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
- Jill R. Mansfield, BU 鈥15
- Frank K. Norton Jr.
- Hart Wilheit Payne
- Gail A. Smith, WC 鈥83
- Shay English Stafford, WC 鈥69
- 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.