Brandon Busteed is one of the world’s foremost experts on education and workforce development with a particular focus on work-integrated learning. He is the CEO of Edconic, a family-owned education company which delivers relevant, experiential courses taught by industry experts from globally recognized organizations. Edconic operates Sotheby’s Institute of Art, Vogue College of Fashion, The School of The New York Times and Manchester City Sports Business School.

Prior to Edconic, Busteed served as Chief Partnership Officer and Global Head of
Learn-Work Innovation at Kaplan where he led all of Kaplan’s work serving universities and companies. Brandon was also Global Head of Public Sector at Gallup – serving higher education, government and foundations. He previously served as Gallup’s Executive Director of Education and Workforce Development where his teams led dozens of ground-breaking studies and consulted with hundreds of higher ed and workforce development organizations.

Brandon has strong entrepreneurial roots as the founder and CEO of Outside The
Classroom, one of the country’s first successful Ed Tech companies which was acquired by EverFi in 2011. Its flagship online courses on alcohol abuse and sexual assault prevention have been taken by more than 15 million college students.

An internationally known speaker and author on education and workforce development, he has published more than 300 articles and keynoted more than 200 conferences. He is a LinkedIn “Top Voice” and one of the most read education contributors to Forbes.com.

Brandon received his bachelor’s degree in public policy from Duke University where he was also a two sport Division 1 athlete. He received an honorary doctorate from Augustana College. He is a trustee emeritus of Duke and has served on the Board of Visitors of the Sanford School of Public Policy.

He currently serves on the board of trustees of Transylvania University and on the board of directors for the Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U).