Everette J. Freeman, Ed.D.
Academic and Corporate Organizational Strategy, Administration, and Development
Everette J. Freeman has served as a change agent and educator-practitioner throughout his professional career in federal employment, university pedagogy and administration, and the private sector.
Dr. Freeman is president of EJ Freeman and Associates, a vertical integration consulting firm established in 2021. Dr. Freeman was appointed to the Community College of Denver (CCD) presidency on November 1, 2013 and retired on December 31, 2020.
Previously, Dr. Freeman was president of Albany State University (ASU), having held that office from 2005 to 2013. At ASU, Freeman completed a $61.8 million capital construction for new student center and student housing as well as introduced new undergraduate and graduate programs in logistics and supply chain management, criminal justice (online), and nursing,
Prior to Albany State University, Dr. Freeman served four years as senior vice president and provost at the University of Indianapolis with campuses and affiliate branches in Greece, Cyprus, and South Africa. He previously was the executive assistant to the president at Tennessee State University, where he also served as interim vice president for university relations and development.
Dr. Freeman has been a member of the University of Phoenix Board of Trustees since 2007. Since 2015, he has served in a rotating capacity as vice chair and chair of the board. Freeman also served on the Antioch University Board of Trustees during the difficult period lea and including the suspension of the operations of Antioch College.
In addition to his academic and higher education administration credentials, he has held several corporate positions and has specialized interest in organizational development, rescue and rightsizing.
A Washington, DC. native, Dr. Freeman received a B.A. in Sociology/Economics from Antioch College in 1972, a M.A. in Labor and Industrial Relations from the University of Illinois in 1974, and an Ed.D. in Education Foundations from Rutgers University in 1983. Additionally, he holds a certificate from the Institute for Educational Leadership at Harvard University and a certificate in economics from Fircroft College in Birmingham, England. He has extensive experience in human resources, having served for many years in various corporate capacities as a performance, educational and organizational effectiveness consultant He also has served as a labor mediator and arbitrator as well as a member of the tripartite UAW Pubic Review Board.
Dr. Freeman’s primary practice area is in assisting organizations recover from inattentive or poor management particularly in the post_DEI corporate and educational environments.
