Jaclyn Le

Chief of Presidential Strategy and Partnerships, University of North Texas

Executive Advisory Council Liaison

Jaclyn Le is the Chief of Presidential Strategy and Partnerships at the University of North Texas. She joined UNT in October 2024 and led the development of Look North: UNT 2030, the university’s strategic plan. Her role includes advancing state and national partnerships, executive communications, and the university’s strategic initiatives and presidential priorities. She works with university leadership and community stakeholders to plan, monitor, and implement high-impact projects across the university.

Prior to UNT, Jaclyn was the Senior Director for Strategic Initiatives and Engagement at the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. She was responsible for strategic planning, stakeholder engagement, and corporate partnerships tied to the state’s higher education strategic plan, Building a Talent Strong Texas. She convened industry and education leaders to shape state priorities and led statewide planning efforts.

Jaclyn is an impact and innovation strategist with over a decade of experience working across the public, private, and social sectors to expand economic mobility and opportunity for learners and workers. Her work spans K-12, higher education, workforce development, and economic development systems, with expertise in strategic planning, program design, stakeholder engagement, and organizational development.

She previously served as Senior Manager of Advisory Services at Jobs for the Future (JFF), where she managed a portfolio of advisory engagements with Fortune 1000 companies and designed talent strategies to support the economic advancement of workers and learners. Her earlier experience includes developing economic and workforce development strategies at TIP Strategies, helping design national grantmaking initiatives at the Wallace Foundation, and working on education reform initiatives as a Fellow at the Boston Foundation.

Jaclyn has a Master of Business Administration from the McCombs School of Business and a Master of Public Affairs from the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with Honors in Education and University Distinction from Stanford University.