Brandon Busteed

Brandon Busteed's work experience includes being the Chief Executive Officer at BrandEd Holdings starting in December 2023. Brandon has also served as a Board Member at the Business-Higher Education Forum and the Association of American Colleges and Universities since January 2022 and October 2019, respectively. Prior to their current role, they held various positions at Kaplan, including Chief Partnership Officer and Global Head of Learn-Work Innovation from March 2021 to December 2023, President of University Partners and Global Head of Learn-Work Innovation from March 2020 to March 2021, and President of Kaplan University Partners, Kaplan North America from September 2018 to March 2020. Before joining Kaplan, Busteed worked at Gallup as the Senior Partner and Global Head of Public Sector from July 2018 to September 2018 and as the Executive Director of Education & Workforce Development from March 2012 to July 2018. Brandon also founded and served as the CEO of Outside The Classroom, Inc. from June 2000 to March 2012.

Brandon Busteed attended North Allegheny High School from 1991 to 1995. Brandon then went on to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree in Public Policy from Duke University, where they studied from 1995 to 1999. In December 2018, Brandon obtained a certification in Leading Strategic Growth from Columbia Business School.