Sanford J. Leeds is a distinguished senior lecturer at the University of Texas' McCombs School of Business, where he has been a member of the faculty for 16 years. For 13 of those years, he also served as president of The MBA Investment Fund LLC, a privately funded investment company managed by graduate students at the University of Texas. Professor Leeds' numerous teaching awards include three schoolwide awards: the Joe D. Beasley Teaching Award, the CBA Foundation Advisory Council Award for Teaching Innovation and the Jim Nolen Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching. His recognition from his students includes multiple Outstanding MBA Professor Awards and Outstanding MSF Professor Awards. In 2015, he was selected to be a Provost Teaching Fellow and served on the steering committee of that organization. He currently serves as a Senior Provost Fellow. He received a B.S. in Investment Analysis from the University of Alabama, an MBA from the University of Texas and a J.D. from the University of Virginia. Professor Leeds received the Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 1998. He has served the CFA Institute as a grader, a member of the Candidate Curriculum Committee and an editor of a candidate reading section. He is also a member of the Texas State Bar.
