Brandon Busteed

Brandon Busteed leads Kaplan’s work serving U.S. colleges and universities, leveraging the organization’s highly diversified, global educational offerings and insights. 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 groundbreaking studies and consulted with hundreds of higher education leaders. 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 was named a LinkedIn “Top Voice” in education and is a frequent contributor for Forbes.com. Busteed serves on the board of directors for Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U) and is a member of the Business-Higher Ed Forum.