Joel Fleishman

 Mr. Fleishman is Professor of Law and Public Policy at the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University. He joined the Duke faculty in 1971, was founding director of what is now the Sanford School of Public Policy, and has served Duke as vice president, senior vice president and first senior vice president. Taking part-time leave from Duke from 1993-2003, he became president of The Atlantic Philanthropic Service Company (NYC), the U.S. program staff of Atlantic Philanthropies.  Mr. Fleishman is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the author of The Foundation: A Great American Secret–How Private Wealth is Changing the World, published in January 2007 by PublicAffairs Books and released in paperback in September 2009.  Another book, which he co-authored with Tom Tierney, chairman of The Bridgespan Group, entitled Give Smart: Philanthropy that Gets Results, was released in March 2011.  He is the Faculty Chair of the Sanford School’s Center for Strategic Philanthropy and Civil Society, and the Director of the Sanford School’s Sam and Ronnie Heyman Center for Ethics, Public Policy and the Professions. His current research focuses on charitable foundations that are, or considering the possibility of, spending themselves out of existence. On Founders’ Day, October 1, 2009, Duke presented him with the University Medal for his extraordinary service to the University. He is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of The Urban Institute and serves on the Board of Directors of the Ralph Lauren Corporation.  On a lighter note, he was the Wine Columnist for Vanity Fair for 8 years.