Billy J. Hensley, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Denver, Colorado, US

Billy J. Hensley, Ph.D., is president and CEO of the National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE). Since his appointment in 2018, Hensley has led NEFE through the development and execution of its first strategic plan, sharpening the organization’s mission, vision and core values, while cultivating broader transparency and effectiveness. He is charging.

Denver, Colorado, US

• Prior to becoming CEO, Hensley led NEFE grants, research, and consumer and collegiate educational initiatives, including program development and management of financial education programs that engaged over 1 million.
• Led the education initiatives, including program development, setting benchmark objectives, and evaluating outcomes for research and online education programs that engaged 1.26 million unique users per year;
• Initiated and built strategic partnerships with other funders, higher education institutions, and top-level researchers;
• Oversaw a national financial literacy teacher training initiative, including raising financial support for pilot implementation and conducting three-year research study on initiative’s impact on confidence, practice.
• Designed and hosted national colloquia, forums, and think tanks on financial literacy topics;
• Spoke at numerous national and international conferences; and

Louisville, KY, US

I taught ELFH 412 "Coaching and Talent Management" online in the Department of Leadership, Foundations & Human Resource Education at the College of Education and Human Development.

Cincinnati, Ohio, US

• Assisted in the financial acquisition, management and organization of a multi-university, grant-funded initiative (Southwest Ohio Secondary Teaching Academy) that recruited underrepresented urban secondary high school.
• Worked on the development and organization of the University of Cincinnati’s campus-wide reaccreditation for the Higher Learning Commission, of which the CECH Dean was Chair;
• Assisted with organization and facilitation of the University’s Institutional Review Board Taskforce that examined roles and responsibilities of investigators within the Academy;
• Worked with the grant officer and faculty to help prepare grant applications;
• Served as assistant to the CECH Faculty Senate;
• Adjunct Instructor (Human Development and PRFS);

Cincinnati, OH, US

• Assisted with fundraising, program implementation, and overall organization of Ohio’s statewide college access network (OCAN);
• Designed and implemented a professional development & technical assistance plan for Ohio’s urban and rural college access programs (OCAN);
• Part of team that secured the state GEAR-UP grant, totaling $22,000,000;
• Managed the philanthropic support and the day to day operations of statewide adult college access initiative: Ohio Bridges to Opportunity Initiative (KWF);
• Designed statewide technical assistance plan for three-year workforce development education grant awarded from the Ford Foundation (KWF);
• Hired, trained, and managed twelve coaching associates to deliver technical assistance to statewide grant programs (KWF); and

Hiram, OH, US

Ph.D., Educational Studies

M.A., Education

B.S., Psychology

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