Brian K. Fitzgerald, an internationally recognized leader in creating innovative talent solutions, has served as the Business-Higher Education Forum’s chief executive officer since 2005. Under Dr. Fitzgerald’s leadership, BHEF developed and implemented a long-term strategic plan, through which BHEF has formed dozens of successful partnerships between the nation’s leading business and academic institutions to create new talent development solutions in high-demand emerging fields and utilized insights from case studies and cutting-edge market intelligence to influence thought-leaders and policy makers.

Dr. Fitzgerald is widely recognized expert on the future of the American workforce, and his work has been widely published in domestic and international publications. He regularly presents the organization’s latest market intelligence and insights to business and academic audiences and provides them with recommendations for successfully implementing BHEF’s talent models.