Haley Glover
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Haley Glover leads college programming for associates on Amazon’s Career Choice team, supporting associates to earn a college degree.
Before Jan. 2022, Glover served as Lumina’s strategy director for state action and equity In that role, she led Lumina’s efforts to mobilize states to support student success and reduce racial disparities in credential attainment.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in secondary education, English, and American history from Franklin College in Indiana. She earned a master’s in liberal arts from St. John’s College Graduate Institute in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and a master’s in public administration from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University.
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