Board of Directors
Co-founders
John N. Gardner
John Gardner currently serves as the Executive Chair and Co-Founder of the John N. Gardner Institute for Excellence in Undergraduate Education. He founded the Institute in 1999 with his partner Betsy Barefoot.
Betsy Barefoot
Betsy Barefoot co-founded the Institute with John Gardner in 1999. She is directly involved in the development of instruments and strategies to evaluate and improve the first college year and collegiate transfer.
Directors
Retired President, Pima County Community College – West Campus & Professor of Practice in the Division of Educational Leadership at Arizona State University
Executive Vice President for Research (EVPR) at Georgia Tech
College Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs, Valencia College
Executive Director, Melmac Foundation
Executive Director, Swift Foundation
Retired Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer for the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Former President, CUNY Stella and Charles Guttman Community College, Professor, CUNY, Baruch College
Associate Director, NSSE Institute, Indiana University Center for Postsecondary Research
Chief Executive Officer, Gardner Institute
President Emeritus, Elon University
Senior Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Professor, Emerita and Co-Director of the Center for Research and Policy in Education, University of Texas, San Antonio
President, Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education
Senior Director of Client Service Delivery, National Institute for Student Success
