Biography Of Robin Capehart

Robin Capehart is an acclaimed educational consultant from Washington County, Tennessee

The West Virginia native is a former attorney, administrative law judge, and two-time university president.

Multi-award-winning academic Capehart serves in a senior consultancy capacity for a leading comprehensive solution- and team-based services provider focused on the collegiate marketplace

Alongside his day-to-day work, he is also a passionate author, screenplay writer, and motion picture producer.

Academic Background

West Virginia University

Capehart is a magna cum laude graduate of West Virginia University West Virginia University is a public land-grant research university. Its main campus is in Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia

It is from the Morgantown-based institution that the award-winning academic holds his Doctor of Jurisprudence and Bachelor of Arts degrees At West Virginia University, Capehart is a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

Georgetown University

After graduating from West Virginia University, Capehart pursued further studies at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.

Georgetown University is a private research institution founded by the American Catholic prelate and first Archbishop of Baltimore, Bishop John Carroll, in 1789. It remains the nation's first

federally chartered university and the oldest Catholic institution of higher education in the United States.

The West Virginia native earned his master of law degree in taxation from Georgetown University. Following his graduation, he returned to West Virginia to begin his career as an attorney, cabinet member, tenured faculty member, and college president

Current Role & Duties

Collegiate Consulting

Robin Capehart is a senior consultant at Collegiate Consulting, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia The firm is a comprehensive solutions-based consulting firm focused on partnering with colleges and universities to become successful in the highly competitive academic marketplace

Capehart leads Collegiate Consulting's new division that focuses on analyzing, planning, building, and maintaining the institution's academic, administrative, and outreach structures and operations

Tennessee-based senior consultant Capehart oversees the firm's core academic and administrative-focused services. He does so by cleverly incorporating carefully constructed academic and administrative initiatives These initiatives include curriculum enhancement

programs, responsibility-centered risk management studies, and various student support schemes.

He also provides expert guidance in these and other fields focused on supporting the firm's ongoing expansion into additional service areas.

Career History

Bluefield State University

Robin Capehart served as the president of Bluefield State University from 2019 until 2023. Bluefield State University is in Mercer County, West Virginia The historically black university is a part of the Mountain State's public education system

As the university's president, Capehart focused on improving its fiscal health, increasing enrollment, and fostering greater community engagement He successfully implemented more efficient budgeting processes, increased institutional fundraising, and established the Emerging Scholars Program during his tenure

He also enhanced athletics at the school by adding eleven new sports including reestablishing football for the first time in over 40 years and oversaw reopening on-campus housing for the first time in half a century.

West Liberty University

Before joining Bluefield State University, Capehart spent eight years as the president of West Liberty University in Ohio County, located in the state's Northern Panhandle. It is West Virginia's oldest university

Under his leadership, the Ohio County-based institution achieved record growth, enrollment, and fundraising This growth included constructing a $22-million health sciences building, its first new academic building since 1976 The university's budget also rose from $27 million to over $40 million under his direction, largely thanks to increased enrollment.

Earlier Roles

Bluefield State University and West Liberty University graduate Robin Capehart began his career as an attorney. He would later serve as a chief administrative law judge before turning to academia

The attorney turned university president and educational consultant's journey into academia began as a professor at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia, where he taught tax studies. He would later serve as an adjunct professor at the West Virginia University College of Law

Elsewhere, Capehart maintains an impressive, career-spanning creative portfolio. That includes authoring two books, writing numerous stage shows and screenplays, and producing several

motion pictures He is also a former contributor to the editorial staff of a leading national tax publication.

Professional Honors

Capehart has earned numerous professional honors during his decades-long career in academia and law Highlights include West Virginia Media naming him among its Who's Who in West Virginia Business in 2013 and the Mountain State's Office of the Governor declaring him a Distinguished West Virginian in 2000

He also earned a Pollie Award from the American Association of Political Consultants in 2005. The annual Pollie Awards set the standard for excellence across America's political communications and public affairs industries

Personal Life & Interests

Robin Capehart was born and raised in Gallipolis, Ohio Today, he lives and works in Washington County, Tennessee. He and his wife, Amanda, with whom he shares a daughter, happily reside in the county-seat town of Jonesborough Jonesborough is widely known as Tennessee's oldest town

Ohio-born Robin proudly supports numerous charities, nonprofit organizations, and other good causes Among these charities, nonprofits, and good causes are several civic engagement and arts-focused organizations.

Beyond his work and charitable endeavors, he enjoys several long-time hobbies and other interests. These hobbies and interests include acting, basketball, history, leadership studies, public policy, and storytelling He also leads a popular life group at his local church