As senior vice president, research, Dave Clayton leads a team of researchers focused on developing actionable insights about how to better connect education with opportunity. Their work helps answer the hard questions about postsecondary success and economic opportunity.
With expertise in psychology, market research, branding, and social impact marketing, Clayton has broad experience in connecting research to action. His work has touched on many of society’s most pressing needs, including education, health, and financial inclusion. Clayton started his career as an assistant clinical professor at Brigham Young University’s Counseling and Career Center. After relocating to Washington, D.C., he became vice president with the global survey research firm Wirthlin Worldwide/Harris Interactive and later served as executive vice president of the social impact marketing organization Neimand Collaborative.
Clayton holds a doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.