Dr. David C. Kirkpatrick is an accomplished university executive and tenured faculty member at James Madison University, where he has served as senior advisor to three presidents, and currently serves as Vice President and Chief of Staff and Secretary to the Board of Visitors. In this role, he oversees strategic planning, board relations, institutional research, local government and community affairs, and major cross-university initiatives that shape JMU’s future direction. Dr. Kirkpatrick has been a central architect of JMU’s transformation into one of the nation’s most dynamic public universities.