Henry Broaddus is the associate provost for enrollment and dean of admission at the College of William & Mary. He graduated magna cum laude from Dartmouth College with an A.B. in English literature and creative writing. Subsequently, he worked in the admissions office at Dartmouth before coming to William & Mary in 2001 and becoming the dean in 2005.
Henry has presented at regional and national conferences on a variety of topics pertaining to college admissions, and he travels internationally on behalf of the Overseas Schools Project, a joint venture of the U.S. Department of State and the College Board. Additionally, he has received multiple awards from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) for William & Mary's admissions communications, including a two-minute YouTube video he wrote. He also has written guest blog entries about the college admissions process for The Washington Post, and he was credited as a runner-up in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Book.
Outside of higher education, Henry has worked on several campaigns pertaining to environmental issues. In 2003 he ran for county supervisor in Mechanicsville, Virginia, and in what was not intended to be a flattering editorial, the Hanover Herald Progress called him "bright, articulate and angry—a dangerous combination." (He pulled twenty-two percent of the vote and lost to a twelve-year incumbent.) Governor Mark Warner appointed Henry to the Virginia Scenic Rivers Advisory Board, and in 2006 he became a board member for the Virginia Conservation Network.
Henry and his wife Alison have a daughter, Bailey, and many cats.
