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Gregory Morris joins Leader Services as National Consultant

Article date: April 14, 2010

WEST HAZLETON, PA, April 2 — Leader Services is proud to announce that Gregory Morris has joined the company as a National Consultant. In his new role, Greg will assist the company in expanding its national presence and will provide support for Leader’s existing business.

Greg is an attorney with more than 30 years of practice in public policy law, and has been a specialist in special education and Medicaid reimbursement issues for the last 17 years. He has served as a school Medicaid consultant to the New Mexico Coalition of School Administrators, the State of Wyoming Department of Education, the Ohio School Coalition, is the former Executive Director of LEAnet and currently serves as Advisor to the LEAnet board, and has worked with a variety of other state government and LEA entities. Greg has taught political science at the undergraduate and graduate university levels. He drafted the Request For Proposals (RFP) for Alabama's first Medicaid billing program. Working with the Nebraska Association of School Boards, Greg developed Nebraska's first Medicaid Administrative Claiming program. In California, he served for a year as Chairman of former Governor Deukmejian's Efficiency Task Force, which overhauled the state's health budget.

In addition, Greg has represented a variety of clients as a registered lobbyist in several states, co-authored a book on the use of computers in public policy management, and held a variety of minor local, regional, and federal elected and appointed offices. He is a frequent presenter on Medicaid in the Schools at state and national conferences.

"We are very pleased to have Greg join us," said Leader CEO C. Jeffrey Mason. "Leader Services is committed to improving the quality of education for our nation’s youth, and Greg’s experience demonstrates his dedication to schools and school-based Medicaid programs. He also brings with him a national reputation as a leader in establishing federal policy in this area."

"It has been my pleasure to work with Leader in a number of capacities since 1998 and I am excited about the opportunity to become a full-time member of their team," said Greg. "This is a company with a solid foundation and great vision for the future."

Greg holds a J.D. from the University of Santa Clara College of Law, where he was co-Outstanding Graduate, and a B.A. with Honors from Stanford University. He served as a law clerk with the California Supreme Court, completed graduate level coursework in public administration at the University Of Santa Clara School Of Business, and is a graduate of the Public Affairs Council Institute. He has been admitted to practice in California and the District Court for the Northern District of California since 1974 and has practiced pro hac vice in Nevada, New York, and Illinois.

About Leader Services

Leader Services is a division of LDP Inc., an information technology company providing solutions to the needs of business, government, and member organizations since 1968. In 2010, we celebrated our 42nd year. Leader Services is dedicated to making information processing easier for education professionals at state and local education agencies, and providing web-based applications and information processing services that turn complex tasks into effective solutions.