Vivian Nix-Early

Co-founder and Chief Operations Officer of BuildaBridge, Dr. Vivian Nix-Early is currently Dean of the Campolo School for Social Change at Eastern University. Dr. Nix-Early has over 30 years of work with youth in Philadelphia through her local church, and is currently completing a Certificate in Creative Arts Therapy at Drexel University. She is co-author of Taking it to the Streets: How the Arts Are Transforming Communities (Baker Books 2003). Dr. Nix-Early received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1970 and a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from New York University in 1979. She is a licensed psychologist in the states of Pennsylvania and New York. In her role at Eastern University, Dr. Nix-Early has been responsible for the development of the Philadelphia campus of Eastern University and its viable educational systems including a charter school, a dual enrollment college program for high school students, and several urban-based graduate and certificate programs.