NAFEO's President, Lezli Baskerville, Selected..
Lezli Baskerville, president, NAFEO selected as one of the Top 10 Black Women in Higher Education.
Lezli Baskerville is the president of the National Association of Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO), an advocate organization for 118 predominantly black colleges. Appointed in 2004, Baskerville brings lessons culled from a career of law and a life of activism to shake things up at the organization. Many NAFEO members complained that the organization lacked energy, vision and tactical planning before her tenure. A vocal proponent of affirmative action, she has worked in various capacities at NAFEO and, before that, worked in executive positions at the College Board, the NAACP and the National Black Leadership Roundtable. A gourmet chef in her private life, Baskerville is a graduate of Douglass College and Howard University School of Law. She lives in Washington, D.C.
Lezli Baskerville is the president of the National Association of Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO), an advocate organization for 118 predominantly black colleges. Appointed in 2004, Baskerville brings lessons culled from a career of law and a life of activism to shake things up at the organization. Many NAFEO members complained that the organization lacked energy, vision and tactical planning before her tenure. A vocal proponent of affirmative action, she has worked in various capacities at NAFEO and, before that, worked in executive positions at the College Board, the NAACP and the National Black Leadership Roundtable. A gourmet chef in her private life, Baskerville is a graduate of Douglass College and Howard University School of Law. She lives in Washington, D.C.