Howard Greene is the President of Howard Greene & Associates, the nation's leading independent educational consulting company, which he founded in 1968. Howard received his Bachelor's Degree from Dartmouth College in 1959, and holds a Master's Degree, with Honors in American Studies from New York University, as well as a Master's Degree in Education from Harvard University where he was a teaching fellow. He is a former Princeton University admission officer and member of the Faculty Board of Advisors.

Howard has counseled thousands of students over more than forty years, and has consulted to numerous schools, colleges, and corporations. He has written many books on planning for college and graduate school, and with his son, Matthew Greene, has authored numerous books in the Greenes' Guides to Educational Planning series. Howard has appeared on the Today Show, CNBC, Good Morning America, CNN and other media to discuss relevant educational issues and trends. He has been profiled in the New York Times, Dartmouth Alumni Magazine, and People, and is frequently interviewed by national news outlets. Howard and Matthew are co-hosts of two PBS television programs, "Ten Steps to College with the Greenes" and "Paying for College with the Greenes." They have written a national bi-monthly column for Knight Ridder-Tribune News Service and are regular contributors to University Business Magazine.

Howard is a past Trustee of the Choate Rosemary Hall School and of New Canaan Country School. He also served as a Trustee of A Better Chance, The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, The American Farm School in Thessaloniki, Greece and is a former President of the Dartmouth Class of 1959. In addition Howard has been a member of the National Board of Horizons, the student outreach program for non-traditional students, and the Board of Directors of the Connecticut Humanities Council which is the State Branch of the National Endowment for the Humanities. He has served as a trustee of Yale University's Berkeley Divinity School, The Wilton (CT) Public Library, St. Paul's Cathedral Trust in America, the National Domestic Violence Hotline and a member of the National Advisory Board of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation.