Darcy W. Hardy

WCET Executive Council Chair, Founder and Chief Strategist, The Hardy Group

(512) 757-5005 darcy.hardy@thehardygrp.com

Darcy W. Hardy is the founder and chief strategist of The Hardy Group. She is an award-winning distance and online learning professional who has worked as a higher education administrator, an IPA with the Obama administration, a board member of state and national associations, and a contributor in higher education edtech. Within the field of online learning, she focuses on strategy & vision; organization & governance; policy, process & practice; and quality oversight.

Darcy spent over 30 years in public higher education, including The University of Texas System, The University of Texas at Austin, UT San Antonio, and Texas State University – San Marcos. She was honored by Texas State University as a Distinguished Alumna in 2012. She was inducted into the USDLA Hall of Fame in 2009 and received the Mildred and Charles Wedemeyer Outstanding Distance Learning Practitioner Award in Madison, Wisconsin, in 2006. In addition, she was inducted into the Texas Distance Learning Association Hall of Fame in 2006 and received the WCET Richard Jonsen Award in 2005.