Chicago, IL - July 5, 2010 - Martin Partners, L.L.C. announces the recruitment of Mr. James Hunter Mefford to the position of Director, Analytics & Internet Marketing to Delta Career Education Corp., a privately held, for-profit education services company. Prior to joining Delta Career Education Corp., Mr. Mefford was the Director, Internet Division at firstSTREET. Delta Career Education is backed by Gryphon Investors.