Chanté Clarkson

Chanté Clarkson is an experienced higher education leader and student-success advocate with more than 20 years of experience advancing academic success, retention, enrollment, and student engagement initiatives. She currently serves as Executive Director of Academic Success & Summer Programs at The George Washington University, where she provides strategic leadership for academic success, retention, and pipeline programs and develops high-impact academic and transition experiences for students. 

Her work focuses on using data-informed strategies, cross-campus collaboration, and innovative programming to improve student outcomes and support students from pre-college through graduation.

Chanté holds a B.S. in Psychology from Southern University and A&M College and an M.S. in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from Emporia State University. She is completing an Ed.D. in Human & Organizational Learning at The George Washington University.