Dr. Lennox McLendon, Executive Director

Lennox McLendon has over thirty years experience in adult education and literacy.  He began as a part-time teacher and over the years has taught ABE, GED, Adult High School, and ESL.  For six years he was a local adult education program manager.

After his years at the local level, he spent a little over ten years with the Virginia Department of Education as a regional consultant for 30 local adult education and programs.  The next twelve years he was state director of adult education in Virginia.

His professional contributions during that time included chair of the National Coalition for Literacy, leadership roles with the National Council of State Directors, and advisory roles with partners such as the American Bar Association's Law and Literacy Initiative.

Currently, he is the Executive Director of the National Adult Education Professional Development Consortium.  In that role he has two functions:  first, to respond to the adult education information needs of Congress and White House staff members;  secondly, to facilitate professional development activities for the state directors of adult education and their staff members.