Brandon Busteed

Brandon Busteed | President, University Partners – Kaplan, Inc. and Global Head, Learn-Work Innovation

Brandon Busteed leads Kaplan’s work serving U.S. colleges and universities, leveraging the organization’s highly diversified, global educational offerings.  His mission is to help U.S. higher education adapt, grow and thrive.

Prior to Kaplan, Busteed was Global Head of Public Sector at Gallup, serving higher education, government and foundations.  In that role, Busteed led dozens of ground-breaking studies and consulted with hundreds of higher ed leaders. Busteed was the founder and CEO of Outside The Classroom, acquired by EverFi in 2011. Its flagship online courses on alcohol abuse and sexual violence prevention have been taken by more than 10 million college students. An internationally known speaker and author on education and workforce development, Busteed has published more than 100 articles and keynoted more than 200 conferences.  He has been a LinkedIn “Top Voice” in education since 2018, and is contributor for Forbes.com.

Busteed received his bachelor’s degree in public policy from Duke University where he was also a two-sport Division 1 athlete. He received an honorary doctorate from Augustana College. He is a trustee emeritus of Duke and has served on the Board of Visitors of the Sanford School of Public Policy. Busteed is a current member of the Business-Higher Education. He also serves on the board of directors for the Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U).