Biography
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Barbara K. Mistick, D.M.
President
barbara@naicu.edu
Barbara Mistick became president of NAICU in September of 2019, after being unanimously approved by its Board of Directors.
During the past two years, Mistick led independent higher education through the COVID-19 pandemic, collaborating with all sectors of the higher education eco-system to secure over $77 billion dollars in relief funds from Congress. Working together with NAICU members across the United States throughout this unprecedented crisis, she ensured fair and equitable treatment for the nation’s 1,700 private, nonprofit colleges and universities and the more than 5 million students they serve.
Mistick expanded NAICU’s mission to secure institutional aid, along with student aid, through the use of Higher Education Emergency Relief Funds in each of the three stimulus rounds provided by Congress. She enhanced NAICU’s communication efforts and virtual tools to keep members informed of federal efforts and opportunities for assistance. These efforts were critical to ensuring the health and safety for our nation’s campuses and the communities they serve.
Mistick also led the development and publication of NAICU’s first-ever national economic and community impact study, Private, Nonprofit Higher Education: Shaping Lives and Anchoring Communities. The study found that the private, nonprofit sector of higher education generates nearly $80 billion in local, state and federal tax revenue, supports 3.4 million jobs while directly employing over 1 million people, and produces over 1 million graduates annually.
During the course of her 30-year career in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors, Mistick has been an entrepreneur, educator and leader at institutions such as Wilson College (PA), the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, the H.J. Heinz School of Public Policy and Management at Carnegie Mellon University (PA), the National Education Center for Women in Business at Seton Hill University (PA), and at various businesses she managed and/or founded.
Mistick’s book, Stretch: How to Future-Proof Yourself for Tomorrow’s Workplace, was designated as an Amazon Editor’s Pick and ranked #12 on the 800-CEO-READ’s Best Seller list. She is a graduate of Carlow University (PA) and the University of Pittsburgh (PA), and earned a doctor of management from Case Western Reserve University (OH). |