About
Governance

Robert Brittain Daniel, J.D.

President
Dr. Britt Daniel has been named 11th president of Riverside Preparatory Academy, effective July 1, 2024.
 
A native of Georgia, Dr. Daniel earned a doctorate in juris prudence from the University of South Carolina Joseph F. Rice School of Law. He also earned a Bachelor of Science from The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, where he served as a Cadet Second Lieutenant in the Regimental Band and Pipes and was privileged to perform for U.S. Presidents and British dignitaries.
 
With a genuine passion for the military model of education, Dr. Daniel has served the Riverside community for more than 25 years, and his long history of successful leadership spans a wide array of programs, divisions, and efforts at the Academy including prominent roles as dean of academics and as the Academy’s executive vice president for the last nine years. During his early tenure at Riverside, he served as a teacher and department chair before being promoted to assistant dean, and then dean of academics. As executive vice president, he has led the day-to-day operations across all divisions, to include academics and the accreditation process in 2017 and 2023, the Infirmary during a global pandemic, public relations, and technology, where he serves as the executive sponsor of the Academy’s Generative AI Taskforce.
 
He and his wife Robin, the talent acquisition and onboarding manager at Jackson EMC, celebrated 25 years of marriage in August 2023. They have two children; daughter Maddie is a graduate of the University of Georgia, and son, Robb, a 2021 graduate of Riverside Prep, is currently a student at the University of North Georgia. The Daniels have been longtime members of Jefferson First United Methodist Church where Dr. Daniel has served as finance chair. Between school terms, he enjoys long-distance backpacking trips and plans to attempt a thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail one day.
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