Courtney McBeth

Dr. Courtney Hills McBeth is the chief academic officer and provost at Western Governors University, a national, nonprofit, online higher education institution. She oversees WGU’s schools of Business, Education, Health, and Technology; program development; student experience; accreditation, compliance, and policy; university mentoring operations; and work-based learning pathways. Previously, she was senior vice president at Strada Education Foundation, leading operations and strategy for its research and insights, philanthropy, and policy teams. Prior to joining Strada, Courtney served as the special assistant to the president at the University of Utah, guiding university-wide strategic planning, presidential initiatives, and innovation efforts between four major research universities working to ensure the economic mobility of America’s middle class. Her background also includes managing the Sorenson Social Impact and Data Science centers at the U’s Eccles School of Business and developing large-scale domestic and global internship programs at the U's Hinckley Institute of Politics. Courtney, a former Academic All-American soccer player, earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in political science and education, respectively, from the U. She holds a doctorate in higher education management from the University of Pennsylvania.