American Council on Education
Emmanual A. Guillory is an advocate, policy expert, and motivational speaker who serves as Senior Director of Government Relations at the American Council on Education (ACE). In this role, he leads a broad portfolio of legislative and regulatory issues, acting as a key liaison between the higher education community and federal entities including Congress, the White House, and the U.S. Department of Education. His work centers on the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, particularly Title IV programs, as well as federal budget and appropriations matters, while also addressing issues such as accreditation, college affordability, student and institutional aid, accountability, privacy, technology, accessibility, and disability policy.
Before joining ACE, Emmanual was the Director of Student and Institutional Aid Policy at the National Association of Independent Colleges and also served as the Director for Public Policy and Government Affairs at United Negro College Fund, Inc. (UNCF). He spent a decade working in the U.S. House of Representatives, most recently on the Committee on Education and the Workforce. He is a 2020 and 2021 recipient of the Hill’s Top Lobbyist recognition in Washington, DC; a recipient of the Top Executive Award from Marquis Who’s Who of America; a prior federal negotiator for the Department of Education in 2019 and 2022; and a former president of the Committee for Education Funding—the largest educational coalition in our country—in 2022. He has his own nonprofit organization where he awards scholarships to students, and he serves as a lecturer through the Archers Fellowship Program in the University of Texas System and the Penn in Washington program at the University of Pennsylvania. He has appeared in Inside Higher Ed, The Washington Times, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and U.S. News & World Report, among other media outlets.
Emmanual earned his Bachelor of Science in psychology from Texas A&M University and obtained his Master of Arts in college student personnel from Bowling Green State University. Most recently, he earned his doctorate degree from the Executive Doctorate in Higher Education Management program at the Graduate School of Education of the University of Pennsylvania.
C-001 - Navigating Around Government Policies impact on Academic Institutions (No CE Credit)
Sunday, March 22, 2026
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
Monday, March 23, 2026
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM EDT