Administrative Leadership

President
dlbarnett@brenau.edu
+1-770-534-6110
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.
Learn about our past presidents.

Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs

Vice President of Marketing and Enrollment Management

Vice President of University Advancement

Vice President of Financial Services

Vice President of Information Technology and CIO

Vice President of Athletics and Head Soccer Coach

Vice President for Student Development & Engagement

Chief of Staff
Academic Leadership

Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs

Assistant Vice President and Dean of The Women’s College, Professor of English

Dean, College of Education

Dean of the Graduate School and Dean of the Ivester College of Health Sciences

Dean of the Undergraduate School and Dean of the College of Fine Arts & Humanities

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
- Becky Nix
- Frank K. Norton Jr.
- Hart Wilheit Payne
- Michelle Prater
- Gail A. Smith, WC 鈥83
- 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.