Charles Overby Net Worth
By Matthew Martinez
Charles Overby biography
Charles L. Overby serves as Independent Director of the Company. He has served as a director since December 2001, and serves as Chair of our Nominating and Governance Committee and as a member of our Executive Committee, our Risk Committee and our Special Litigation Committee. From 1989 until 2011, Mr. Overby served as Chief Executive Officer of The Freedom Forum, an independent, non-partisan foundation dedicated to the First Amendment and media issues, and its predecessor, The Gannett Foundation. Mr. Overby served from 1997 to 2011 as Chief Executive Officer of The Freedom Forum’s affiliate, Newseum, an interactive museum in Washington, D.C. committed to educating visitors on free expression and the First Amendment. Prior to leading The Freedom Forum, Mr. Overby served for 16 years as a reporter, editor and corporate executive with Gannett Co., Inc., the nation’s largest newspaper company and publisher of USA TODAY, including roles as a Pulitzer Prize-winning editor at The Clarion-Ledger in Jackson, Mississippi. Mr. Overby serves as Chairman of the Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics at the University of Mississippi and on the Board of Trustees of the Andrew Jackson Foundation. Mr. Overby holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Mississippi.
What is the salary of Charles Overby?
As the Independent Director of CoreCivic Inc, the total compensation of Charles Overby at CoreCivic Inc is $251,990. There are 13 executives at CoreCivic Inc getting paid more, with Damon Hininger having the highest compensation of $5,348,930.
