The Hon. Kenneth L. Marcus

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law

Hon. Kenneth L. Marcus is an internationally recognized expert in civil and human rights, as well as a leader in the fight against anti-Semitism on and off university campuses. He is the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law.

Marcus served as Assistant U.S. Secretary of Education for Civil Rights; Staff Director at the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights; and General Deputy Assistant U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity. 

In academia, he serves as Professorial Lecturer in Law at George Washington University and has held distinguished academic appointments at the City University of New York’s Bernard M. Baruch College and Yeshiva University.

Marcus also authored “The Definition of Anti-Semitism” and “Jewish Identity and Civil Rights in America.” He is a graduate of Williams College and the University of California at Berkeley School of Law.