Cornell Leverette Moore, Esq., a General Trustee since 2000 and a former Alumni Trustee from 1992 to 1998, is Partner in the law firm of Dorsey & Whitney, LLP, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He received an A.B. degree from Virginia Union University and a J.D. degree from the Howard University School of Law.

A passionate supporter of affordable housing, he is a former chair of the Minneapolis Public Housing Authority, and a board member for over 25 years of the Greater Metropolitan Housing Corporation. He is a former chairman of the Greater Minneapolis Convention and Visitors Association, and the State of Minnesota Personnel Board. He has served on the Bank of America-Twin Cities Advisory Board, and was a partner in the ownership of the 1987 and 1991 world champion Minnesota Twins.

He is Past Grand Sire Archon of Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity. His board memberships include Virginia Union University, Johnson C. Smith University, and the Dunwoody College of Technology. He has received the Distinguished Citizen Award from the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. and was inducted into the National Bar Association Hall of Fame. He is also a member of the Northern Star Council of the Boy Scouts of America and Chair of its corporate capital campaign.