Devin Byrd, Ph.D., is a Clinical Psychologist and currently serves as the President for Bastyr University. Prior to joining Bastyr, he served as the Vice President for Academic Affairs for Saybrook University where he provided oversight for programs such as the Mind Body Medicine and Integrative Functional Nutrition programs, Counseling, Psychology, and Clinical Psychology degrees. His fiscal responsibility included overseeing budgets for all academic programs (for both Colleges) and the Academic Affairs Operations division (e.g., registrar, library, writing center, department of research).

He spent 13 years at South University in several roles including Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, wherein his responsibilities included oversight for five (5) Colleges and one (1) School of the Institution (Arts and Sciences, Business, Health professions, Nursing and Public Health, Theology and School of Pharmacy), supervision of the College/School Deans, Faculty, and curriculum. An additional function of this role was to oversee the development and launch of new academic programs and to achieve programmatic accreditation (including reaffirmations) and programs offered across eleven campuses.

Dr. Byrd graduated from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology and from Virginia Tech with a Master of Science and PhD degrees in Clinical Psychology. During his graduate studies, he completed his pre-doctoral internship at Brown University where he served as the Intern Representative for the Child track and completed rotations at the VA PTSD clinic, Bradley School, Child/Adolescent Inpatient facility, and the Child/Adolescent Anxiety Disorders clinic. His personal interests include spending time with his family and friends, traveling, boating, golf, and home projects.