Douglas Bradburn (born 1972) is an American historian, author, and since 2018 has been the president and CEO at George Washington's Mount Vernon.
From 2002 to 2003 he was the CBS Bicentennial Scholar, in the Division of Humanities, at the University of Chicago, From 2003 to 2004 he was an adjunct professor of history and lecturer at Northern Illinois University; in 2004 he was the faculty fellow and a Newberry Library Undergraduate Seminar at Newberry Library in Chicago, Illinois; in 2004 and 2005 he was the Gilder Lehrman Research Fellow at the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies, Monticello.
From 2011 to 2013 he was vice chair and director of graduate studies, History Department, also at Binghamton University; Bradbuen is a member of the editorial board that oversees the extensive collection of the Washington Papers.
From 2013 to 2022 he has been the founding director of the Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington at Mount Vernon, Virginia.
[3] Under the direction of Bradburn, he has expanded Mount Vernon's programming to include thousands of researchers and educators of American history across America.