George Charles Leef is the director of research of the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal. He received a Bachelor of Arts from Carroll University in 1973 and a Juris Doctor from the Duke University School of Law in 1977. He was a faculty member at Northwood University, where he taught business law, economics, and logic. He was later a vice-president at the John Locke Foundation and director of the Martin Center until the then-Pope Center became an independent nonprofit in 2003.
