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Dr. Jacqueline Gustafson | FaithSearch PartnersAs Vice President, Jacqueline Gustafson contributes to FaithSearch Partners’ Higher Education practice, which has been serving academic institutions for more than 15 years. Prior to joining FaithSearch, her career included executive leadership roles in higher education and non-profit in both national and international settings.  With more than 20 years of experience in higher education, she has served in a variety of administrative leadership roles at two Christian universities, most recently as a Dean at California Baptist University where she was also a Tenured Professor of Psychology. 

Her area of expertise is higher education leadership, and she has served as the lead officer in the development of more than ten new degree offerings. In her time as a dean, she significantly scaled programming, enrollment, community partnerships, and funding, with her college becoming one of the most innovative and fastest growing in the nation.

Dr. Gustafson is the recipient of numerous recognitions and awards including being the Honorary Sigma Chi Pi Distinguished Alumni of Northwest University in 2015.  She has also been recognized by community organizations for her leadership and innovation in educational partnerships. Among others, these recognitions include: 100 Black Men of the Inland Empire and Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Inland Empire.

Dr. Gustafson holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in psychology, and a graduate certificate in International Community Development, each from Northwest University, and a Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership with an emphasis in Global Studies and Higher Educational Administration from Seattle University. She is also a graduate of the Harvard Graduate School of Education Institute for Management and Leadership in Education.  She and her husband, David, reside in sunny Southern California with their two teenage sons, Abraham and Marjok, who join their family through adoption from their birth country of Ethiopia.

Contact: jgustafson@faithsearchpartners.com

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