Mr. LeNoir brings a perspective to UBF’s mission of "Meeting Unmet Needs" much influenced by experiences growing up and working in Cincinnati, Ohio; Dallas, Texas; St. Louis, Missouri; Harlem, New York; and Washington, DC. He received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Psychology with a minor in Sociology from Howard University and a Juris Doctor Degree from Howard University School of Law in Washington, DC.

He served as Program Director at Columbia Heights Youth Club at All Souls Unitarian Church in the fabled 14^th Street corridor. Later, as Principal Investigator/Director, Barry LeNoir designed and directed the renown "Comprehensive Impact Program", a drug and delinquency prevention program to help youth engage and answer the question "What does it mean to be ‘Human’…", an effort supported by the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Institute of Drug Abuse. A later version of the program (Delinquency Intervention Program) was supported by the US Department of Justice.

Barry LeNoir held positions of Regional Manager & Senior Operating Officer with Crawford Edgewood Managers, Inc., one of the nation’s leading minority multi-family housing management and community development firms. His experience in multi-family housing, especially in promotion and development of community based self-help programs and activities in Section 8 Communities, provides great substance for understanding today’s challenge of restoring the economic and social infrastructure of the "village".

On September 27, 2007, Barry LeNoir launched the United Black Fund’s national contest focused on violence in the African-American community. LeNoir says, "We are in denial. Violence is pandemic in our communities throughout the nation. We don’t even talk about it past the morning news. If we don’t ‘talk the talk’ about violence, we won’t ‘walk the walk’. We have to get young people ‘in college’ and young people ‘in carcerated’ to begin the talk". Now is the time to find answers and take action!