Brandon Busteed is President of University Partners at Kaplan. He is the former Global Head of Public Sector at Gallup where he oversaw higher education and workforce development. During his tenure at Gallup, the organization launched some of the most widely-cited studies in higher education history including the Gallup-Purdue Index and the Strada-Gallup Education Consumer Survey. Busteed was named a LinkedIn Top Voice in 2018. He serves on the board of directors of the Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U) and is a member of the Business-Higher Education Forum (BHEF). He is the founder and former CEO of Outside The Classroom (acquired by EverFi in 2011), one of the country's earliest EdTech companies. Busteed holds a bachelor's from Duke University in public policy where he was also a two-sport athlete. He is a trustee emeritus of Duke and formerly served on Duke's Sanford School of Public Policy Board of Visitors.