Gregory Haile’s career and life experience have uniquely positioned him to lead Upwardly Global into its next chapter. He has faced and overcome institutional barriers to success, and led institutions designed to remove similar barriers for global residents. With his experience, Greg is transforming Upwardly Global into the leading national model for aligning domestic workforce shortages with global talent, building stronger employer partnerships, deeper industry pipelines, and a data-driven understanding of where American competitiveness demands the most urgent investment. He is committed to reframing immigration not as a political issue, but as an economic necessity, championing the truth that immigrants are among the nurses, engineers, and entrepreneurs who fuel shared prosperity for the entire nation. Above all, Greg's vision is to position Upwardly Global as both a premier service organization and a bold thought leader, one that shapes the national conversation on workforce inclusion, economic mobility, and the long-term economic strength of the United States.

Greg’s expertise lives at the intersection of economic mobility, our nation’s workforce needs, generative AI, and our nation’s economy. He is a Senior Fellow at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at the Harvard Kennedy School and Senior Advisor to the Harvard Project on Workforce. He also serves as the Chair of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. When appointed, he was the first educator to chair the Atlanta Fed in 70 years. He formerly served as the Bank’s Audit and Operational Risk Committee Chair. In addition, he served on 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, which brought together six American leaders from business, labor, and education to collaborate with counterparts from the European Union to exchange best practices, catalyzing the advancement of human capital.

Over the past twenty years, Greg has played leadership roles at dozens of nonprofits, including serving as board chair of Free the Slaves and Leadership Florida. In addition to the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, he currently sits on the boards of the Everglades Foundation, Achieving the Dream, and YPO - Miami Gateway Chapter.  He is also a lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a member of the Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity, Inc (Alpha Rho Boule).

While President of Broward College, he was recognized as one of the top five community college CEOs in the nation by the American Association of Community Colleges, and he led the college to a top ten ranking by the Aspen Institute every year under his tenure. His leadership garnered the largest grant and the largest gift in the College's history.