Leadership, Trust, and Opportunity: A Conversation with Garry Jenkins and Marshall Hatch Jr.

In this episode Garry W. Jenkins, President of Bates College, joins Marshall Hatch Jr., Co-Founder and Executive Director of the MAAFA Redemption Project, for a conversation on leadership, institutions, and democratic responsibility. President Jenkins brings nationally recognized expertise in nonprofit governance, law, and higher education leadership, shaped by his tenure as Dean of the University of Minnesota Law School and his current role guiding Bates College’s academic mission. Marshall Hatch Jr., a Gates Millennium Scholar and Bates alumnus, adds a faith- and community-centered perspective informed by his work developing workforce, educational, and spiritual pathways for emerging adult Black and Brown men in Chicago. Together, they explore how leadership is cultivated, how institutions earn trust, and how education, faith, and governance intersect in shaping opportunity.