John F. Iglehart currently serves as the Regional Director of the U.S. Department of Commerce, Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), DallasNationalEnterpriseCenter.  He is responsible for the administration and direction of all MBDA programs in the 11-state Dallas Region which includes Arkansas, Colorado, Louisiana, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming.  The MBDA programs that he oversees are accomplished through competitive awards for the purpose of providing management and technical assistance to minority businesses in order to assist with their survival, expansion and start-up. 

Mr. Iglehart has received numerous awards attesting to his unmatched dedication, talent, professionalism and untiring efforts in the course of helping to foster minority business development including the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Gold Medal Award for Leadership which he was awarded in November 2008.

Mr. Iglehart earned his B.A. degree from Arkansas A.M. & N (now the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff) and his M.A. degree from Prairie View A&M.  He is a native of Waco, Texas, and he and his wife reside in McGregor, Texas.