Russel Willis

Regional Campus Director for Adult Programs & Support, Brenau University

Russell Willis currently serves in the capacity of Regional Campus Director for Adult Programs & Support at Brenau University. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from The University of Georgia and two Master of Education degrees in Administration, Planning & Social Policy, and Human Development and Psychology from Harvard University Graduate School of Education. Russell has over twenty years of school leadership experience and has worked in schools in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Virginia, California, and Georgia. He is a trained diversity practitioner and has presented nationwide on topics ranging from achievement-motivation of students of color, survival and adaptation in mainline institutions and affinity group workshops.

In addition to being an outdoorsman, Russell grows orchids and enjoys traveling the world and SCUBA diving with his wife, Kimberly.