Jennifer Haygood

As a former member of the State Employees’ Credit Union Audit Committee and branch Advisory Board, Jennifer Haygood joined the SECU Foundation Board of Directors in 2018 and was appointed to the SECU Board of Directors in 2019. She is the Chief Financial Officer at the University of North Carolina System. She previously held positions with the North Carolina Community College System, including Chief of Staff, Acting President, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Business and Finance.

With an early focus on education, she began her career as an elementary classroom teacher in Louisiana before transitioning to the N.C Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention as a Governor’s Public Management Fellow in the Education Section. Ms. Haygood subsequently worked in the Fiscal Research Division of the North Carolina General Assembly, serving as an Education Team Leader and Senior Fiscal Analyst prior to her service with the Community College System and the University of North Carolina System.

Ms. Haygood received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Rice University where she was a Hanszen Fellow and James Baker Distinguished Scholar. She completed her Master of Public Policy from Duke University as a Sanford Scholar.