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, he led dozens of ground-breaking studies and consulted with hundreds of higher education leaders. Busteed was the founder and CEO of Outside The Classroom, one of the country’s first successful EdTech companies that were acquired by EverFi in 2011. Its flagship online courses on alcohol abuse and sexual assault 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 was named a LinkedIn “Top Voice” in education for 2018 and his work has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, USA Today, NPR, and the NBC News “TODAY” show, among others. Brandon received his bachelor’s degree in public policy from Duke University and an honorary doctorate from Augustana College.