Biography
Jerry Henry is Managing Partner at Alexander Haas, based in Atlanta, a leading consulting firm for nonprofit organizations in the United States. In this position he provides strategic counsel to educational institutions, human service groups, cultural institutions and faith-based organizations.
As a Yale volunteer, Henry has served Yale Divinity School as a class secretary and class agent for the past 40 years. He is a past chair of the YDS Alumni Board, and currently serves on the Dean's Advisory Council. He has volunteered with the Yale Alumni Schools Committee as an interviewer for Yale College applicants, previously in the Atlanta area and now in South Carolina where he resides. He serves on the Yale Alumni Fund Board of Directors and is a member of the university's "For Humanity" Capital Campaign Committee.
During his tenure on the YAA Board of Governors, Henry has chaired the Yale Alumni Fellow Nominations Committee, the Yale Medal Nominations Committee and the Graduate & Professional Schools Committee. He also co-chaired the Equity & Inclusion Committee and served as an executive officer prior to becoming chair of the Board of Governors.