Keith Smith
Senior Vice President of the Michael O. Leavitt School of Health
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Keith Smith serves as the Senior Vice President of the Michael O. Leavitt School of Health
Education:
Seattle University: Ph.D., Education
City University: MBA
Fuller Seminary: M.A., Theology
Biography
Keith Smith has strategic leadership experience in the business, nonprofit, and higher education sectors. His 25-year career in higher education includes holding faculty, dean, vice-provost, and vice-president positions, inclusive of four universities prior to coming to WGU: City University, National-Louis University, National University of Health Sciences, and Purdue University Global. He has taught courses and presented domestically and internationally on leadership and organizational change, and supervised management programs in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. Keith has played a lead role in both regional and multiple programmatic accreditations. His teams have developed a wide spread of programs from the microcredential through doctoral levels, as well as developed partnerships with business, government, military, and community colleges across the nation. Keith is passionate about engaging people, individually and collectively, in achieving their highest potential and deep life meaning.
Affiliations
Chair Academy Practitioner Board
Journal for Higher Education Editorial Board
Journal of Continuing Education Editorial Board
American Association for Adult and Continuing Education
Association for Non-Traditional Students in Higher Education
Association of North America Higher Education International
Online Learning Consortium