Board of Directors
James A. Mitchell
James A. Mitchell has served as a director of Capella Education Company since 1999, when he retired as executive vice president of marketing and products for American Express Company. He also serves as executive fellow-leadership at the Center for Ethical Business Cultures, a nonprofit organization assisting business leaders in creating ethical and profitable cultures, and is a member of the board of directors of Great Plains Energy Incorporated, an NYSE-listed diversified public utility holding company. From 1984 to 1993, he served as chairman, president and CEO of IDS Life, a life insurance company and wholly owned subsidiary of American Express. From 1982 to 1984, Mitchell served as president of the reinsurance division at CIGNA Corporation, an insurance company. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from Princeton University.