Ron Leonard is the Director of Special Initiatives at the Alabama Commission on Higher Education (ACHE). As such, he is responsible for some large statewide projects, such as the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) completion project and an Open Educational Resources (OER) initiative, as well as several smaller projects. Also, he is the NC-SARA State Portal Entity Representative for the state of Alabama. Previously, he was the Director of the Network of Alabama Academic Libraries, which is a library consortium of ACHE and Alabama’s eligible public and private four-year colleges and universities. Ron’s background includes working in public, special, and academic libraries, as well as a national consortium called LYRASIS. He holds a Master of Science in Library Science from the University of Kentucky. When not working for ACHE, he volunteers to help the Alabama Virtual Library with database licensing, budgeting, and the Alabama OER Commons.