In consulting to private sector clients, Dr. Leone has focused on industries experiencing significant economic and political change. His public sector clients include government agencies at all levels; he has testified in federal and state regulatory proceedings and appeared before congressional committees to discuss government policies affecting business.

Dr. Leone was a senior economist with the Council of Economic Advisers, serving both President Carter and President Reagan. He is widely published, and the New York Times described his book, Who Profits: Winners, Losers, and Government Regulation, as "sophisticated, illuminating and, above all, tirelessly evenhanded."

Dr. Leone holds an A.B. from Harvard College and an M.A. and a Ph.D. from Yale University, all in economics. He served on the faculties of Yale University, the Harvard Business School and the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.