Debra Black

Thanks to Debra and Leon Black's generous ongoing support, all public donations to MRA go directly toward melanoma research. To date, MRA has awarded 30 million to 73 research programs to make

After a melanoma scare, Debra Black, her husband Leon and pal Mike Milken have led the charge to revitalize the fight to find a cure, with the couple donating 40 million.

Leon and Debra Black sat at a high-profile seat by the window in a Manhattan eatery and were eating dinner around 9 p.m. with another couple a few weeks ago, according to a source.

Debra Black is a Broadway theater producer, sister of Ares Management co-founder Antony Ressler, and co-founder of the Melanoma Research Alliance. She is married to Wall Street billionaire Leon Black, who quit as Apollo CEO after a rape allegation by Guzel Ganieva.

Debra Black is the wife of Leon Black, co-founder of Apollo Global Management, and a Tony Award-winning Broadway producer. She is also a trustee of Rockefeller University and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and a co-founder of the Melanoma Research Alliance.

Debra Black is Co-Founder and Chair of the Board of Directors of the Melanoma Research Alliance. Since 2007, when she and her husband founded the MRA, it has become the largest private funder of melanoma research worldwide. To date, MRA has awarded nearly 68 million to 179 research programs to make transformative advances in the prevention

Debra Black is co-founder and chair of the board of directors of the Melanoma Research Alliance MRA, a non-profit foundation that works under the auspices of the Milken Institute. Mrs. Black and her husband, Leon, founded MRA in 2007 after she was diagnosed with Stage II melanoma, establishing the largest non-profit funder of melanoma

Black was born Debra Ressler to New York lawyer Ira Ressler. She is the sister of Tony Ressler, who co-founded Apollo Global Management with Leon Black. She graduated from Barnard College in 1976.

Debra Black, a distinguished figure in both the world of Broadway production and philanthropy, is the accomplished wife of American private equity investor Leon David Black. Advertisement Debra's marriage to Leon David Black has been an integral part of both their personal and professional lives. While the exact date of their union remains private, the

Debra Black is chair of the board of directors of the Melanoma Research Alliance, which she co-founded with her husband to accelerate progress toward a cure of one of the fastest growing cancers in the U.S. She received her BA from Barnard College in 1976 with a major in comparative literature and theater.