Harvard Kennedy School's Dean's Council comprises leaders from various sectors who believe in improving public policy and public leadership around the globe. Members provide financial support and practical advice that allow the School to advance positive change at the local, state, national, and international levels so people can live in societies that are more safe, free, just, and sustainably prosperous.
For additional information on the Dean’s Council or to arrange a membership payment, please contact the Dean's Council team.
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“Members of the Dean’s Council provide crucial unrestricted funding and valuable advice that make it possible for the Kennedy School to launch new initiatives, respond to emerging issues, and provide financial aid to students who otherwise would not be able to attend the School. The generosity of these friends makes the Kennedy School a more powerful force for good in the world, and we are tremendously grateful for their support.”
— DOUGLAS W. ELMENDORF, DEAN AND DON K. PRICE PROFESSOR OF PUBLIC POLICY
CHAIR
CHAIRs EMERITi
Laurence D. Belfer AB 1988
Peter L. Malkin AB 1955, JD 1958
Vice CHAIRs
Ceci Chan
Daniel Goldberg LLM 2001
Rod Miller MPP 1990
Leadership Circle
Members of the Dean's Council Leadership Circle provide enhanced financial support to Harvard Kennedy School, giving the School more flexibility to respond to emerging challenges and opportunities.
Ewa Abraham
Palm Beach, Florida
S.D. Abraham
Palm Beach, Florida
Geraldine Acuña-Sunshine AB 1992, MPP 1996
President, Sunshine Care Foundation for Neurological Care and Research
Boston, Massachusetts
Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki
Ambassador-at-Large
Athens, Greece
Andrew T. Balls MPA 1998
Chief Investment Officer for Global Fixed Income, PIMCO Europe Ltd
London, United Kingdom
Mary Boies
Counsel, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP
Armonk, New York
Ceci Chan
Founder, ACE91
New York, New York
Karen A. Frank MBA 1997
Former Global Head of Equity Division, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP)
London, United Kingdom
Daniel K. Goldberg LLM 2001
Partner, Lumina Capital Management
São Paulo, Brazil
Reinhard Gorenflos MPA 1989
Founder and CEO of Tua Res Foundation
Munich, Germany
Charles H. Grice MPP 1985
Managing Director, CRI Compliance LLC
New York, New York
Ahmed Ben Halim
Founding Partner, The Capital Partnership
London, United Kingdom
Fred Hu PhD 1993
Founder and Chairman, Primavera Capital Group
Hong Kong, SAR
Frank Jao (Triệu Như Phát)
Founder, Bridgecreek Group
Founder, Molecule USA Inc.
Huntington Beach, California
Pierre Keller
Former Managing Partner, Banque Lombard Odier & SA
Geneva, Switzerland
Peter L. Malkin AB 1955, JD 1958
Chairman Emeritus, Empire State Realty Trust, Inc.
Chairman, Malkin Holdings LLC
New York, New York
Scott D. Malkin AB 1980, MBA 1983, JD 1984
Chairman, Value Retail PLC & SD Malkin Properties
London, United Kingdom
Bashar Masri
Chairman, Massar International
Rawabi, Palestine
Rod Miller MPP 1990
Partner, Milbank
New York, New York
Paul J. Much MC/MPA 2009
Chicago, Illinois
Steven Rattner
Chairman and CEO, Willet Advisers LLC
New York, New York
Sean C. Rush MC/MPA 2007
President Emeritus, JA Worldwide
Weston, Massachusetts
Vincent J. Ryan
Chairman, Schooner Capital
Boston, Massachusetts
Gabriel B. Sunshine AB 1991
Partner, Bracebridge Capital
Boston, Massachusetts
Erica L. Wax MPP 1997
Co-founder, Impact 100 London
London, United Kingdom
Guang Yang MBA 1995
Vice Chairman of CTH Group and Atlas Technology
Miami, FL
Fady Abouchalache MBA 1992, MPA 1993
Founding Partner, TriSpan
London, United Kingdom
Charles Akinola MC/MPA 2010
Hyattsville, MD
Mohammed Alardhi HKSEE 1992, MC/MPA 2004
Investcorp House
London, United Kingdom
William E. Aliski MC/MPA 1987
Consultant
Boston, MA
Abayomi Awobokun
Chief Executive Officer, Enyo Retail and Supply Ltd
Lagos, Nigeria
Thomas C. Barry MBA 1969
President and CEO, Zephyr Management
New York, NY
Harvey Beker
Chairman, Millburn Ridgefield Corporation
New York, NY, and Boston, MA
Lisa M. Bellucci MC/MPA 1997
Global Corporate Affairs Lead, Pfizer Inc.
New York, NY
Steven J. Berger AB 1979, MBA 1983
Vice Chair and CFO, Weld North LLC
New York, NY
Scott M. Black MBA 1971
President and Founder, Delphi Management
Boston, MA
Krzysztof F. Bocian MC/MPA 2017
Chairman, Eastport Capital
Warsaw, Poland
Marc Bodnick AB 1990
Entrepreneur and venture capitalist
Atherton, CA
Osman Boyner MPA 2001
Founder and CEO, BEDEO
London, United Kingdom
Hermann Friedrich Bruhn MBA 2001
Owner and CEO, Hermann Friedrich Bruhn Group
Hamburg, Germany
James Cashel MD 1989, MPP 1991
Chairman, Forum One
Arlington, VA
Richard E. Cavanagh MBA 1970
Senior Advisor, Fremont Group
Lecturer, Harvard Kennedy School
Cambridge, MA
Adrian C. Cheng AB 2002
Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, New World Development Company Limited
Hong Kong SAR
Anne Chiou MPP 2005
Head of Programs, Business and Policy, Asia Society Hong Kong Center
Hong Kong SAR
Jamie A. Cooper MPA 1994
Chair and President, Big Win Philanthropy
London, United Kingdom
Howard E. Cox Jr. MBA 1969
Greylock Partners
Boston, MA
Bharat Desai
Former Chairman and Co-founder, Syntel, Inc.
Miami, FL
Edward Dong
Founding Chair, U.S.-China Committee, International Leadership Foundation
Los Angeles, California
Zach Chao Du
Champion for Children, UNICEF; Senior Advisor Smart Growth Committee, Deloitte China
Shanghai, China
Ellen K. Dyvik AB 1987, MPA 1990
Founder & CEO, EN Capital Advisory Limited
London, United Kingdom
Ernesto F. Fernández-Holmann MPA 1966, PhD 1968
Chair, Ayucus
Miami, FL
Claire L. Fitzalan Howard
Non-executive Director, Schroders Plc and Caledonia Invesments Plc
Trustee, Mallinckrodt Foundation and Schroder Foundation
London, United Kingdom
Timothy Franks
Partner, Private Equity, KKR
London, United Kingdom
Gayle Gao, MC/MPA 2003
Chairman, Lakewood Charitable Foundation
Delaware, OH
Ana Paula Gerard Rivero MC/MPA 1995
Mexico City, Mexico, and London, United Kingdom
Margaret “Meg” Gifford MPA 1986
New York, NY
Dionisio Gutiérrez
President, Fundación Libertad y Desarrollo
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Fernando Gutierrez-Eddy MC/MPA 2009
Chief, Resource Mobilization and Partner Relations, UN Women
New York, NY
Serena Harding-Jones Lese MC/MPA 2020
Trustee, American Repertory Theater
New York, NY
John R. Hargrove MC/MPA 2012
Hargrove Law Group
Boca Raton, FL
Darryll Hendricks MPP 1988, PhD 1992
Managing Director, UBS
New York, NY
Nicolaus Henke MPA 1990
Senior Partner, McKinsey & Co.
London, United Kingdom
Kenneth A. Hersh
President and CEO, George W. Bush Presidential Center
Dallas, TX
Dwight Hutchins MC/MPA 1996
Global Managing Director, Accenture
Washington, DC
Frank F. Islam
Chairman and CEO, FI Investment Group
Potomac, MD
Malik Ahmad Jalal MPA/ID 2011
Founder and CEO, Cordoba Ventures
Karachi, Pakistan
Carlos Jereissati
President/CEO, Iguatemi Empresa de Shopping Centers
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Tasso Jereissati
Senator, Federal Senate of Brazil
Fortaleza, Brazil
Maha J. Kaddoura MC/MPA 2000
President, Kaddoura Charitable Foundation
Beirut, Lebanon
Latifa Kosta
Philanthropist
London, United Kingdom
George Kounelakis
ENA Investment Capital
London, United Kingdom
Nicholas Kukrika MPP 2007
Partner, Generation Investment Management LLP
London, United Kingdom
Shan Li
CEO, Silkroad Finance Corporation
Hong Kong SAR
Yanchun (Lily) Li
Chairperson, Harvard Wealth Strategy and Management LLC
Co-founder, UBI Blockchain Internet
Beijing, China
Hermann Liu MPA 2004
Managing Partner, Lakewood Capital
Delaware, OH
Andrónico Luksic
Chairman, Luksic Group
Santiago, Chile
Brandt C. Louie
CEO and Chair, H. Y. Louie Company
Burnaby, BC, Canada
Eugenio Madero
CEO, Rassini
Mexico City, Mexico
Mohamed L. Mansour
Chairman, Mansour Group
London, United Kingdom
Lindsey McMurray
Managing Partner, Pollen Street Capital
London, United Kingdom
Eric M. Mindich AB 1988
Former CEO, Eton Park Capital Management
New York, NY
Anthony P. Morris
Principal, Morris Company
Boston, MA
Stanley Motta
Chairman, Inversiones Bahia, Ltd. and Copa Holdings
Republic of Panama
André Müller-Wegner MPA 2005
Managing Director, UBS
Zürich, Switzerland
Christian Long Oberbeck
CEO and Co-founder, Saratoga Partners
New York, NY
Hilda M. Ochoa-Brillembourg MC/MPA 1972, HKSEE 2002
Chairman Emeritus, Strategic Investment Partners Inc.
Arlington, VA
Michael Olshan AB 2004
Founder and Managing Partner, O-Corp Investments
New York, NY
Minnie R. Osmeña MC/MPA, HKSEE
President, Minnie Osmeña Foundation
New York, NY
Dwight Poler
Senior Advisor; former Managing Director, Head of Europe PE, Bain Capital LLC Founder and CEO, Climate Change Mitigation Fund, AccelR8
Boston, MA
Sean Rowland MPA 1997
Executive Chairman, Hibernia College
Dublin, Ireland
Elliot J. Schrage AB 1981, JD 1986, MPP 1986
Author
San Francisco, CA
Enrique Segura
Founding Chairman of the Board & Chairman, ENSE Group
Washington, DC
Anthony Tamer MBA 1986
Founder and Co-CEO, HIG Capital
Miami, FL
Emil Tedeschi
CEO, Atlantic Grupa
Zagreb, Croatia
Lynn Thoman MBA 1979
Professor, Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs
Founder, 3 Takeaways on Apple Podcasts
New York, NY
Jesús Viejo Gonzalez MPP 1998
Chairman, Trefilia Capital
Monterrey, Mexico
Brooke N. Wade
President, Wade Capital Corporation
Vancouver, BC, Canada
George White
Of Counsel, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Alexandria, VA
Patricia White
Alexandria, VA
Malcolm H. Wiener AB 1957, JD 1963
Malcolm Hewitt Wiener Foundation
Greenwich, CT
Mark Wittcoff HKS PLC 2022
Chairman, KW Commercial Landmark
Beverly Hills, CA
Howard Wolk MC/MPA 2002
Co-President, The Cross Country Group
Medford, MA
Joanne Yoo MPA 2006
Managing Director, Development Partners International
London, United Kingdom
Given the global pandemic, we are offering enhanced opportunities for members of the Dean's Council and Dean's Council Leadership Circle to engage virtually with HKS faculty and each other.
Benefits and responsibilities for members of the Leadership Circle of the Dean’s Council include:
- Make an annual contribution of $50,000 to the HKS Fund.
- All the benefits of membership on the Dean’s Council plus additional opportunities, including but not limited to:
- Enhanced listing with a short biography and photo in the roster of Harvard Kennedy School's Dean’s Council on the School’s website.
- Invitation to participate in a Leadership Circle roundtable discussion hosted by the dean and chair of the Dean’s Council before the fall meeting in Cambridge.
- Invitation to an exclusive Leadership Circle event in conjunction with the spring meeting of the Council (typically in London).
Benefits and responsibilities for all members of the Dean's Council include:
- Make an annual contribution of $25,000 to the HKS Fund.
- Membership listing in the roster of Harvard Kennedy School's Dean’s Council on the School’s website.
- Listing in Harvard Kennedy School's Annual Report of Giving & Alumni Engagement.
- Invitations to two annual meetings of the Council, typically held in Cambridge and London.
- Regular communications from the dean of Harvard Kennedy School, including news and requests for feedback on how the School is training public leaders to address shared challenges.
- Invitations to participate in the Wiener Conference Call series, which offers the opportunity to ask questions of expert faculty on a range of timely issues.
- Priority access to Harvard Kennedy School events, including gatherings at the School’s John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum.
Additional responsibilities of all members of the Dean's Council:
- Commit to a three-year term, subject to renewal upon agreement by both the member and Harvard Kennedy School.
- Uphold the mission and values of Harvard Kennedy School and, in dealings with the HKS community, adhere to the Harvard Kennedy School Code of Conduct.
- Make an annual contribution of $25,000 to the HKS Fund, which provides crucial unrestricted support for Harvard Kennedy School’s highest priorities.
- Consider an additional leadership gift once per each three-year term to support a specific Harvard Kennedy School project or initiative.
- Serve as an ambassador for Harvard Kennedy School by working to raise the visibility of the School’s achievements, people, and mission.
- Engage more closely with Harvard Kennedy School. Opportunities include:
- Host a networking event to recruit new members during each three-year term.
- Encourage your employer to post job opportunities in the HKS job bank used by graduating students and alumni.
- Host an event for Dean’s Council members, students, or alumni.
- Sponsor a current student for a summer internship.
- Invite a student to shadow you at your job during winter break.
- Serve as a Policy Analysis Exercise client for second-year MPP students.
- Other opportunities to engage based on interest and alignment with the School’s mission.
For Members Only:
View the password-protected Dean’s Council contact list.