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Attorney Lezli Baskerville is CEO of the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education, the nation’s only membership and advocacy association for the 106 public, private and land-grant, 2-and 4-year, graduate and professional Historically Black Colleges and Universities and 80 Predominantly Black Institutions.

As CEO, Attorney Baskerville serves as, “the voice for blacks in higher education.” She also serves as Chair of The Alliance for Equity in Higher Education.[1] Prior to assuming the helm of NAFEO, Attorney Baskerville served as pro bono outside counsel for NAFEO for two decades, representing the diverse cohort of HBCUs in 18 states, in federal district courts, and as counsel for amici before the Supreme Court.

 

Baskerville is a 2014 Harvard University Advanced Leadership Fellow, where she designed a $1B sustainable endowment fund for HBCUs.

Attorney Baskerville is a graduate of the Executive Management Program for Minority