Executive Director of Professional Education and Innovation

Gettysburg College seeks a strategic visionary to become the inaugural Executive Director of Professional Education and Innovation. Reporting to the President and working collaboratively across the breadth of the College and locally, regionally, and nationally with external stakeholders, the executive director will develop Gettysburg College as an established brand in the professional education market, strategically leveraging internal and external assets and scaling this new initiative to support net revenue objectives. In addition, the Executive Director will also have the distinct opportunity to identify, vet, and grow non-educationally based alternative revenue initiatives. 

Founded in 1832, Gettysburg College has distinguished itself as a leader in residential liberal arts and sciences education. The College is consistently ranked among the top 55 liberal arts and sciences colleges in the country and offers an intimate and collaborative learning environment with renowned faculty, unique research opportunities, and state-of-the-art facilities. Gettysburg’s campus sits adjacent to the Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania. Today, Gettysburg enrolls 2,400 undergraduate students from over 40 states and nearly 40 countries. With 224 full-time faculty, the College boasts a 10:1 student-to-faculty ratio and offers more than 65 academic programs. In March of 2022, the Board of Trustees approved Gettysburg’s new strategic plan, “Living Our Promise,” with the goal of inspiring students to lead lives of meaning, service, and consequence. The plan advances this essential work and marries the excellence of a rigorous liberal arts and sciences education with a student experience that intentionally integrates learning from inside and outside the classroom. 

The Executive Director of Professional Education and Innovation will be responsible for directing the strategic planning, implementation, delivery, evaluation, and continuous improvement of professional education programs and other alternative revenue opportunities. They will be responsible for supervising staff, instructors, and external vendors, management and operations of the Professional Education and Innovation unit, as well as relationship development and engagement with stakeholder groups.

All inquiries, applications, and nominations for this opportunity should be directed below. Electronic submission of materials is required.

Daniel Rodas is leading this search with Tim Lanigan.

Gettysburg College, an equal opportunity employer, complies with all applicable federal, state, local laws and regulations regarding nondiscrimination. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and admission. The College prohibits discrimination and harassment, and provides equal opportunity without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, marital/familial status, possession of a General Education Development Certificate (GED) as compared to a high school diploma, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, sex, age, or genetic information in all aspects of employment, educational programs, activities, and admissions. Pursuant to Title IX of the Education Amendment of 1972, Gettysburg College prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex (i.e., which includes but is not limited to the prohibition of sexual misconduct and relationship violence, including sexual assault and harassment) in all of its educational programs and activities.