Core Administrators

Robbin Chapman

Robbin Chapman

Associate Dean, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging

Erica Chenoweth

Erica Chenoweth

Academic Dean, Faculty Development; Frank Stanton Professor of the First Amendment

Suzanne Cooper

Suzanne Cooper

Academic Dean, Teaching and Curriculum; Edith M. Stokey Senior Lecturer in Public Policy

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Gordon Hanson

Academic Dean, Strategy and Engagement; Peter Wertheim Professor in Urban Policy

Debra Isaacson

Debra Isaacson

Senior Associate Dean, Degree Programs and Student Affairs

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Joshua McIntosh

Executive Dean

Sarah Wald

Sarah Wald

Senior Policy Advisor and Chief of Staff to the Dean; Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy

Jeremy Weinstein

Jeremy Weinstein

Dean, Harvard Kennedy School
Don K. Price Professor of Public Policy, HKS; Professor of Government, FAS

Directors of Academic Areas and Degree Programs

Christopher Norio Avery

Chair, Master in Public Policy Program; Chair, Markets, Business, and Government area; Roy E. Larsen Professor of Public Policy

Matthew Baum

Chair, Democracy, Politics, and Institutions area; Marvin Kalb Professor of Global Communications

Hannah Riley Bowles

Hannah Riley Bowles

Co-Director, Women and Public Policy Program; Co-Director, Center for Public Leadership; Chair, Management, Leadership, and Decision Sciences area; Roy E. Larsen Senior Lecturer in Public Policy and Management

Rema Hanna

Rema Hanna

Chair, International Development area; Jeffrey Cheah Professor of South-East Asia Studies

Kessely Hong

Kessely Hong

Chair, Master in Public Administration programs; Senior Lecturer in Public Policy

Eliana La Ferrara

Eliana La Ferrara

Co-Chair, Master in Public Administration in International Development program; Professor of Public Policy

Rana Mitter

Rana Mitter

Chair, International and Global Affairs area; S.T. Lee Professor of U.S.-Asia Relations

Dani Rodrik

Dani Rodrik

Co-Chair, Master in Public Administration in International Development program; Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy

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Daniel Schneider

Chair, Social and Urban Policy area; Malcolm Wiener Professor of Social Policy

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Robert Stavins

Director, Graduate Studies for the Doctoral Programs in Public Policy and in Political Economy and Government; A.J. Meyer Professor of Energy and Economic Development

Directors and Executive Directors of Research Centers

Iris Bohnet

Iris Bohnet

Co-Director, Women and Public Policy Program; Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government

Hannah Riley Bowles

Co-Director, Women and Public Policy Program; Co-Director, Center for Public Leadership; Chair, Management, Leadership, and Decision Sciences area; Roy E. Larsen Senior Lecturer in Public Policy and Management

Tim Glynn-Burke

Tim Glynn-Burke

Executive Director, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation

Rafael Carbonell

Executive Director, Taubman Center for State and Local Government

Natalie Colbert

Natalie Colbert

Executive Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

Jorrit de Jong

Jorrit de Jong

Director, Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University; Emma Bloomberg Senior Lecturer in Public Policy and Management

Anthony Foxx

Co-Director, Center for Public Leadership; Emma Bloomberg Professor of the Practice of Public Leadership

Archon Fung

Archon Fung

Director, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation; Winthrop Laflin McCormack Professor of Citizenship and Self-Government

Maggie Gates

Maggie Gates

Executive Director, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy

Nancy Gibbs

Nancy Gibbs

Lombard Director, Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy; Edward R. Murrow Professor of Practice of Press, Politics and Public Policy

John Haigh

John Haigh

Co-Director, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government; Lecturer in Public Policy

Asim Kwaja

Asim Khwaja

Director, Center for International Development; Sumitomo-FASID Professor of International Finance and Development

Jeffrey Liebman

Jeffrey Liebman

Director, Taubman Center for State and Local Government; Malcolm Wiener Professor of Public Policy

David Margalit

David Margalit

Executive Director, Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University

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Laura Manley

Executive Director, Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy

Dan Murphy

Executive Director, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government

Meghan O'Sullivan

Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Kirkpatrick Professor of the Practice of International Affairs

Nicole Carter Quinn

Nicole Carter Quinn

Executive Director, Women and Public Policy Program

Mathias Risse

Mathias Risse

Director, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy; Lucius N. Littauer Professor of Philosophy and Public Administration

Sandra Susan Smith

Sandra Susan Smith

Director, Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy; Daniel & Florence Guggenheim Professor of Criminal Justice, HKS; Professor of Sociology, FAS; Carol K. Pforzheimer Professor, Radcliffe

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Fatema Z. Sumar

Executive Director, Center for International Development

Lawrence Summers

Lawrence Summers

Director, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government; Charles W. Eliot University Professor

Setti Warren

Setti Warren

Director, Institute of Politics

Barbara Whalen

Barbara Whalen

Executive Director, Wiener Center for Social Policy

Other Senior Administrators

Matt Alper

Matt Alper

Senior Associate Dean, Research Policy and Administration

Pam Cozza

Pam Cozza

Chief Human Resources Officer

Jeita deng

Jeita Deng

Associate Dean, Finance; Chief Financial Officer

Debra Iles

Debra Iles

Senior Associate Dean, Executive Education

Arthi Kasetty

Arthi Kasetty

Chief of Campus Operations

Farhat (Meena) Lakhavani

Farhat (Meena) Lakhavani

Chief Information Officer

Christina Sirois

Christina Sirois

Chief Research Data & Privacy Officer and HKS Librarian

James Smith

Interim Chief Communications Officer

Ariadne Valsamis

Ariadne Valsamis

Interim Associate Dean, Alumni Relations and Resource Development Office