One Big Thing: Les Lenkowsky served as chief executive of the Corporation for National and Community Service from 2001–04, overseeing AmeriCorps, Senior Corps, and Learn and Serve America as a central component of President Bush’s domestic agenda.

• CNCS under Lenkowsky managed billions in federal grants supporting hundreds of thousands of national service participants annually — one of the largest engines of organized volunteerism in the country.
• He served under CNCS chair Stephen Goldsmith, the former Indianapolis mayor whose civic innovation record had helped inspire the administration’s community-centered approach to domestic policy.
• Following his government service, Lenkowsky joined Indiana University as a faculty member, where he continued researching philanthropy and civil society.
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• Learn about AmeriCorps and the CNCS legacy
• Read about national service policy
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