Gregory Haile has been appointed the Chief Executive Officer of Upwardly Global, the leading organization focused on helping internationally trained professionals access opportunities in the U.S. workforce. Haile has devoted his career to ensuring that individuals are empowered with the skills needed to improve their livelihoods and that opportunity is not limited by circumstance. He also champions a vision of a United States that fully embraces all of its talent to drive growth and global competitiveness. He will start in his new role as Upwardly Global CEO on January 5, 2026.
Haile also serves as Board Chair of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, where he helps guide monetary policy for a district that holds more than $530 billion in assets and promotes a stable, inclusive financial system that fosters opportunity and growth.
He is the first educator to chair the Atlanta Fed in 70 years, having previously served as President of Broward College, one of the largest community colleges in the United States, serving more than 55,000 students. Under his leadership, Broward College earned a top-ten ranking from the Aspen Institute in every eligible year of his tenure, and he was recognized by the American Association of Community Colleges as one of the top five community college presidents in the nation.
Haile is also currently a Senior Fellow at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at Harvard University’s Kennedy School, where his research explores the intersection of economic mobility, workforce readiness, and artificial intelligence as critical elements of U.S. national security.
As a partner with Strategos Group, he leads the consulting firm’s Higher Education and Workforce Advisory Practice, advising businesses that are leveraging innovation to bring transformational opportunities to college students across the United States.
Haile has served in more than 40 board or committee leadership roles and has held 10 board chairmanships. In 2024, he completed service as a member of the U.S.-EU Talent for Growth Task Force, co-chaired by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce and the U.S. Secretary of State. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Young Presidents’ Organization.
He holds a Juris Doctor from Columbia University School of Law, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, and a bachelor’s degree from Arizona State University, where he graduated magna cum laude and was recognized as the most outstanding graduate in his college. Haile received an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Nova Southeastern University and is a Fellow of the Vanderbilt University Higher Education Management Institute.
