Seth Bodnar, Montana

Seth Bodnar graduated first in his class from West Point and studied at the University of Oxford as a Rhodes and Truman Scholar, earning two master's degrees. A former Army Green Beret, he was a senior executive and chief digital officer at GE Transportation before serving eight years as president of the University of Montana, where he reversed an enrollment decline and expanded access for low-income, first-generation, Native American, and military-affiliated students. He remains an officer in the Montana National Guard.