Title: President
Workplace: Goldey-Beacom College
Alma Mater: Binghamton University, University of Pittsburgh, Ohio State University
Boards: Board of Governors for the NCAA, NCAA Division II Executive Board
Favorite thing about Delaware? “It’s so easy to get involved and meet people.”
Colleen Perry Keith is the 14th president of Goldey-Beacom College as well as its first female president. Perry Keith spent about two decades working in higher education or education-focused nonprofit work in Ohio, and later transitioned to lead Spartanburg Methodist University and Pfeiffer University in the Carolinas. At Goldey-Beacom, a private four-year university in Pike Creek, she has led through the pandemic, opened new online degree programs and instituted a bottom-up review of the college and its services. In 2022, GBC broke into the annual U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges list for the first time.
