Lee Fisher
Cleveland State University College of Law
Education: Case Western Reserve University Law School; bachelor’s degree, Oberlin College
What Guides My Decision-Making: Seek first to understand, then to be understood.
Historic Figure Who Inspires Me: Jackie Robinson
Favorite Quote: “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” — Maya Angelou
Most Important Leadership Quality: Ability to adapt to changing circumstances in a volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous world
If I Could Have Any Other Job: Quarterback, Cleveland Browns (for more than one season)
Proudest Moment: Authoring Ohio’s Hate Crime Law as a state senator and defending its constitutionality before the Ohio Supreme Court years later as attorney general
Hobby/Passion: Pilates, swimming, boating and jet skiing
Who’d Play Me in a Biopic: Tom Hanks (but only if Clooney isn’t available)