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Director
Race, Equity, And Leadership Program (REAL)
National League of Cities (NLC)

Leon T. Andrews, Jr. is the first director of NLC's Race, Equity And Leadership (REAL) Program. He was appointed to this position in 2014. Leon previously served as the senior fellow and program director for NLC's Institute for Youth, Education, and Families. For eight years, he led all of the Institute's youth development work with mayors and other municipal leaders around the country including in areas related to childhood obesity, disconnected youth, youth engagement and leadership, and youth master planning.
 
Leon received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Howard University, a Master of Science in Public Policy and Management from Carnegie Mellon University, and is a PhD candidate in the Urban and Regional Planning program at The University of Michigan.