“The Harvard Kennedy School's academic and administrative leaders advance our mission to improve public policy and public leadership. By doing the right sorts of work in the right ways, we can ensure that the Kennedy School is a powerful force for good in the world.”
—Dean Douglas Elmendorf
Core Administration
Iris Bohnet
Academic Dean; Co-Director of the Women and Public Policy Program; Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government
Robbin Chapman
Associate Dean for Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging
Suzanne Cooper
Academic Dean for Teaching and Curriculum; Edith M. Stokey Senior Lecturer in Public Policy
Doug Elmendorf
Dean; Don K. Price Professor of Public Policy
Debbie Isaacson
Senior Associate Dean for Degree Programs and Student Affairs
Christy Jackowitz
Senior Associate Dean for Alumni Relations and Resource Development
Thoko Moyo
Associate Dean for Communications and Public Affairs
Sarah Wald
Senior Policy Advisor and Chief of Staff to the Dean; Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy
Janney Wilson
Executive Dean
Directors of Research Centers, Academic Areas, and Degree Programs
Arthur Applbaum
Chair of the Democracy, Politics, and Institutions area; Adams Professor of Political Leadership and Democratic Values
Christopher Avery
Chair of the Markets, Business, and Government area; Roy E. Larsen Professor of Public Policy
Iris Bohnet
Academic Dean; Co-Director of the Women and Public Policy Program; Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government
Hannah Riley Bowles
Co-Director of the Women and Public Policy Program; Chair of the Management, Leadership, and Decision Sciences area; Roy E. Larsen Senior Lecturer in Public Policy and Management
Ash Carter
Director of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Belfer Professor of Technology and Global Affairs
Amitabh Chandra
Chair of Social and Urban Policy area; Director of Health Policy Research; Ethel Zimmerman Wiener Professor of Public Policy
William Clark
Chair of the International and Global Affairs area; Harvey Brooks Professor of International Science, Public Policy and Human Development
David Deming
Director of the Wiener Center for Social Policy; Professor of Public Policy
Jack Donahue
Chair of the Master of Public Policy program; Raymond Vernon Senior Lecturer in Public Policy
Mark Gearan
Director of the Institute of Politics
Nancy Gibbs
Director of the Shorenstein Center for Media, Politics and Public Policy; Edward R. Murrow Professor of Practice of Press, Politics and Public Policy
Rema Hanna
Chair of the International Development area; Jeffrey Cheah Professor of South-East Asia Studies
Kessely Hong
Chair of the Master of Public Administration programs; Lecturer in Public Policy
Asim Khwaja
Director of the Center for International Development; Sumitomo-Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development Professor of International Finance and Development
Jeff Liebman
Director of the Taubman Center for State and Local Government; Malcolm Wiener Professor of Public Policy
Mathias Risse
Director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy; Lucius N. Littauer Professor of Philosophy and Public Administration
Dani Rodrik
Chair of the Master of Public Administration in International Development program; Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy
Tony Saich
Director of the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation; Daewoo Professor of International Affairs
Wendy Sherman
Director of the Center for Public Leadership; Professor of the Practice of Public Leadership
Robert Stavins
Chair of the Doctoral programs; A.J. Meyer Professor of Energy and Economic Development
Lawrence Summers
Director of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government; Charles W. Eliot University Professor