Michael W. Gleba joined the Heritage Board of Trustees in 2016, and was elected Vice Chairman of the board in 2018.

He is Chairman/CEO, Treasurer and Trustee of the Sarah Scaife Foundation. Prior to joining the Foundation, Mr. Gleba practiced law, first with Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP in Pittsburgh and then with Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP in Pittsburgh and Jakarta, Indonesia. His practice areas involved various aspects of corporate law.

Mr. Gleba is: Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Directors of the Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives; a member of the Board of Overseers of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University; a member of the Board of Directors of the Allegheny Institute for Public Policy; a member of the Board of Directors of the Competitive Enterprise Institute; a member of the Executive Committee of the International and National Security Law Practice Group of the Federalist Society for Law & Public Policy Studies; chairman of the Advisory Council of Saint Vincent College’s Alex G. McKenna School of Business, Economics, and Government; and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute.

Mr. Gleba received his JD cum laude and MBA with high honors from Duquesne University and his bachelor's degree in Industrial Management with University Honors from Carnegie Mellon University.