Brent Keltner
CollegiateLink

In his “Of Counsel” role with Plus

Delta Partners, Brent engages in both an advisory and delivery capacity on strategic client projects, adding value based on his specialized expertise in higher education gift officer productivity.

Brent brings more than 15 years of experience working in both the non-profit and for-profit education sectors on accelerating the performance of gift officers, sales teams, and sales and marketing organizations. Brent was Senior Vice President at Eduventures, Inc through 2008, where he led the launch of the company’s higher education division. He lead the growth of the company’s Development Learning Collaborative program to just under 100 members and oversaw the development of research on Gift Officer Productivity and Performance.

In addition to his role at Eduventures, Brent served as a Vice President for marketing and development in the higher education division of Kaplan, Inc. and more recently as the CEO of CollegeiateLink, prior to its acquisition by StudentVoice LLC. Brent began his career as a Researcher at the RAND Corporation and an Assistant Professor at the RAND Graduate School. As both a business executive and analyst, Brent’s career has focused on the development and implementation of tools and processes that accelerate the performance of front-line gift officers and sales executives.

Brent has served on the boards of advisory of the School of Management and Labor Relations at Rutgers University, the Cambridge Montessori School, Chorus North Shore, and the Acord Food Pantry. He earned a Ph.D. in political science from Stanford University and a B.A., magna cum laude, from Pomona College. Brent lives just outside of Boston, MA with his wife Ann-Marie, son John Henry, and daughter Anna.