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 “Emmie” Henderson Howard, WC ’01, Vice Chair
- Peter D. Miller, Secretary
Trustees
- John A. Addison, Jr.
- Pierpont “Pepper” F. Brown III, MD
- Amelia “Mimi” Collins
- Carole Ann Carter Daniel, WC ’68
- Robin Smith Dudley, WC ’78
- Maria Ebrahimji, WC ’98
- Robert “Rob” L. Fowler Jr.
- Melissa Currin Heard, WC ’92
- Melissa Cannady Howard, WC ’97
- M. Douglas Ivester
- Anna Alexander Jacobs, WC ’86
- Timothy C. Knight
- Emily “Sissy” Dunlap Lawson
- Jill R. Mansfield, BU ’15
- Frank K. Norton Jr.
- Hart Wilheit Payne
- Gail A. Smith, WC ’83
- Shay English Stafford, WC ’69
- Michael D. Stubblefield, MD
- Melissa Wendt Tymchuk, BU ’21
- Amy Whitley
- Mary Kathryn Wells-Winsett, WC ’00
- Rear Admiral Patricia E. Wolfe, BU ‘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.