“The Harvard Kennedy School's academic and administrative leaders advance our mission to improve public policy and public leadership. Working together and with other faculty, staff, and students, these leaders strengthen the School’s teaching, research, and practice.”
—Dean Douglas Elmendorf
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Core Administrators
Associate Dean, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging
Academic Dean, Faculty Engagement; Frank Stanton Professor of the First Amendment
Academic Dean, Teaching and Curriculum; Edith M. Stokey Senior Lecturer in Public Policy
Academic Dean; Isabelle and Scott Black Professor of Political Economy; Professor of Education and Economics, HGSE
Dean; Don K. Price Professor of Public Policy
Senior Associate Dean, Degree Programs and Student Affairs
Senior Associate Dean, Alumni Relations and Resource Development
Senior Policy Advisor and Chief of Staff to the Dean; Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy
Directors of Academic Areas and Degree Programs
Chair, Markets, Business, and Government area; Roy E. Larsen Professor of Public Policy
Chair, Democracy, Politics, and Institutions area; Marvin Kalb Professor of Global Communications
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
Chair, International and Global Affairs area; Professor of Public Policy
Chair, Master in Public Policy Program; Raymond Vernon Senior Lecturer in Public Policy
Chair, Social and Urban Policy area; Peter Wertheim Professor in Urban Policy
Chair, International Development area; Jeffrey Cheah Professor of South-East Asia Studies
Chair, Master in Public Administration programs; Senior Lecturer in Public Policy
Chair, Master in Public Administration in International Development program; Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy
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
Co-Director, Women and Public Policy Program; Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government
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
Executive Director, Institute of Politics
Executive Director, Programs; Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation
Executive Director, Taubman Center for State and Local Government
Executive Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Director, Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University; Emma Bloomberg Senior Lecturer in Public Policy and Management
Director, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation; Winthrop Laflin McCormack Professor of Citizenship and Self-Government
Executive Director, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy
Lombard Director, Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy; Edward R. Murrow Professor of Practice of Press, Politics and Public Policy
Co-Director, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government; Lecturer in Public Policy
Executive Director, Center for Public Leadership
Director, Center for International Development; Sumitomo-FASID Professor of International Finance and Development
Director, Taubman Center for State and Local Government; Malcolm Wiener Professor of Public Policy
Executive Director, Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University
Executive Director, Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy
Executive Director, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government
Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Kirkpatrick Professor of the Practice of International Affairs
Co-Director, Center for Public Leadership; Professor of the Practice of Public Leadership
Executive Director, Women and Public Policy Program
Director, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy; Lucius N. Littauer Professor of Philosophy and Public Administration
Director, Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy; Daniel & Florence Guggenheim Professor of Criminal Justice, HKS; Professor of Sociology, FAS; Carol K. Pforzheimer Professor, Radcliffe
Executive Director, Center for International Development
Director, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government; Charles W. Eliot University Professor
Director, Institute of Politics
Executive Director, Wiener Center for Social Policy
Other Senior Administrators
Senior Associate Dean, Research Policy and Administration
Chief Communications Officer
Chief Human Resources Officer
Associate Dean, Finance; Chief Financial Officer
Senior Associate Dean, Executive Education
Chief of Campus Operations
Chief Information Officer
Executive Director, Library & Research Services; Privacy Officer for Research
Executive Director, Alumni Relations and Resource Development Office