Administrative Leadership
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Administration / President
dlbarnett@brenau.edu
+1-770-531-3116
A native of Georgia, Barnett earned a doctorate in educational leadership and organizational development and a Specialist in Education from the University of Louisville. He also earned a Master of Divinity from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and a Bachelor of Arts from Mercer University. He is also a member of the academic honor society Phi Kappa Phi and received many academic awards and honors during his educational pursuits.
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Administration / Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs
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Administration / Vice President of Marketing and Enrollment Management
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Administration / Vice President of University Advancement
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Administration / Vice President of Financial Services
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Administration / Vice President of Information Technology and CIO
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Administration / Vice President of Athletics and Head Soccer Coach
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Administration / Vice President for Student Development & Engagement
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Administration / Chief of Staff and Executive Assistant to the President
Academic Leadership
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Administration / Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs
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Administration / Assistant Vice President and Dean of The Women’s College, Professor of English
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Administration / Dean, College of Education
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Administration / Dean of the Graduate School and Dean of the Ivester College of Health Sciences
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Administration / Dean of the Undergraduate School and Dean of the College of Fine Arts & Humanities
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Administration / Swinton A. Griffith III Dean of the College of Business & Communication
Board of Trustees
Officers
- Michael H. Smith, Chair
- Emilie 鈥淓mmie鈥 Henderson Howard, WC 鈥01, Vice Chair
- Peter D. Miller, Secretary
Trustees
- John A. Addison, Jr.
- Pierpont 鈥淧epper鈥 F. Brown III, MD
- Amelia 鈥淢imi鈥 Collins
- Carole Ann Carter Daniel, WC 鈥68
- Robin Smith Dudley, WC 鈥78
- Maria Ebrahimji, WC 鈥98
- Robert 鈥淩ob鈥 L. Fowler Jr.
- Melissa Currin Heard, WC 鈥92
- Melissa Cannady Howard, WC 鈥97
- M. Douglas Ivester
- Anna Alexander Jacobs, WC 鈥86
- Timothy C. Knight
- Emily 鈥淪issy鈥 Dunlap Lawson
- Jill R. Mansfield, BU 鈥15
- Frank K. Norton Jr.
- Hart Wilheit Payne
- Gail A. Smith, WC 鈥83
- Shay English Stafford, WC 鈥69
- Michael D. Stubblefield, MD
- Melissa Wendt Tymchuk, BU ’21
- Amy Whitley
- Mary Kathryn Wells-Winsett, WC 鈥00
- Rear Admiral Patricia E. Wolfe, BU 鈥87, retired
Presidents Emeriti
- John S. Burd, Ph.D.
- Edward L. Schrader, Ph.D.
Trustees Emeriti
- C.V. Nalley III
- Betty Verson Norton
- Gary Riley
- Philip A. Wilheit Sr.