Byron P. White is a partnership strategist who has spent his career as a journalist and administrator in academic, corporate, non-profit, and public sectors, facilitating mutually beneficial engagement between institutions and urban communities. Most recently, as Associate Provost for Urban Research and Community Engagement at the University of North Carolina Charlotte, he oversaw urbanCORE (Community-Oriented Research and Engagement), an office charged with connecting the University’s interdisciplinary academic resources to community assets to co-produce transformative solutions to societal issues. Prior to UNC Charlotte, Byron was Vice President for University Engagement and Chief Diversity Officer at Cleveland State University, Vice Chancellor for Economic Advancement for the University System of Ohio, and Associate Vice President for Community Engagement at Xavier University in Cincinnati. He was previously the Executive Director of StrivePartnership, a Cincinnati-based collective impact organization focused on educational improvement for urban learners from cradle to career, and a Vice President of its sponsor organization, Knowledge Works Foundation.

Byron is the author of The Community-Centric Path to Rebuilding Trust in Higher Education, which will be published in late May 2026 by Routledge and Campus Compact. He holds a doctorate in higher education management from the University of Pennsylvania, a master’s degree in social science from the University of Chicago, and a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the Honors Tutorial College at Ohio University. Byron has five adult children and five granddaughters. He lives in Charlotte and enjoys camping in the mountains, golfing, and playing the saxophone.