 DAVID GYERTSON, Ph.D.
Consultant - Education & Media
Dr. David Gyertson has a broad and varied background in higher education, nonprofit leadership, publishing, consulting, executive coaching, ministry and media. He has held senior leadership positions in religious and charitable environments, including international and cross-cultural settings. Gyertson is Distinguished Professor of Leadership Formation and Renewal at Regent University in Virginia. He is a Fellow with the Engstrom Institute of the Christian Leadership Alliance with a special research and consulting emphasis in executive leadership for faith-based nonprofit organizations. He also serves as Senior Fellow of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities.
David has extensive experience in higher education and nonprofit leadership, and often serves as a consultant and executive coach in these arenas. He has held positions in student development, enrollment management, and advancement and as president of three universities (Regent University, Asbury University, and Taylor University), as well as two charitable education foundations.
Gyertson is an author and book editor. He served as General Editor of Living by the Book, the Editor of Salt & Light: A Christian Response to Contemporary Issues (Word Publishers 1990) and the revised edition of One Divine Moment: The Story of the Asbury Revival (1995). He was the senior editor for the Engstrom Institute’s on-line leadership library. His recent publications are Board Governance for Faith-Based Nonprofits (2010) co-released by the Engstrom Institute and the CareNet organization, and senior editor/contributor of Non-profit Leadership in a For-profit World (Standard Publishing: 2011).
Gyertson has served the Christian Broadcasting Network in a variety of capacities including as founding Dean of Students and Campus Minister of Regent University, Corporate Chaplain for CBN, and President of Christian Broadcasting Associates (Canada’s 700 Club). For 16 years he was the Executive Producer and television host of Canadian Edition, CBN’s weekly Canadian news and ministry broadcast.
David is an ordained minister and has served senior ministerial roles in Methodist and Presbyterian Churches in Canada and the U.S.
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in higher education administration and management
Michigan State University
Bachelor of Arts in philosophy religion and psychology
Spring Arbor University (Michigan)
Graduate work at the University of Toronto’s Ontario Institute for Studies in Education in Comparative and International Higher Education.
Contact David at: david@dingman.com
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