Beard, Stephen W. bought stock once, on Nov 9, 2021

Stephen W. Beard is a corporate executive and the Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Covista Inc. (NYSE: CVSA), a U.S. public company and major provider of for‑profit higher and healthcare education institutions.( Covista, formerly Adtalem Global Education and DeVry Education Group, operates schools such as American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine, Chamberlain University, Ross University School of Medicine, Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, and Walden University, making it one of America’s largest healthcare educators.( Beard was appointed CEO in 2021 and later elected Chairman of the Board in 2024, and he has been identified in market and governance databases as Covista’s CEO and a corporate insider since 2021.(

Beard joined the company in 2018 as General Counsel before becoming Chief Operating Officer, where he led the divestiture of the financial services segment and helped reposition the company’s portfolio toward healthcare education.( Earlier in his career, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer at Heidrick & Struggles International, leading its expansion into leadership consulting and organizational development, and previously practiced corporate and securities law at Schiff Hardin LLP after clerking for Indiana Supreme Court Justice Frank Sullivan Jr.( Beard sits on the boards of Planet Fitness and Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose (CECP) and chairs the board of A Better Chicago, a venture philanthropy focused on expanding opportunity for underserved youth.( He holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana‑Champaign and a Juris Doctor from the Maurer School of Law at Indiana University–Bloomington, and has also completed the Advanced Management Program at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.(

Written by Perplexity from public sources.