Brendan Miniter is the President and CEO of The Center for Nonprofit Management. Previously, Brendan served as superintendent of Great Hearts Texas and oversaw all aspects of the $120 million organization 15,000 employee organization including setting strategic direction, engaging with families and the general public, raising money, and going to the bond market to raise funds to build new schools, as well as managing the budget and overseeing school safety and security. Under his leadership, Great Hearts Texas earned its first A-rating in three years, maintained its investment grade rating, and grew more than 50% in two years.

Brendan came to Dallas to work with former President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush. At the George W. Bush Presidential Center, Brendan led the team that created the permanent exhibit of the Bush Presidential Museum. In that role, he oversaw all aspects of the project including all exhibits and 35 films and interactive exhibits. He also conceived of and was editor of the Bush Center’s first policy book, “The 4% Solution,” which featured chapters by five Nobel economists and other leading scholars. Additionally, he played an important role in fundraising and launching new programs for the Bush Center.

Brendan’s interest in public service and mission-driven work is also reflected in his leadership at the Dallas Morning News, where he was general manager of the epaper and editorial page editor. In those roles, he served on the management committee that set the company’s strategic direction, oversaw the epaper’s growth strategy, and led the award-winning opinion section to advocate for positive social and cultural change. Among his most rewarding initiatives was highlighting the hardships faced by victims of human trafficking, an effort which led Texas’s governor to change the pardoning process of such victims. Previously, Brendan was also engaged in impact-driven journalism at The Wall Street Journal in New York, where he served as an opinion editor.

Brendan enjoys serving the community and engaging with other public leaders. He serves as a member of the board of directors of the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum, graduated from the Stagen Integral Leadership Program, and is a member of the Leadership Network of the American Enterprise Institute. Brendan is also a fundraising class agent for the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business, where he obtained his MBA. Brendan and his wife Paulette, an attorney, live in Dallas with their daughter Leola. They are members of Christ the King Catholic church.