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Paul LeBlanc

Board Chair and Co-Founder

Human Systems

Aspen Institute Ascend Fellow Alumni 2018 Cohort 4

Manchester, New Hampshire

Dr. Paul LeBlanc is the Board Chair and Co-Founder of Human Systems.

Previously, Paul was the President of Southern New Hampshire University. Under the 15 years of Dr. Paul LeBlanc’s direction, SNHU grew from 2,800 students to over 135,000 and is the largest non-profit provider of higher education in the country. SNHU pioneered the first full competency-based degree program untethered to the credit hour or classes approved by the US Department of Education. In 2012 the university was #12 on Fast Company magazine’s “World’s Fifty Most Innovative Companies” list and was the only university included. Forbes Magazine has listed him as one of its 15 “Classroom Revolutionaries” and one of the “most influential people in higher education” for 2016. In 2018, Paul won the prestigious IAA Institute Hesburgh Award for Leadership Excellence in Higher Education, joining some of the most respected university and college presidents in American higher education.

Stories Featuring Paul LeBlanc
June 29, 2020
Undo A System of White Supremacy: The Call for a New Social Contract
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June 19, 2019
2018 Ascend Fellow Action Plans
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September 6, 2018
Prestigious Aspen Institute Ascend Fellowship Announces 2018 Class of Leaders
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