Gregory Adam Haile J.D.

Gregory Adam Haile J.D

Gregory Adam Haile, J.D.
President

Gregory Adam Haile is the seventh president of Broward College. Broward College serves more than 55,000 students with approximately 4,500 colleagues. Since assuming leadership of Broward College, the institution has been repeatedly recognized as one of the top ten (from more than 1000 colleges) community colleges in America by the Aspen Institute, has been recognized by U.S. News and World Report as the #1 college in the Southeastern United States for minimizing student loan debt, and the College has been nationally recognized for Broward UP™, a service model expansion that has significantly improved access to post-secondary education and economic mobility for Broward County residents in zip codes with disproportionately high unemployment rates and low education attainment rates. With the Broward UP model, the College has added more than two dozen new education locations (via no-cost facilities partnerships) into the heart of its Broward UP communities. In addition, the College has twice won the Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award for its steadfast commitment to access and inclusion for learners of all types, and the College received the CUPA-HR National HR Excellence Award for its exceptional work in culture enhancement and transformation. Broward College prides itself on ensuring the greatest return on taxpayer, student, and philanthropic resources, and thus has transformed its financial model by embracing a priority-based budgeting framework (with decision-making grounded in the evidenced based returns to the students and to the community), while deploying monetization strategies to drive private sector resources to the College. Further, the College has materially advanced its culture of collaboration, as exemplified by the adoption of shared governance principles and practices. Many of these efforts, all designed to lift all of our students, and the entirety of our community, have led to the largest gift and the largest grant in the College’s history.

Haile is known for his record of representing the interests of Broward College and providing thought leadership through partnerships and service within the local community and beyond. In January 2023, Haile became the first education leader to serve as deputy Chair of the Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank in approximately 70 years and he is the first public college president to ever serve as deputy chair of the Atlanta Fed. In addition, he serves as chair of the Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance, and on the boards of Florida TaxWatch, Everglades Foundation, BBX Capital, the Florida Chamber of Commerce, Achieving the Dream, the Broward Workshop, the United Way of Broward County, and he is a member of the Orange Bowl Committee and the Council on Foreign Relations. He has also twice received appointments by Governor Ron DeSantis: first, to the Department of Education Career and Technical Education Advisory Committee, and second, to the Re-Open Florida Task Force.

As an educator, Mr. Haile takes time annually to teach a self-designed 4-credit course in Higher Education Law and Policy at Harvard (Summer School). He previously served as an adjunct professor with Broward College, teaching Business Law and Ethics, and with Miami Dade College, teaching Business Law. He has received dozens of recognitions for his leadership, service, and excellence in his profession. He routinely serves as a keynote speaker, often speaking on the transformational power of higher education and the role of post-secondary education in our nation’s economy and in driving economic mobility.

Mr. Haile was educated at the Columbia University School of Law, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and served as the Editor-in-Chief of the National Black Law Journal and as an Editor of the Journal on Gender and Law. He received his bachelor’s degree from Arizona State University, where he graduated magna cum laude and received the Most Outstanding Graduate award in his college. He received an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Nova Southeastern University, and is also a fellow of the Vanderbilt University Higher Education Management Institute.

  • PACE Center for Girls, Board Member
  • Chair, Leadership Florida
  • Florida Chamber Foundation
  • Greater Fort Lauderdale Chamber
  • Chair, 2-1-1 Broward
  • Chair, Florida College System Chancellor’s Leadership Executive Alumni Group
  • Chair, Free the Slaves (D.C. Based, Worldwide Anti Human Trafficking Advocacy and Service Organization)
  • Chair, The Seventeenth Circuit's Grievance Committee 17F
  • Co-President and Co-Founder, Arizona State University Alumni Group of Florida
  • President, Promise of Progress
  • President, T.J. Reddick Bar Association (Broward County’s African American Bar Association)
  • Vice President, Broward Days
  • Vice President, Jack and Jill Children’s Center
  • Founding Committee Member, Ghost Light Society, Broward Center for the Performing Arts 
  • Member, Higher Education Committee of 50 (“Forward 50”), Supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (1 of 50 higher education leaders nationally selected by the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators to increase access, affordability, transparency, and accountability) 
  • Board Member, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Broward County
  • Board Member, Broward County Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division
  • Board Member, Business for the Arts
  • Board Member, Council for Educational Change
  • Board Member, Florida Bar, Young Lawyers Division
  • Board Member, Paradise Education Foundation 
  • Greater Fort Lauderdale Chamber, Board Member
  • Winterfest Boat Parade, Board Member

Current

  • Achieving the Dream, Governance Committee
  • Black Brown and College Bound National Advisory Board
  • BBX Capital Audit Committee
  • Chair, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Audit & Operational Risk Committee

Past

  • EAB Presidents Advisory Council
  • New America, Advisory Council on New Models of Career Preparation
  • South Florida Regional Planning Council Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy Committee
  • Chair, Governance Committee PACE Center for Girls
  • Department of Education Career and Technical Education Advisory Committee
  • Re-Open Florida Task Force - Industry Working Group on Administrative, Education, Information & Technology, Manufacturing, Utilities and Wholesale
  • Transition Advisory Committee on Education and Workforce Development, appointed by Florida Governor-elect Ron DeSantis
  • Chair, Governance Committee, Leadership Florida
  • Higher Education Committee of 50 (“Forward 50”), Supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (1 of 50 higher education leaders nationally selected by the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators to increase access, affordability, transparency, and accountability)
  • Chair, Development Committee, Free the Slaves (D.C. Based, Worldwide Anti Human Trafficking Advocacy and Service Organization)
  • Steering Committee, Washington Summit, Greater Ft. Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce
  • Selection Committee, Leadership Florida Education Class
  • Chair, Audit Committee, Leadership Florida
  • Chair, Gold Coast Regional Council, Leadership Florida
  • Selection Committee, Leadership Florida
  • Chair, The Seventeenth Circuit's Grievance Committee 17F
  • Founding Committee member, Ghost Light Society, Broward Center for the Performing Arts

  • Men Who Lead, International Career and Business Alliance (2022)
  • First But Not The Last Man-Kind Award, YWCA of South Florida (2022) (inaugural winner)
  • CEO of the Year Award (Finalist), American Association of Community Colleges (2022)
  • Diversity and Inclusion Award, South Florida Business and Wealth Magazine (2022)
  • Helpline Hero Honoree, 211 Broward (2021)
  • Florida’s Most Influential Business Leaders, Florida Trend Florida 500 (2021 and 2022)
  • Apogee Award South Florida Business and Wealth Magazine (2021)
  • South Florida’s Power Leaders 250, South Florida Business Journal (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
  • Notable and Famous Alumni, Arizona State University (2021)
  • Ultimate CEO, South Florida Business Journal (2021)
  • U.S President's Volunteer Service Award, Junior Achievement of South Florida (2021)
  • Transformational Leader Honoree, Education Foundation Award Pompano Beach Chamber of Commerce (2021)
  • Aspen Presidential Fellowship (2020)
  • 7 Most Fascinating People in South Florida, WSVN – Channel 7, Presented by Kavita Channe (2020)
  • Chairs Award, Florida Chamber of Commerce (2020)
  • Honorary Citizen of the City of Belo Horizonte, Brazil (2019)
  • Power Couple, The North Broward County Chapter of The Links, Inc. (2019)
  • Tripp Scott Diversity Champion Award, Urban League (2019)
  • Community Pioneer Honoree, Stranahan House (2019) (inaugural winner)
  • Champions of Children Award, HANDY (Helping Abused Neglected Disadvantaged Youth), (2019)
  • Profiles in Leadership Honoree, Leadership Broward (2018)
  • Up & Comer Award Winner, Education Category, South Florida Business and Wealth Magazine (2016)    
  • South Florida’s 50 Most Powerful and Influential Black Professionals in Business and Industry, Legacy South Florida Magazine (2015)    
  • Powers for Good feature, City and Shore Magazine (2014)    
  • Top Government & Non-Profit Attorneys, Florida Trend Legal Elite (2014)
  • Rising Star, Daily Business Review (2013)
  • Making Real Connections Honoree, 2-1-1 Broward (2013)
  • 40 Under 40, South Florida Business Journal (2012)
  • Rising Star, Florida’s Super Lawyers (2010, 2011)
  • Up and Comer, South Florida Legal Guide (2010) 
  • South Florida’s 100 Most Accomplished Blacks in Healthcare and Law, ICABA (2009)
  • The 40 Under 40, Gold Coast Magazine (November 2009) (inaugural edition)
  • Up and Comer, South Florida Legal Guide (2009)
  • Rising Star, Florida’s Super Lawyers (2009)
  • 40 Under 40, Success South Florida Magazine (2008)
  • Up & Comer Award Winner, Legal Category, South Florida Business Journal (2008)
  • Up and Comer, Florida Trend Legal Elite (2008)
  • GenNext Momentum Award Winner, Urban League of Broward County (2008) (inaugural winner)
  • Prominent South Floridian, Gold Coast Magazine (2007)