Dr. Michael H. Gavin is the President and CEO of the Alliance for Higher Education. Prior to assuming this role, Gavin was President of Delta College, which experienced a 26% increase in enrollment and 10% increase in graduation rates under his leadership. As a result of the changes made at Delta, the institution was honored with the Eduardo J. Padrón Award for Institutional Transformation, Leader College Status by Achieving the Dream, and many awards focused on excellence and equity. He also founded Education for All, a movement focused on ensuring all students, faculty, and staff found sites of agency in states with legislation that was potentially repressive to sector autonomy, academic freedom, and civil rights of marginalized students, faculty, and staff. Gavin earned his doctorate in American Studies at the University of Maryland, a master’s in literature from American University, and bachelor’s in English from Dickinson College. He is the author of two books; the most recent, The New White Nationalism in Politics and Higher Education, was released in 2020.