Dr. Leonard L. Haynes, Director, FIPSE; Biography

Dr. Leonard Haynes III is the Director of the Fund for The Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE). Dr. Haynes has had a distinguished career as an educator and public servant. Dr. Haynes previously served as Special Assistant to the Secretary of Education, Senior Advisor to the Superintendent of the District of Columbia Public Schools, Acting President of Grambling State University, U.S. Assistant Secretary of Postsecondary Education, Director of Academic Programs for the United States Information Agency (now State Department), Senior Assistant to the President of American University, Assistant Superintendent of Academic Programs for Louisiana's State Department of Education, and Executive Vice President of the Southern University System. He has been a member of the faculties of Southern University, Howard University, University of Maryland, and George Washington University.