Dr. Gravenberg is a Senior Associate with Beacon.  With a distinguished 35 year career in higher education, he is a nationally recognized expert in enrollment management and institutional capacity building, executive coaching and leadership development.  He has served in several senior leadership positions at major universities, both public and private.

Dr Gravenberg recently served as Vice President for Undergraduate Education at Alliant International University where he was responsible for the marketing, admissions, and enrollment and student academic support services of undergraduate programs.  Under his leadership, formal partnerships were developed with over 10 community colleges designed to improve academic skills, increase transfer enrollment and postsecondary success.

Previously, Dr. Gravenberg was the Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management and Student Affairs at CSU, Sacramento from 1996-2003 when the institution enjoyed phenomenal enrollment growth. Formerly he was a Vice President with Noel Levitz, a higher education consulting firm specializing in enrollment management.  During his tenure at Noel Levitz, he consulted with over 80 colleges and universities. Prior to this assignment, Dr. Gravenberg was the Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management at Howard University; the Director of Admission at UC Riverside; Associate Dean for Educational Programs in the Office of the Chancellor for the CSU;, and Director of EOP and the Learning Center at Humboldt State and CSU, Chico.

Illustrative of his leadership acumen, he is a faculty member at the Executive Leadership Management Institute held every summer at Stanford University.  The Institute is the premier executive leadership training program of the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO).  Dr. Gravenberg is a nationally recognized speaker, consultant and educational leader.   He has provided legislative testimony on issues of access, student preparation and educational equity.  Most recently, he provided testimony to the California Senate committee on higher education.  Additionally, Dr. Gravenberg conducts sessions in strategic-thinking leadership, and relational management.  He has coached and mentored senior executives, managers, supervisors in both public, private, profit and non-profit organizations. 

He received a Chancellor's Fellowship from UC Riverside to conduct research in curriculum and instruction, and received his PhD in Educational Administration from Columbus University in New Orleans.  He has a BA degree in Black Studies, and MA in Public Administration from CSU, Chico. 

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