Everett Harper is a 2025-26 Practitioner Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University, where he’s writing on polycrisis, organizational resilience, and AI.
Everett was the CEO and Co-Founder of Truss, a digital services company that builds software for government agencies, such as the award-winning IRS Direct File. Truss is a three-time Inc5000 fastest-growing company.
He is the author of Move to the Edge, Declare it Center (Wiley), a framework for leaders to solve complex problems in times of uncertainty.
Everett also serves on the Board of CASE at the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University.
Everett graduated with an MBA and a M.Ed. in Learning, Design and Technology from Stanford University. Before that, Everett was an A.B. Duke Scholar at Duke University. While there, he won Duke’s first NCAA National Championship in soccer, and was inducted into the North Carolina Soccer Hall of Fame in 2019.
Everett joined CARE’s Board in 2017 and is Chair of the Talent Committee.