DR. HALIMA
LEAK FRANCIS
Dr. Halima Leak Francis has spent nearly 25 years focusing on strengthening capacity, sustainability and equitable practices in nonprofits, philanthropy, and higher education administration. She has a proven track record of strengthening of communities through meaningful collaboration, strategic leadership, and philanthropic investment. Dr. Leak Francis is the founder and board chair of the Purposeful Philanthropy Foundation, one of the co-founders of the Dallas-based HERitage Giving Fund, and co-chair of the Tulane University History Project.
An accomplished educator, practitioner and scholar, Dr. Leak Francis holds the Carnegie Corporation of NY Professor of Social Entrepreneurship in Tulane's Taylor Center for Social Innovation and Design Thinking. She is also the founding Director of the John Lewis Public Administration Program in the School of Professional Advancement at Tulane.
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