Representative Leach

James A. Leach is the John L. Weinberg Visiting Professor of Public and International Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University. Prior to joining the Princeton faculty he was the Director of the Institute of Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School. Leach served 30 years as a representative in Congress where he chaired the Banking and Financial Services Committee. Leach attended Princeton, the School of Advanced International Studies of Johns Hopkins, and the London School of Economics. He holds eight honorary degrees, has received decorations from two foreign governments, and is the recipient of the Wayne Morse Integrity in Politics Award, the Woodrow Wilson Award from Johns Hopkins, the Adlai Stevenson Award from the United Nations Association, and the Norman Borlaug Public Service Award. Leach serves on the board of several companies and non-profit organizations, including the Century Foundation, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the Social Sciences Research Council, Pro Publica and Common Cause, which he chairs.