As senior vice president of Strada Impact Operations, Courtney McBeth is responsible for overseeing the operations and strategy for Strada’s research and insights, philanthropy, and policy teams. Dr. McBeth also coordinates strategy and relationship-building with institutions and employers, positioning Strada Education Network as an instrumental thought leader in transforming the postsecondary education-to-workforce system. Prior to joining Strada, Dr. McBeth served as the special assistant to the president at the University of Utah. In that role, she led university-wide strategic planning, presidential initiatives, and innovation efforts between four major research universities working to ensure the economic mobility of America’s middle class. Her background also includes managing Utah’s Eccles School of Business Sorenson social impact and data science center and developing large-scale domestic and global internship programs at the U's Hinckley Institute of Politics. McBeth, a former Academic All-American soccer player, earned her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Utah in political science and education, respectively. She holds a doctorate in higher education management from the University of Pennsylvania.