Gretchen Syverud

Gretchen Syverud

Articles by Gretchen

Gretchen Syverud served as Lumina’s strategy officer for state policy and director of strategic alignment from 2016 to 2024.

Prior to joining the foundation, she served as associate director of policy and research at the New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE), an interstate compact of the six New England states. She led NEBHE’s policy team in tracking and analyzing postsecondary education trends, issues, policies, and best practices to inform institutions, systems, legislators and state leaders. She began her higher education career as an institutional research analyst at Simmons College in Boston.

Syverud earned her bachelor’s degree in economics from Jacksonville University and a master’s degree in higher education from the University of Pennsylvania.

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