Deborah Leff

Deborah Leff has held leadership positions in the public, private, and non-profit sectors. She has served as U.S. Pardon Attorney, President of the Public Welfare Foundation, Senior Advisor to the Equal Justice Initiative, Director of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, and CEO of Feeding America. Earlier, she was a Senior Producer at ABC News Nightline and World News Tonight, overseeing coverage that won both Emmy and DuPont awards.

Deborah has chaired the Board of Directors of StoryCorps, and has also served on the Boards of CARE, Sixth Amendment Center, the NACDL Foundation for Criminal Justice, and the Children’s Defense Fund. She also chaired the Midwest Rhodes Scholars Selection Committee.

She received her A.B. cum laude from Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs, where she was named a University Scholar. She earned her J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School.