We look forward to welcoming you to campus this October for the CPL Leadership Council Meeting. Please find more information about our event, including the agenda, below. 

Please contact Alexandra Clark with any questions. 

Friday, October 25, 2024

Main Dining Room, Harvard Faculty Club | 20 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA 02138  
Click here for parking information and directions to the Faculty Club.

7:45 a.m.

Breakfast available

 

8:00 – 8:45 a.m.                         

Breakfast and Conversation with Harvard Kennedy School Dean Jeremy Weinstein, Don K. Price Professor of Public Policy

 

8:45 – 9:00 a.m.

Coffee Break

 

9:00 - 10:30 a.m.                       

Counsel from the Council: Charting the Future of CPL

  • Marla Beck MPA/MBA 98, Leadership Council Chair, Center for Public Leadership; Chief Executive Officer,BeautyHealth
  • Secretary Anthony Foxx, Co-Director, Center for Public Leadership; Emma Bloomberg Professor of the Practice of Public Leadership
  • Hannah Riley Bowles, Co-Director, Center for Public Leadership; Co-Director, Women and Public Policy Program; Roy E. Larsen Senior Lecturer in Public Policy and Management

 

10:30 – 10:45 a.m.

Coffee break

 

10:45 – 11:45 a.m.

Called to Serve: CPL Fellowships as Pathways to Public Service

A conversation with Gergen and Black Family Fellows, moderated by Graves Tompkins MPA/MBA 08

  • Afreen Ahmed MPP Candidate, 2025, 2024 Gergen Summer Fellow
  • Rita Graham MPP Candidate, 2025, Black Family Fellow
  • Alissa Ji MPP Candidate, 2025, Zuckerman Fellow
  • Brandon Moore MPP/MBA Candidate, 2025, 2024 Gergen Summer Fellow, Black Family Fellow

 

11:45 – 1:15 p.m.

Beyond the Water’s Edge: Foreign Policy, the Election, and the Future of American Leadership

Lunch and discussion with:

  • Ambassador Wendy Sherman, Hauser Leader, Center for Public Leadership; Former United States Deputy Secretary of State; Former Director, Center for Public Leadership 
  • David Ignatius, Former Hauser Leader, Center for Public Leadership; Columnist, The Washington Post

 

1:15 - 1:30 p.m.

Leadership Council Group Photo