While it has been just two years since Dr. Lorenzo Esters joined the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities, or APLU, his efforts to orchestrate new partners while forging coalitions appear to be yielding fruit. Dr. Esters is charged with representing the interests of 18 Black land-grant colleges and public Black colleges and universities. Even though APLU has plans for hefty initiatives such as focusing on diversity in global education, Dr. Esters still lists helping low-income and underrepresented students as priorities. The author discusses how Dr. Esters rallies higher ed stakeholders behind effort to boost funding for public HBCUs.