Editing Hazel R. O'Leary (section)

=== Post-government ===
After leaving the [[Presidency of Bill Clinton|Clinton administration]], O'Leary once again served as president of O'Leary & Associates, her consulting firm.<ref name="Bloomberg">{{cite web|title=Executive Profile: Hazel O'Leary|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=546245&privcapId=4463979|publisher=Bloomberg|access-date=June 25, 2017|archive-date=September 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914125145/https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=546245&privcapId=4463979|url-status=live}}</ref> She also sat on the board of the environmental engineering firm ICF Kaiser International.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1997/09/22/time/hazel.oleary.html|title=Former Energy Secretary Under Scrutiny|date=September 29, 1997|website=www.cnn.com|access-date=September 14, 2017|archive-date=December 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181222170105/http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1997/09/22/time/hazel.oleary.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2000, she became president and chief operating officer of an investment banking firm, Blaylock & Partners.<ref name="Bloomberg" /> She left that firm in 2002.<ref name="Ford, Lynne E." />

====Fisk University president====
On July 13, 2004, O'Leary was selected and began work as president of her undergraduate ''alma mater'', [[Fisk University]], a [[historically black college]] in [[Nashville, Tennessee]].<ref name="2003 Office of Fisk President">{{cite web |title=Office of the President |url=http://www.fisk.edu:80/index.asp?cat=20 |website=Fisk.edu |access-date=October 14, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030802213721/http://www.fisk.edu/index.asp?cat=20 |archive-date=August 2, 2003 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="O'Leary 14th President">{{cite news|title=Hazel O'Leary, 14th President of Fisk University|url=http://www.fisk.edu:80/index.asp?cat=20|access-date=December 8, 2017|publisher=fisk.edu|date=July 13, 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050306034115/http://www.fisk.edu/index.asp?cat=20|archive-date=March 6, 2005|url-status=dead}}</ref> She was officially installed as the university's 14th president on October{{nbsp}}6, 2005.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.tennessean.com/picture-gallery/news/education/2016/02/15/fisk-university-at-150-a-look-back-at-the-past-50-years/80416024/|title=Fisk University at 150: A look back at the past 50 years|date=February 15, 2016|work=The Tennessean|access-date=October 13, 2017|language=en}}</ref> Before O'Leary's tenure, the university had tried unsuccessfully to increase its enrollment and experienced financial problems.<ref name="Schelzig, Erik">{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/27/AR2007122702213.html|title=Historically Black College Struggles Financially|last=Schelzig|first=Erik|date=December 28, 2007|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=June 22, 2017|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286|archive-date=February 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170212093126/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/27/AR2007122702213.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2008, Fisk had an enrollment of 770 students and 264 faculty and staff members.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nashville.gov/Portals/0/SiteContent/Planning/docs/urban/Institutional%20Overlays/fisk.pdf|title=Fisk University Master Plan|last=Tusk Hinton Architects|date=October 2008|website=www.nashville.gov|access-date=2017-12-08|archive-date=2017-02-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170201000522/https://www.nashville.gov/Portals/0/SiteContent/Planning/docs/urban/Institutional%20Overlays/fisk.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Greenberg, Pierce, Financially challenged Fisk">{{cite news|last1=Greenberg|first1=Pierce|title=Financially challenged Fisk will turn to fundraising, students to raise $8.4M by July|url=http://nashvillecitypaper.com/content/city-news/financially-challenged-fisk-will-turn-fundraising-students-raise-84m-july|access-date=December 8, 2017|publisher=nashvillecitypaper.com|date=December 11, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171208231422/http://nashvillecitypaper.com/content/city-news/financially-challenged-fisk-will-turn-fundraising-students-raise-84m-july|archive-date=2017-12-08|url-status=dead}}</ref> 
[[File:Panel- Increasing Minority Participation in the Energy Sector (10671079193).jpg|left|thumb|O'Leary speaks on September 24, 2013, at the Minorities in Energy Initiative Launch.]] By 2011, Fisk's enrollment numbers improved,<ref name="Greenberg, Pierce, Financially challenged Fisk" /> but the school was still operating with a loss in six of the previous nine years.<ref name="Greenberg, Pierce, Financially challenged Fisk" /> These ongoing financial problems caused the [[Southern Association of Colleges and Schools]] Commission on Colleges to place Fisk on probation in 2010 over concerns for the university's finances and prospects.<ref name="Stuart, Reginald">{{cite news|last1=Stuart|first1=Reginald|title=Fisk, Florida A&M Get Clean Bills of Health from Accreditation Group|url=http://diverseeducation.com/article/58053/|access-date=December 8, 2017|publisher=diverseeducation.com|date=December 10, 2013}}</ref><ref name="jbhe, O'Leary to Retire">{{cite news|url=https://www.jbhe.com/2012/02/hazel-oleary-to-retire-from-presidency-of-fisk-university/|title=Hazel O'Leary to Retire From Presidency of Fisk University|date=February 20, 2012|access-date=December 8, 2017|publisher=jbhe.com|archive-date=December 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171208122618/https://www.jbhe.com/2012/02/hazel-oleary-to-retire-from-presidency-of-fisk-university/|url-status=live}}</ref> The probation ended in December 2013.<ref name="Stuart, Reginald" />

Under O'Leary's leadership, Fisk went to court in December 2005 seeking a ruling that it could sell a portion of the university's [[Alfred Stieglitz]] Collection.<ref name="Brooks, Jennifer, Can Selling O'Keefe">{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129598553|title=The Root: Can Selling O'Keefe's Art Save A University?|last=Brooks|first=Jennifer|date=September 2, 2010|work=NPR.org|access-date=June 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120115124858/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129598553|archive-date=2012-01-15|url-status=dead|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Schelzig, Erik" /> Stieglitz's widow [[Georgia O'Keeffe]] had bequeathed the collection to Fisk with restrictions on its sale.<!--<ref name="Hassell, Bravetta, College Argues" />--> O'Leary intended to use the proceeds of the sale to fund a new academic building, endow professorships, and rebuild the school's endowment, which had been drawn down several times before her arrival.<ref name="Hassell, Bravetta, College Argues">{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/15/AR2006081501344.html|title=College Argues For the Right To Sell Art Gifts To Raise Capital|last=Hassell|first=Bravetta|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=August 16, 2006|access-date=October 14, 2017|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286|archive-date=March 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170302054822/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/15/AR2006081501344.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation opposed the sale, and later the Tennessee [[State Attorney General]] opposed any sale of the artwork out of state.<ref name="Brooks, Jennifer, Can Selling O'Keefe" /> Ultimately, after seven years of legal battles, the school was able to reach a deal with [[Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art]] in [[Arkansas]] to share the collection.<!--<ref name="Tamburin, Adam, leader justifies 2010 sale" />--> At the time the deal was finalized, O'Leary said the arrangement was essential to keeping the university open.<ref name="Tamburin, Adam, leader justifies 2010 sale">{{Cite news|url=http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/education/2016/07/27/fisk-university-leaders-justify-2010-sale-paintings/87632786/|title=Fisk University leaders justify 2010 sale of paintings|last=Tamburin|first=Adam|date=July 27, 2016|work=The Tennessean|access-date=August 23, 2017|language=en}}</ref>

Amidst the public battle over attempts to sell the Alfred Stieglitz Collection, O'Leary quietly arranged to sell two other works of art, including a work by [[Florine Stettheimer]].<!--<ref name="Tamburin, Adam, leader justifies 2010 sale" />--> Fisk's board of trustees approved the sale in 2010 although it was not publicly disclosed until ''[[The New York Times]]'' reported it in 2016. O'Leary defended the decision to sell the artwork, saying it was done out of necessity amid financial difficulties.<ref name="Tamburin, Adam, leader justifies 2010 sale" />

In 2012, O'Leary announced that she would retire at the end of the calendar year.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2012/feb/21/oleary-continue-helping-fisk-after-retirement/?print|title=O'Leary to continue helping Fisk after retirement|date=February 21, 2012|work=Arkansas Online|access-date=June 25, 2017|archive-date=October 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171014233948/http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2012/feb/21/oleary-continue-helping-fisk-after-retirement/?print|url-status=live}}</ref> Her retirement was effective January{{nbsp}}31, 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pridepublishinggroup.com/pride/2013/03/15/remembering-oleary-and-her-legacy-at-fisk-university/|title=Remembering O'Leary and her legacy at Fisk University Nashville PRIDE, Inc.|last=Teague|first=Cass|date=March 15, 2013|website=pridepublishinggroup.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-10-14|archive-date=2017-10-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171014234536/http://pridepublishinggroup.com/pride/2013/03/15/remembering-oleary-and-her-legacy-at-fisk-university/|url-status=live}}</ref> She was succeeded by [[H. James Williams]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nashvillecitypaper.com/content/city-news/report-fisk-university-selects-next-president|title=Report: Fisk University selects next president|website=nashvillecitypaper.com|language=en|access-date=June 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171014234341/http://nashvillecitypaper.com/content/city-news/report-fisk-university-selects-next-president|archive-date=2017-10-14|url-status=dead}}</ref>