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Rich Leib

President and CEO, Dunleer Strategies

Rich Leib, 68, is president and CEO of Dunleer Strategies, a San Diego-based consulting firm that collaborates with executives of emerging companies to develop goal-setting business strategies. Before that, he served for fifteen years as executive vice president and general counsel for Liquid Environmental Solutions, a non-hazardous liquid waste recycling company he co-founded. Liquid Environmental Solutions was later sold to a private equity firm in 2017.

A Solana Beach resident for over twenty years, Mr. Leib is married to Sharon Leib, a writer and a former Board of Trustee member for North Coast Repertory Theatre. They have three young adult daughters, Hannah, Joelle, and Lilyanne. 

Civic affiliations

  • Member of Board of Regents, Regents of the University of California. He was appointed in August 2018 and his term will expire in March 2026
  • Member of the Board of Telecare, an organization dedicated to providing excellent behavior health services to people with complex needs
  • Member of the Board of Rady’s Children’s Hospital of San Diego. Their mission is to restore, sustain and enhance the health and developmental potential of children through excellence in care, education, research and advocacy
  • Former Member of the Solana Beach School District Board of Education
  • Former Member of the Board of the Steinberg Institute in Sacramento, CA

Education

  • JD from Loyola University School of Law  
  • MA in Government and Public Policy from Claremont Graduate University
  • BA from UC Santa Barbara