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Leigh A. Bradley joined the American Red Cross leadership team in July of 2004 as Chief of Staff. In that role, she helped direct the day-to-day activities of one of the largest not-for-profit organizations in the country.
In October of 2005, she was named Chief Risk Officer for the Red Cross and assumed leadership of the newly created Department of Enterprise Risk. This department is responsible for developing and overseeing plans to identify and mitigate major risks to the financial and operational systems of the Red Cross.
A former partner in the national law firm of Holland and Knight LLP, Bradley practiced in the areas of government contracts and federal legislative and regulatory matters. She is a 20-year veteran of managing significant federal government activities. Prior to joining Holland and Knight in 2001, Bradley served as the Department of Veterans Affairs General Counsel, where she oversaw the work of more than 400 attorneys throughout the United States.
Previously, she served for four years as Principal Deputy General Counsel of the Navy, the second highest-ranking lawyer in the Department of the Navy, where she assisted in managing the Office of General Counsel and the work of its 600 attorneys located in 120 offices around the world. Prior to that, she served as senior legal counsel in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, after spending a year as a federal prosecutor and five years on active-duty as an Air Force judge advocate.
In 1998, Bradley received the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service, Department of Defense's highest award for a civilian employee. In 2000, she received the Department of Veterans Affairs Exceptional Service Award, the VA's highest award.
She currently serves on the Board of Trustees of Noblis, a non-profit scientific research and system engineering organization that works in the public interest.
She graduated magna cum laude from the University of Alabama in 1978 and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Bradley earned her law degree from the University of Alabama School of Law in 1981, where she was a member of the national moot court team. | 