Leonard R. Olijar

Leonard R. Olijar is an American government official who had served as the director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing from 2015 to 2023.

As director, Olijar was responsible for managing the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, an agency within the United States Department of the Treasury tasked with producing Federal Reserve Notes, paper currencies, and United States Treasury securities.

[2] Born in September 1959, Olijar grew up in Lower Burrell, Pennsylvania.

[3] Olijar began his career at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in 1989 as a systems accountant.

[5] As Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Olijar is responsible for the redesign of the $10, $20 and $50 bills, a process former U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew described as "painfully slow", particularly as it relates to the replacement of Andrew Jackson by Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill, announced by Lew in 2016.