Andy Brantley has served as president and chief executive officer of CUPA-HR since July 2005. With the leadership and guidance of high functioning boards and great national office colleagues, Andy has led the transformation of CUPA-HR. The association has grown from 1,500 member institutions to almost 2,000, and from 6,600 institutional reps to more than 35,000. A focus on strategic priorities and metrics to drive and evaluate leadership and service to higher education have also led to extraordinary work, impact, and financial stability.Andy and other CUPA-HR leaders have made creating and sustaining inclusive communities a cornerstone of their work, and CUPA-HR has strengthened its position as the source of higher education workforce research and the voice of higher education human resources professionals on Capitol Hill. In addition to guiding CUPA-HR’s growth, Andy and his colleagues have been catalysts for change in CUPA-HR’s governance structure and strategic priorities. Under his leadership, the number of chapters has increased from 23 to 41, and the association has developed guidelines and affiliation agreements to strengthen the tie between chapters and the national organization. The national board has changed from geographic appointments to competency-based appointments, and board committees have been restructured to align with the association’s strategic priorities. Andy received his Doctorate in Higher Education Management in December 2021. His dissertation was focused on the reasons that chief academic officers choose to stay in or leave their positions. Andy has written extensively regarding higher education workforce challenges and opportunities including a January 2022 article summarizing findings and recommendations from his dissertation, a March 2021 research report focused on how potential minimum wage changes will impact higher education, and a May 2021 paper focused on higher education workforce challenges and opportunities as we emerged from the pandemic. Andy is a frequent keynote and workshop speaker at meetings across the country.Andy currently serves as co-chair of the Washington Higher Education Secretariat steering committee and the Secretariat’s representative to the American Council on Education Board of Directors. He was also recently appointed to the EDUCAUSE board of directors. Before CUPA-HR, Andy served as the associate vp and chief human resources officer at the University of Georgia, director of human resources at Davidson College, and director of human resources at the University of North Carolina at Asheville.
Listed skills include Leadership, Hris, Employee Engagement, Human Resources, and 39 others.
