Deborah Leff
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Deborah Leff has held a variety of leadership positions in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. Until recently, she was President and member of the Board of Directors of the Public Welfare Foundation, a national foundation based in Washington, DC focusing on health reform, workers’ rights and criminal and juvenile justice. Previously, she served as Director of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum; President and CEO of America's Second Harvest (now named "Feeding America"), the nation’s largest domestic hunger relief organization; and President of the Joyce Foundation. Ms. Leff also has held several positions with the federal government, including Trial Attorney with the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice and Director of Public Affairs at the Federal Trade Commission.
During much of the 1980s and early 1990s, Ms. Leff was Senior Producer at ABC News’ Nightline, World News Tonight and 20/20, where she won numerous national awards, including the Emmy and the DuPont Awards. She currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the ABIM Foundation and chairs the Board of Directors of StoryCorps.
Ms. Leff received her undergraduate degree from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, where she was named a University Scholar. She earned her law degree from the University of Chicago Law School and received an honorary doctorate in humane letters from Lake Forest College.