Michael Leeds
Michael Leeds served as Chairperson of the Leeds School of Business Advisory Board (newly renamed “The Board”) from 2002 to 2007. In 2001 he led his family’s endowment of the University of Colorado’s College of Business efforts to increase academic excellence, expand its curriculum emphasis on social responsibility, and increase diversity.
Leeds is the president and founder of FlightStar, Inc., a Long Island (NY) aircraft management firm. Until 1999 Michael was president and CEO of CMP Media, Inc., one of the leading media companies focused on technology, computers and the Internet. CMP was selected as one of Fortune Magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work For.” Mike led the company from 1988 through 1999 including taking the company public and reaching nearly $500 million in sales.
He earned his BS in business administration from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1974. Along with Dr. Donna Sockell, Mike is currently teaching a course at the Leeds School: Leadership and Ethics – Challenges in Moral Courage.
Leeds is a trustee of the North Shore Long Island Jewish Hospital System, one of the largest healthcare systems in the world, Vice Chairman of the Institute for Student Achievement, an organization dedicated to the success of youth at risk, and a director of the Kenya Education Fund as well as Karma 411.
Awards and Recognition
2000 Commencement Speaker, University of Colorado Graduate School of Business
1998 Master Entrepreneur of the Year, Ernst and Young
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