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Creating a Diverse Classroom of Leaders

The Victory Institute, a national organization supporting openly LGBTQ leaders, teamed up with the David Bohnett Foundation, to support openly leaders attending the Senior Executives in State and Local Government executive program. Twenty years later, more than 200 LGBTQ state and local leaders from all over the U.S. have come to Harvard Kennedy School through the fellowship.

Read about this collaboration aimed at providing LGBTQ leaders with the tools and knowledge necessary to advance.

Taking Classroom Lessons out in the World
 

Leadership in Difficult Times with Anna Sadecka

Alumna of Crisis Leadership in Higher Education shares the impact of her program experience.

Discover what she learned
 

Driving Effective Change with Jeffrey Bland

Infrastructure in a Market Economy alumus on driving change and performance at a meaningful level in his organization.

Read his Q&A
 

Exec Ed Alumni Tackle Social and Economic Problems

Alumni of Leading Smart Policy Design share how they are using the tools they learned from faculty chair Rema Hanna to design and implement better policies in real-world scenarios.

 

Read about their work
 

Catapulting Her Thinking and Leadership with Lori Bae

Alumna accelerates career change to global humanitarian development with Exec Ed programs.

Discover What She Learned
 

Alumni Apply Classroom Lessons to Real-World Work

Exec Ed alumni and degree-program students at HKS partner to apply an iterative process to blood safety in Nigeria and helping the elder workforce in Massachusetts.

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Leadership Lessons with Fire Chief Reginald Freeman

Alumnus of Senior Executives in State and Local Government shares the impact of his program experience.

Hear About His Experience
 

Combatting Climate Change Crisis with Claudia Moray

Alumna of Climate Change and Energy: Policymaking for the Long Term shares her story.

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Leading During a Global Pandemic with Tricia Kovacs

Implementing Public Policy Alumna Uses the Problem Driven Iterative Approach

Learn About Her Impact

“[Learning about] leadership decision making, biases, ethical decision making have changed the way I think and lead.”

Zivit Inbar, alumna of Leadership Decision Making and Leadership and Character in Uncertain Times

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