Dr. Haynie joins a unique network of experts and leaders to help inform the Bush Institute’s policy work

Dr. Mike Haynie, Syracuse University Vice Chancellor and Founder and Executive Director of the University’s D’Aniello Institute for Veterans and Military Families, has been named to the George W. Bush Institute Advisory Council, charged with advancing the Bush Institute’s policy recommendations centered on ensuring opportunity for all, strengthening our democracy, and advancing free societies.

“The Advisory Council has been around in various forms since the Bush Institute’s inception to help the organization remain a leading voice on critical issues facing our nation and the world,” said David J. Kramer, Executive Director of the Bush Institute. “This consolidated council will offer guidance to help our domestic and global policy work have lasting impact and drive meaningful change in our society.”

Dr. Haynie, who served in the U.S. Air Force for 14 years as a commissioned officer, is the Vice Chancellor for Strategic Initiatives and Innovation and Executive Dean of Syracuse University’s Whitman School of Management, in addition to his leadership role at the IVMF.  At Syracuse, he leads a broad portfolio of responsibility centers and innovation initiatives, including the University’s robust portfolio of entrepreneurship and innovation programs, government, and community engagement strategy, as well as defense- and veteran-connected programs and initiatives across the Institution. Haynie has also led the University’s partnership with Micron Corporation, related to the firm’s $100B commitment to locate and operate one of the worlds largest semiconductor manufacturing in Central New York.

Regarded as one of the world’s leading scholars related to entrepreneurial decision-making and strategy, Dr. Haynie’s research has been published in many of the world’s leading entrepreneurship and business journals. Dr. Haynie currently serves on the editorial review boards of the Journal of Business Venturing, the Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, the Journal of Management Studies, and is an associate editor for the Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health. Over the past decade, his academic work has consistently garnered significant federal, state, foundation, and philanthropic funding.

In 2011, Haynie founded the D’Aniello Institute for Veterans & Military Families (IVMF) at Syracuse University, the nation’s first interdisciplinary institute created to inform and advance the policy, economic, and wellness concerns of the America’s veterans and families. Today IVMF programs serve over 25,000 veterans annually, and the Institute is widely acknowledged as the nation’s leading academic voice related to issues impacting veterans and military-connected families.

The Bush Institute supports democracy and freedom around the world, promotes global health, and improves the lives of women and girls. Domestically, the organization believes in a welcoming society that values and protects everyone’s right to an education and promotes a country that rewards innovation. Additionally, the Bush Institute works to reaffirm democratic principles, reassert the value of civility and civic engagement in the United States, and develop and support effective leaders to move our country forward.

The Advisory Council— made up of individuals across the business, academic, and philanthropic sectors— met for the first time on April 18 after the George W. Bush Presidential Center’s Forum on Leadership. An annual landmark gathering, the Forum on Leadership develops, recognizes, and celebrates leadership by bringing together notable voices for in-depth discussions on today’s pressing issues. This year’s Forum on Leadership, titled “The Call of Freedom,” will focus on freedom around the world – and why U.S. global leadership is more important now than ever.

“I’m honored to be appointed to the George Bush Institute’s Advisory Council. This appointment extends and builds on a longstanding and productive relationship between the George Bush Institute and the IVMF.  The IVMF has benefitted significantly from the Bush Institute’s programming, to include through the mentorship and development of IVMF staff members through Stand-To Veteran Leadership Program,” said Dr. Haynie.  “I look forward to being a part of the organization’s continued success and expanding impact on the post-service lives of our nation’s veterans.”

Dr. Haynie will serve a three-year term guided by the Bush Institute’s founding principles of compassion, opportunity, accountability, and freedom.

About the George W. Bush Institute

The George W. Bush Institute is a solution-oriented nonpartisan policy organization focused on ensuring opportunity for all, strengthening democracy, and advancing free societies. Housed within the George W. Bush Presidential Center, the Bush Institute is rooted in compassionate conservative values and committed to creating positive, meaningful, and lasting change at home and abroad. We utilize our unique platform and convening power to advance solutions to national and global issues of the day. Learn more at bushcenter.org