Gregory A. Haile (Deputy Chair)
Former President
Broward College
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Appointed: January 2022
Term expires: December 31, 2026
Gregory A. Haile served as the president of Broward College in Broward County, Florida, from July 2018 to September 2023. The college is centered by its mission to transform lives by removing barriers to higher education. Under Mr. Haile's leadership, the college strategically expanded its service model to ensure individuals in the most challenged communities have access to postsecondary education. Broward College serves nearly 60,000 students and employs more than 4,000 dedicated team members. The college was named a Top Ten finalist for the prestigious Aspen Prize (which is administered every other year) for the years 2013, 2017, 2019, 2021, and 2023.
Prior to becoming the college's president, Mr. Haile served as the college's general counsel and vice president for public policy and government affairs.
Mr. Haile serves as deputy chair of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. Recently, Mr. Haile was appointed to serve on the TTC Talent for Growth Task Force, cochaired by the US Secretary of Commerce and designed to support talent development throughout the United States and the European Union. He also serves as chair of the Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance and on the boards of Achieving the Dream, the Everglades Foundation, Florida TaxWatch, BBX Capital, and the United Way of Broward County. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He also teaches a self-designed four-credit course in higher education law and policy at Harvard University.
Mr. Haile earned his BS degree from Arizona State University (magna cum laude) and graduated from Columbia University School of Law in 2002 (Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar), where he served as the editor-in-chief of the National Black Law Journal and as an editor of the Journal on Gender and Law. He is a fellow of the Vanderbilt University Higher Education Management Institute and received an honorary doctorate of humane letters from Nova Southeastern University.