Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer · LINCOLN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES CORP (LINC)

Stephen Ace

A named executive officer of LINCOLN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2023 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$695,286

FY2024: $587,142

5th of 5 named executive officers at Lincoln Educational Services by FY2025 total.

5 named officers on file for LINCOLN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed March 26, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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Stephen Ace compensation by year

LINCOLN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES Summary Compensation Table · all 3 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as LINCOLN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$285,000$297,000$300,000
Bonus$0$0$0
Stock awards$125,000$125,000$125,000
Option awards$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$210,900$157,325$261,851
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0
All other$7,430$7,817$8,435
Total$628,330$587,142$695,286

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: LINCOLN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES CORP DEF 14A filed March 26, 2026, accession 0001140361-26-011290, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the LINCOLN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES CORP filed document, accession 0001140361-26-011290. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed March 26, 2026.

$628K
$587K
$695K
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU12,027$290,452—
PSU11,195$270,359—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in LINCOLN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES CORP's FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments LINCOLN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES discloses, by trigger · FY2025
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Change in control, no termination$0$560,811$0$560,811
Involuntary termination without cause$675,000$560,811$13,718$1,249,529
Disability$150,000$560,811$0$710,811
Death$150,000$560,811$0$710,811
Involuntary for cause$0$0$0$0
Voluntary resignation$0$0$0$0

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in LINCOLN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES CORP's FY2025 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

LINCOLN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Scott ShawPresident and Chief Executive Officer$3,999,717
Brian MeyersExecutive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer$2,029,171
Chad NyceExecutive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer$2,022,990
Alexandra LusterSenior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary$709,022
Stephen Ace · this pageSenior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer$695,286

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