Expertise
Education; Civil rights; Equal opportunity; Criminal justice; Nonprofit organizations
Background
Current Positions
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
"It was a seminal event and it's a reminder that, in many cities, even though we've had legal desegregation, we haven't seen integration in our schools and in some respects the demographics have overwhelmed the public will to try to promote integration."