Leonard D. Young is a retired corporate lawyer and currently advises not-for-profit corporations on legal issues, board governance, strategic planning, and new employee orientation. Prior to retiring in 2012, Mr. Young served as Director of the Technology Transfer Office and Associate General Counsel for Cleveland State University. Leonard has practiced corporate and international business law in Northeast Ohio for more than 40 years. He was a partner with the law firms of Ulmer & Berne and Walter Haverfield where he chaired the General Counsel Practice Group for each firm. He was the first African American general counsel of a Fortune 500 publicly traded manufacturing company in the State of Ohio when he worked as General Counsel and Assistant Secretary for the Ferro Corporation. He has also served as Senior Corporate Counsel at Reliance Electric Company and Corporate Counsel at AmeriTrust. Leonard is currently a member of the Board of Directors of JumpStart Inc., a nationally recognized nonprofit accelerating the success of diverse entrepreneurs, their high-growth companies, and the ecosystems supporting them. Leonard has also served on the Board of Directors of the Cleveland Cuyahoga County Port Authority, Center for Arts inspired Learning, and MOCA Cleveland, and currently serves as Interim Executive Director of The Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory and Education Foundation. Leonard served for six years on the CSU College of Law Visiting Committee and was Chair of the Visiting Committee for three years.