million market capitalization.

From 1984 to 1991 Mr. Wilkins served as Director in the accounting firm of Wooden & Benson, specializing in audits of education companies. From 1979 to 1984 he was a senior consultant with Deloitte Touche (then Deloitte Haskins & Sells) where he assisted clients in raising venture capital and public offerings of securities.

A featured speaker on the postsecondary education industry at conferences both national and international, Mr. Wilkins has spoken at the meetings of The New York Society of Security Analysts, Credit Suisse/ First Boston Education Services, Legg Mason Education Services, Fulcrum Services, and Smith Barney Education Services.

Mr. Wilkins is a former Board Member of Concorde Career Colleges, Inc. and a partner in Rittenhouse Capital Partners.  Mr. Wilkins received a B.A. degree in Accounting and his Masters of Professional Accountancy from Loyola College in 1978 and 1980 respectively.