Aviva Argote
Executive Director
Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations

Office Address
Belfer-114

Mailing Address
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Mailbox 143
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

Contact
Phone: 617-496-2422
Fax: 617-495-0996
Email: aviva_argote@harvard.edu

Assistant
Kate Lewis (617-495-2775)

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Profile
A native of New York City, Aviva holds a Bachelor of Arts from Pomona College and a Masters in Public Administration (MPA) from the Kennedy School. She brings to the position a decade of experience leading and mentoring nonprofit organizations. Most recently, she served as manager of special projects in the Office of the President and Provost at Harvard University. Previously she was awarded a Harvard University Presidential Management Fellowship serving as special projects analyst in the Office of Budgets Financial Planning and Institutional Research.

Aviva’s prior experience includes work with the Rand Corporation, Los Angeles County Supervisor Gloria Molina, the Community for Education Foundation, and the Coro New York Leadership Center where she served as senior program director and director of the Coro Fellows Program in Public Affairs.

In her role as executive director, Aviva will team with Hauser Center faculty director Christopher Stone in helping lead the Center into its second decade. She will manage the day-to-day activities of the Center, oversee staff and project development, and represent the Center with constituencies worldwide.

Aviva bikes to work from her home in Cambridge where she resides with her husband and daughter.