Dr. GT Freeman serves as Adjunct Faculty in the College of Business & Leadership at Eastern University, where he teaches Quantitative Research Methods. He is also President and CEO of The Lincoln Center for Family and Youth (TLC), a multi-state social enterprise providing education, behavioral health, and related services to schools, healthcare systems, government agencies, and community organizations. 

Dr. Freeman brings more than 25 years of leadership experience spanning Fortune 100 corporations, higher education, K–12 education, nonprofit leadership, research, and consulting. In previous roles, he served as Program Director and Adjunct Faculty at North Carolina State University, where he designed and delivered executive education programs and taught MBA courses in leadership and business process management. He also served as a research and evaluation consultant, designing quasi-experimental studies for educational initiatives, and previously led a private K–12 school in Charlotte, North Carolina. Earlier in his career, he held leadership positions in the financial services and information technology sectors. 

His academic and professional interests include leadership, organizational behavior and development, transformational education, quantitative research methods, and organizational change. In addition to Eastern University and NC State, Dr. Freeman has taught at Montreat College, Pfeiffer University, High Point University, and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. 

Dr. Freeman earned his Ph.D. in Organizational Leadership from Regent University, where he received the Award of Excellence for Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation. He earned his MBA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler Business School and his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from North Carolina State University, graduating with honors from both institutions.