Greenwood Hall, Inc. announced that Jonathan Newcomb, 68, has been appointed to the company's board of directors. Newcomb is a managing director at Berenson & Company, LLC. Previously, he served as CEO of Cambium Learning.

From 1994 through 2002, Newcomb was chairman and chief executive officer of Simon & Schuster. He also served as president of McGraw-Hill's Financial and Economic Information Group, which included the businesses of Standard & Poor's and Data Resources Inc. Newcomb began his career with the Dun & Bradstreet Corporation. Newcomb currently sits on the boards of United Business Media, Journal Communications and LearningExpress, LLC.