Dr. Joel Olufowote

Dr. Olufowote joined the Academy in the summer of 2021 after serving several years as a faculty member and then senior administrator at the university level. As the Academy’s Chief Academic Officer, Olufowote provides administrative leadership, academic direction, and evaluation of all academic activities of the school which include overseeing the three principle academic divisions, college counseling, guidance, and their respective faculty and staff. Alongside past teaching and administrative duties, Olufowote formerly worked for the Study of the United States Summer Institute for exceptional foreign students- funded by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. State Department and was a Rockefeller Postdoctoral Fellow in Public Policy and Public Affairs at SUNY- Albany. In 2019, Olufowote was awarded the State of Indiana Achievement in Education by Governor Holcomb. As the founder of MixedMessages LLC, Dr. Olufowote consults across the nation and his scholarly activity can be found in outlets such as USA Today, the Association of Equipment Distributors Foundation Report, Construction Equipment Guide, Equipment World, Service Truck Magazine, among others.