Todd J. Leach is an American administrator who is the Chancellor of the

University System of New Hampshire The University System of New Hampshire (USNH) is a system of public colleges and universities in the U.S. state of New Hampshire. It was established in 1963 and is responsible for overseeing the University of New Hampshire - Durham, the Universit ...

, which consists of

University of New Hampshire The University of New Hampshire (UNH) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Durham, New Hampshire. It was founded and incorporated in 1866 as a land grant college in Hanover in connection with Dartmouth College, mo ...

Plymouth State University Plymouth State University (PSU), formerly Plymouth State College, is a public university in the towns of Plymouth and Holderness, New Hampshire. As of fall 2020, Plymouth State University enrolls 4,491 students (3,739 undergraduate students an ...

Keene State College Keene State College is a public liberal arts college in Keene, New Hampshire. It is part of the University System of New Hampshire and the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges. Founded in 1909 as a teacher's college (originally, Keene Norma ...

, and

Granite State College Granite State College was a public college in Concord, New Hampshire. It was part of the University System of New Hampshire. In 2023, it merged into the University of New Hampshire as the University of New Hampshire at Manchester, College of Pro ...

. Leach was formerly president of

. He is a member of the USNH Board of Trustees and a commissioner for the State of New Hampshire Post-Secondary Education Commission. He previously was chair of the New England Board of Higher Education, the NH College and University Council, Campus Compact NH, and the NH Higher Education Commission.

Early life and education

Todd J. Leach graduated from

Mass Bay Community College Massachusetts Bay Community College (MassBay) is a public community college in Norfolk and Middlesex Counties. Founded in 1961, MassBay currently serves more than 4,400 full-time and part-time students on its three locations: Wellesley, Ashlan ...

with an associate degree. He continued on to

Worcester State College Worcester State University (WSU) is a public university in Worcester, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1874 and enrolls nearly 5,500 undergraduates and over 900 graduate students. History Founded in 1874 as the Massachusetts State Normal Sch ...

, graduating with a Bachelor of Science in 1983. Leach then attended

Bentley University Bentley University is a private university focused on business, accountancy, and finance and located in Waltham, Massachusetts. Founded in 1917 as a school of accounting and finance in Boston's Back Bay neighborhood, Bentley moved to Waltham in ...

, where he earned his Master of Business Administration degree. Focusing on the changing competitive and political environment of higher education, Leach earned his PhD from

Northeastern University Northeastern University (NU) is a private university, private research university with its main campus in Boston. Established in 1898, the university offers undergraduate and graduate programs on its main campus as well as satellite campuses in ...

Career

Leach began his academic career as an associate professor at

Lasell College Lasell University (LU) is a private university in Auburndale, Massachusetts. Lasell offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in the liberal arts, sciences, and professional fields of study. History Lasell was founded in 1851 as the Auburndal ...

from 1986 until 1996, where he was the director of business programs and the director of the Yamawaki Program. He was chair of the faculty, chair of the curriculum committee, and Faculty Marshal. Leach worked at

as Senior Associate Dean and Chief Academic Officer of the College of Professional Studies. Leach oversaw Northeastern Online and was the Executive Director of Northeastern University's School of Education. Leach became the fourth president of

on July 1, 2010. He has overseen the development of Granite State College's first master's degree programs. and the creation of the Office of Graduate Studies.

Awards and achievements

* Distinguished Alumni Award,

, 2012

References

External links

Granite State College
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