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Nonresident Senior Fellow

Hugh B. Price

Hugh B. Price

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.



Expertise

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

Background

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


Research and Commentary

Save to My PortfolioUsing Military Education and Training Methods to Help Struggling Students and SchoolsJuly 14, 2010National Association of State Boards of Education
Save to My PortfolioReflections on a Historic FirstAugust 29, 2008The Brookings Institution
Save to My PortfolioMobilizing the Community to Help Students Succeed August 2008Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
Save to My PortfolioWright Defends Sermons as Debate Over Race ContinuesApril 28, 2008Newshour with Jim Lehrer
Save to My PortfolioMobilizing to Fight Childhood ObesityJanuary 31, 2008McClatchy-Tribune
Save to My PortfolioQuasi-Military Approaches to Educating Students Who Are Struggling in School and in LifeOctober 31, 2007Presentations at the Center for Children and Families Policy Forum
Save to My PortfolioDiversity Goals Help Kids in School -- and Later in LifeFebruary 16, 2007The Press-Enterprise (California)
Save to My PortfolioTransitioning Ex-Offenders into Jobs and SocietyApril 10, 2006washingtonpost.com
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Contact Information

communications@brookings.edu

202.797.6105
Brookings Office of Communications

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