Dr. Adrian K. Haugabrook is Executive Vice President and Managing Director for the Social Impact Collective at Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU). He provides executive leadership and strategic guidance in advancing SNHUs equity and social mobility agendas by leveraging existing offerings and innovations to learners across the globe. He has committed his over three-decade career to influencing access, equity, and opportunity by leading strategy, growth, policy, and transformation initiatives in both higher education and nonprofit sectors. He is a frequent speaker on change, innovation, and the future of higher education and was a featured speaker at TED 2021.

Dr. Haugabrook is on the board of directors of Upswing (Austin, TX), an education technology company that provides a wraparound services platform and supports for college students who are most in need, and a 2021-2022 Designer in Residence with the Education Design Lab (Washington, DC). He also sits on the boards of the Postsecondary National Policy Institute (Washington, DC); and the Ascend National Advisory of the Aspen Institute (Washington, DC). He also served as National Board Chair for the National AfterSchool Association, Spark, and Co-Chair of the College Board, National Advisory Committee on the Future of African American Education. Dr. Haugabrook recently served on the City Year Boston and New Hampshire Advisory Boards. He is a Life Member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., and an ordained Baptist Deacon, in service at The Historic Myrtle Baptist Church (West Newton, MA).

A former collegiate scholarship athlete and U.S. military “brat,” Dr. Haugabrook received his doctorate from the University of Massachusetts Boston, masters from Georgia Southwestern State University and his bachelor’s from the University of West Georgia. His wife and he have two adult children and a granddaughter.