Barbara McDowell Foundation Adds New Advisory Committee Members

The Barbara McDowell Foundation is pleased to announce the addition of three new members to its Advisory Committee, Michael Cleveland, Jim Kilbourne, and Richard Ugelow.

The Advisory Committee assists the Grant Committee of the Board of Directors in the review and selection of the Foundation’s annual grant recipients. Advisory Committee members include past Directors of the Foundation’s Board as well as any individuals subsequently nominated by the Foundation’s Board.

• Michael Cleveland is a retired attorney who practiced labor and employment law at the firm Vedder Price P.C. for 41 years.  
• Jim Kilbourne is Section Chief of the Appellate Section of the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the United States Department of Justice.
• Richard Ugelow was a faculty member at the American University Law School until 2019 when he retired. Richard joined the law school faculty in 2002 following a 29-year career with the United States Department of Justice.

Click here for the full bios of all the Advisory Committee members.

(August 2021)