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Shaping Strategy Through Nonprofit Leadership

Marika Mkheidze currently serves as Advocacy and Partnerships Lead at Save the Children International’s Georgia Country Office. In her work, Marika often navigates nuanced and important relationships that have a substantial impact on her organization’s mission. Critical work such as hers requires both a clear strategy and proper communication of that strategy; these challenges are what led her to enroll in the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) Executive Education program, Nonprofit Management and Leadership: Strategies for Organizational Success.

Read more about her experience.

Meeting Uncertainty with Confidence
 

Measuring Impact in the Nonprofit World

Fabi Fugazza, lauded nonprofit leader and human rights lawyer, works on massive projects that have high-stakes implications when not properly facilitated, which led her to Leading Successful Programs.

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Thoughtful, Impactful Leadership Across Sectors

Colonel Marc Anthony Garcia, with a career spanning military, diplomacy, business, and education, earned his HKS Executive Certificate in Public Leadership.

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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
 

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
 

Driving Effective Change with Jeffrey Bland

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

Read his Q&A
 

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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You're Here to Make a Difference

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

Creating a Diverse Classroom of Leaders
“[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

Community Stories

Harvard Kennedy School alumni stories reflect their dedication, passion, and talent as they use their HKS education to help make the world a better place.

Employers

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