{"id":388,"date":"2024-06-13T14:02:07","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T18:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/founders\/?page_id=388"},"modified":"2026-02-21T11:28:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T16:28:48","slug":"meet-the-dean","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/founders\/about\/meet-the-dean\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Dean"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg-primary-block alignfull\" >\n\t<div class=\"container grid-default wysiwyg__container\">\n\t\t\t<nav class=\"sidebar-menu \" aria-label=\"Site Menu\" id=\"page-nav\">\n\t\t<div class=\"sidebar-menu__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"sidebar-menu__header\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sidebar-menu__headerLabel\">About Menu<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"sidebar-menu__mobileToggle\" title=\"Toggle Menu\" :aria-expanded=\"mobileOpen\"><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"sidebar-menu__list\" v-show=\"mobileOpen\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/founders\/why-founders-college\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Why Founder&#8217;s College?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/founders\/about\/meet-the-dean\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Meet the Dean<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/founders\/about\/faculty-and-staff\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Faculty and Staff<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/founders\/support-founders-college\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Support Founder&#8217;s College<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/founders\/about\/career-opportunities\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Career Opportunities<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/founders\/about\/mission-and-vision\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Mission and Vision<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/founders\/nominate-a-prospective-student\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Nominate a Prospective Student<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg__wrapper wysiwyg__wrapper--hasSidebar\">\n\t\t\t<!-- content from editor -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg__content wysiwyg__contentContainer\">\n\t\t\t\t<nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\" class=\"breadcrumb\"><ol class=\"container breadcrumb-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\" class=\"primary-link breadcrumb-link\">Home<\/a><\/li><\/span><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/founders\/\" class=\"breadcrumb-link\">Founder&#039;s College<\/a><\/li><\/span><\/ol><\/nav><div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-meet-the-dean\">Meet the Dean<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/28\/2026\/02\/20151603\/Gentle-Genitty-Picture-2025.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Dr. Carolyn Gentle-Genitty\" class=\"wp-image-4557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/28\/2026\/02\/20151603\/Gentle-Genitty-Picture-2025.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/28\/2026\/02\/20151603\/Gentle-Genitty-Picture-2025-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Carolyn Gentle-Genitty is a highly accomplished executive and international research scholar, spanning 25 years in higher education, social work, academic affairs, and leadership roles. She has been involved in constructing policy action statements, optimizing standard operating procedures, cultivating visions for long-term institutional change, emphasizing shared ownership of change, embedding performance evaluations around expected change, and creating articulated policy practices.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gentle-Genitty grew up in Belize as the eldest of five children whose parents operated a food cart and canteen and valued service and education. She paid for her associate degree through work study, earned a full scholarship to cover the cost of her bachelor\u2019s degree, and paid for her master\u2019s degree through a promissory loan.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gentle-Genitty moved to Indianapolis in 2004 after earning an undergraduate and master\u2019s degree in Social Work from Spalding University in Louisville, Kentucky, and spending nearly five years leading the YMCA of Belize. After earning her doctoral degree in Social Work from Indiana University (IU), she went on to lead the University\u2019s Bachelor of Social Work program on the Indianapolis campus before moving into system-wide leadership roles, including developing online education programs, overseeing academic policy and programs, and improving transfer policies.&nbsp;<br><br>During her time working to streamline the transfer process, IU grew its first-generation transfer students by 5 percent and adult learners by 23 percent. In her most recent role leading university academic policy, the office vetted, approved, and supported the implementation of 1,200 credentials and 30 new-to-the-state degrees.&nbsp;<br><br>Gentle-Genitty is an alumna of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/click.engagement.butler.edu\/?qs=d3498c1528b99b4473c52553f6dbff5214c4f1dc00aff2183dba59b5414c7d182d2488e8afbd8eedb8e503e6518cda2552701a41926c984b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HERS<\/a>, a national development program for women in higher education, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/click.engagement.butler.edu\/?qs=d3498c1528b99b44ed87b4660812b1351fedd08f42d558e433cfe77e4bf71ed4152e68b0f640543b028fa34ed0148f976b70eb8ab4a57707\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Next Generation of Leaders<\/a>, a prestigious IU leadership training program. She also recently completed a yearlong leadership fellowship with the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/click.engagement.butler.edu\/?qs=d3498c1528b99b44d2a9982e4989273c107d45df7a118fc0dadad4a0a478c1b7bf0803bad50929c9d13898af22c243b6375aae224f53882d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">American Council on Education<\/a>, where she was embedded at the University of Southern New Hampshire and University of Colorado Denver to prepare for campus leadership.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gentle-Genitty joined Butler University as the inaugural Dean of Founder\u2019s College on June 3, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" 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