Leslie R. Wolfe

Dr. Leslie R. Wolfe "is President of the Center for Women Policy Studies, a national non profit, multiethnic and multicultural feminist policy research and advocacy organization founded in 1972. The Center brings women’s human rights constructs to a range of policy issues and works closely with a national network of women state legislators in all 50 states.

"Before joining the Center, Dr. Wolfe served as: Director of the Women’s Educational Equity Act Program in the U.S. Department of Education; Director of the Project on Equal Education Rights; Deputy Director of the Women’s Rights Program at the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights; and Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Education in the former Department of Health, Education and Welfare.

"Dr. Wolfe currently serves on the Board of Directors of Women's Policy, Inc. and has served on many other boards, including the U.S. Committee for UNIFEM, the National Council for Research on Women, the Montgomery County, MD Commission on Women, Montgomery Community College, and the Policy Advisory Board of the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund; she also has served as chair of the National Coalition for Women and Girls in Education."


 * Advisor, Campaign for America's Future