Art N. Burtscher serves as Lead Independent Director of the Company. Mr. Burtscher has served as one of the Company’s directors since 2004 and was elected Lead Independent Director in February 2008. He chairs the Audit Committee. Mr. Burtscher currently serves as a consultant to Westwood Trust--Western Region where he served as President-Western Region of Westwood Trust, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Westwood Holdings Group, LLC and a provider of trust services and a sponsor of common trust funds from 2012 to 2018. He served as Senior Vice President of Westwood Trust from 2010 through 2012. Mr. Burtscher served as Chairman of McCarthy Group Advisors, L.L.C., an Omaha-based investment advisory firm, from 2004 to 2010. From 2000 to 2004, he was President of McCarthy Group Asset Management. He has more than 30 years of financial services experience, including 13 years as President of Great Western Bank, N.A. Mr. Burtscher currently serves on the boards of directors of American National Bank, Jet Linx, LLC and the Silverstone Group. Mr. Burtscher’s extensive experience in the financial services industry enables him to provide valuable contributions to the Board regarding financial, business and investment matters and to serve as the audit committee financial expert. He graduated from Fort Hays State University in Kansas with a B.S. in Business Administration and is a graduate of the School of Mortgage Banking.
As the Lead Independent Director of NIC Inc, the total compensation of Art Burtscher at NIC Inc is $176,936. There are 5 executives at NIC Inc getting paid more, with Harry Herington having the highest compensation of $2,420,150.
Art Burtscher is 69, he's been the Lead Independent Director of NIC Inc since 2018. There are 1 older and 11 younger executives at NIC Inc. The oldest executive at NIC Inc is Peter Wilson, 86, who is the Independent Director.
Art's mailing address filed with the SEC is C/O NIC INC., 25501 WEST VALLEY PARKWAY, SUITE 300, OLATHE, KS, 66061.
Over the last 22 years, insiders at NIC Inc have traded over $83,341,393 worth of NIC Inc stock and bought 59,000 units worth $240,050 . The most active insiders traders include Ross C Hartley, Information Consortium Voti..., and William F Jr Bradley. On average, NIC Inc executives and independent directors trade stock every 25 days with the average trade being worth of $2,720. The most recent stock trade was executed by Venmal (Raji) Arasu on 4 January 2021, trading 2,000 units of EGOV stock currently worth $51,440.
NIC is a leading digital government solutions and payments company, serving more than 7,000 federal, state and local government agencies across the nation. With headquarters in Olathe, Kan., NIC partners with the majority of U.S. states to deliver user-friendly digital services that make it easier and more efficient to interact with government – providing valuable conveniences such as applying for unemployment insurance, submitting business filings, renewing licenses, accessing information and making secure payments without visiting a government office. In the COVID-19 era and beyond, NIC helps government agencies rapidly deliver digital solutions to provide essential services to citizens and businesses alike. Having served the public sector for nearly 30 years, NIC continues to evolve with its federal, state and local government partners to deliver innovative and cost-effective digital government to constituents.
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