Ken Gossett
Dr. Ken Gossett worked in the health and human services field for a little over forty years from 1969 to 2010. He began his professional career as a child care worker and from there he worked his way up to become a Superintendent/CEO of a state operated mental health and mental retardation facility in Applecreek Ohio. After achieving dual accreditation in 1982 and 1985, he became the CEO of the Cambridge State Hospital in Minnesota. After serving for one year in this position, he was promoted to Acting Assistant Commissioner in the Department of Human Services for the State of Minnesota. After completing all of his coursework at the University of Minnesota in a Ph.D program, Dr. Gossett became the Superintendent of the Lake Country Board of MR/DD in Lake County, Ohio for the next six years. He then helped form a new Managed Care Company called the Ohio Renaissance MCO which he was involved with for the next six years as the CEO. After selling this company, Dr. Gossett worked as the CEO/Administrator of Vantage Place and Guardian Health Care Services Mstudent in Cleveland, Ohio. After moving to Minnesota, he finished his career working as the Director of Development for Opportunity Manor in Sartell, Minnesota. After he retired in 2010, he began his second career in on-line teaching and worked at Liberty University, Northcentral University, and Colorado State Global University. Dr. Gossett presently works at Walden University. At Walden University, he won the Rita Turner Distinguished Faculty Award with the first student (Krista Laursen), he chaired and helped graduate in 2014, He also won this same award when he worked with student (Markeith Porter) in 2022. Dr. Gossett's most notable accomplishments are he has graduated 46 students as a chair and 34 students as a committee member with their DBA Degrees as of this update in August 2024. Dr. Gossett was also invited and presented at Oxford University in 2015 and 2018. He has also helped 19 students publish their DBA Final Studies that have been downloaded over 6,464 times by other researchers and educators. His cell phone is 216-509-1412.
Courses Taught
DDBA -8561 DDBA-8561-1 (09/04/2023-10/29/2023)-PT2 - Sem. in Manag Hlthcr Deliv Sys-Fall 2023
Education
PhD, University of Minnesota
MA, University of Chicago
BS, Oklahoma Christian University
AA, York College