Listed below are the former Executive Directors of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities and the years in which they served.

• Meldon Hollis (1980)

• Milton Bins (1980-1981)

• Margaret Seagears (1981-1989)

• Robert Goodwin (1989-1991)

• Catherine W. LeBlanc (1993-2001)

• Leonard H.O. Spearman (2001-2003)

• Wilbert Bryant (2003-2006) Counselor to the Secretary and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Higher Education Programs

• Charles M. Greene (2006-2007)

• Leonard L. Haynes III (2007-2009) Acting Executive Director