Hugh B. Price

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Nonresident Senior Fellow, Economic Studies

Former president and chief executive officer of the National Urban League, Hugh Price is an expert on education, civil rights, equal opportunity and criminal justice. His 40-year career spans journalism, philanthropy, the law, and social advocacy. | View Full Bio

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Expertise

  • Education
  • civil rights
  • equal opportunity
  • criminal justice
  • nonprofit organizations

Experience

Current Positions

  • John L. Weinberg/Goldman Sachs Visiting Professor, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
  • Board Member, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Verizon, Mayo Clinic and the Jacob Burns Film Center

Past Positions

  • Senior Advisor and co-Chair, Non-Profit and Philanthropy Practice Group, DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP
  • President and Chief Executive Officer, National Urban League
  • Vice President, Rockefeller Foundation
  • Senior Vice President, WNET/Thirteen in New York
  • Editorial Board, The New York Times
  • Executive Director, Black Coalition of New Haven

Education

  • Yale Law School, 1966

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