Leadership Council Spring 2025 Agenda

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

Please contact Alexandra Clark with any questions.

Wednesday, April 23

Harvard Faculty Club | 20 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA 02138

6:00 PM | Conservatory

Reception with Dean Jeremy Weinstein (MA 2001, PhD 2003)

6:30 - 7:30 PM | North Dining Room

Dinner

7:30 - 8:30 PM | North Dining Room

What’s Next for Higher Education?

A Conversation with Former Secretaries of Education John King, Jr. and Margaret Spellings, moderated by Dean Jeremy Weinstein MA 2001, PhD 2003.

Introduction by Eric Gertler, Member, Leadership Council; Executive Chairman & CEO, U.S. News & World Report

Thursday, April 24

Harvard Faculty Club | 20 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA 02138

8:00 AM | Conservatory

Breakfast Served

8:30-9:30 AM | Main Dining Room

Pathways to Leadership: CPL Alumni on Answering the Call to Service

Alumni panel moderated by Rye Barcott, Catherine B. Reynolds Foundation Fellow and George Leadership Fellow 2009, co-founder and CEO of With Honor.

Marie Harnly, Black Family Fellow 2020, Director of Special Projects for the White House Situation Room
Francesca Ioffreda, Zuckerman Fellow 2015, George Fellow 2017, Chief Innovation Officer for the State of Maryland
Mayor Phillip Jones, Zuckerman Fellow 2021, Mayor of Newport News, Virginia
Brandon Moore MPP/MBA Candidate, 2025, 2024 Gergen Summer Fellow, Black Family Fellow

9:30 - 9:45 AM

Coffee Break

9:45 - 10:45 AM | Main Dining Room

Counsel from the Council: Presentation of the results of the strategic plan

A discussion with:

Marla Beck MPA/MBA 1998, Leadership Council Chair, Center for Public Leadership
Secretary Anthony Foxx, Director, Center for Public Leadership; Emma Bloomberg Professor of the Practice of Public Leadership
Matt Segneri A.B. 2004, MBA 2010, Executive Director, Center for Public Leadership

10:45 - 11:00 AM

Break

11:00 - 11:45 AM | Main Dining Room

Classroom-style Workshop

Led by Brittany Butler, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy and Executive Director of Social Innovation + Change Initiative

11:45 AM - 1:15 PM | Main Dining Room

Lunch and discussion with CPL Hauser Leader, Leo Varadkar, 14th Taoiseach of Ireland

Moderated by Monica Giannone MPP 2017, Director, Negotiation and Conflict Resolution Collaboratory, Center for Public Leadership