Laureate Education Inc., a for-profit higher education network based in Baltimore, has named Victoria Silbey as senior vice president and chief legal officer, effective Sept. 7. She succeeds Robert Zentz, who is retiring after 20 years as Laureate’s GC.

Silbey joins Laureate after 20 years on the in-house legal team at SunGard Data Systems Inc., a privately held software and services company based in Wayne, Pennsylvania. She served as SunGard’s chief legal officer since January 2005, according to her LinkedIn profile. Before taking that position, she was assistant general counsel at SunGard.