Dr. George C. Zoley is the Chairman of the Board

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, Chief Executive Officer

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, and founder

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 of the GEO Group. Zoley established The GEO Group as a division of The Wackenhut Corporation

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 in 1984 when the company was named Wackenhut Corrections Corporation. Prior to founding the GEO Group, he served as Manager, Director, and Vice President of Government Services at Wackenhut.

Zoley is a former Chairman, and current member of the Board of Trustees at Florida Atlantic University (FAU)

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. He also served as Chair of the FAU Presidential Search Committee and is a member of the FAU Foundation Board of Directors.

George Zoley holds both a bachelor's degree

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 and master's degree

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 in Public Administration from Florida Atlantic University, and a doctorate

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 in Public Administration

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 from Nova Southeastern University

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.