Center for Public Leadership
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The Center for Public Leadership is an American learning institution that provides teaching, research and training in the practical skills of leadership for people in government, nonprofits, and business. It was established in 2000, through a gift from the Wexner Foundation
, at Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University
. In January 2008 the center moved from its offices at 124 Mt. Auburn Street to its current location in the Taubman Building on the main campus of Harvard Kennedy School in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Wexner Foundation
The Wexner Foundation is a charitable organization designed to enhance Jewish leadership founded by Leslie Wexner, CEO of Limited Brands and his wife, Abigail Wexner in Columbus, Ohio...
, at Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
. In January 2008 the center moved from its offices at 124 Mt. Auburn Street to its current location in the Taubman Building on the main campus of Harvard Kennedy School in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Faculty Affiliates
- David R. GergenDavid GergenDavid Richmond Gergen is an American political consultant and former presidential advisor who served during the administrations of Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and Clinton. He is currently Director of the Center for Public Leadership and a professor of public service at Harvard Kennedy School. Gergen is...
, Faculty Director - Hannah Riley Bowles, Research Director
- Celia Maria Gonzalez
- Ronald Heifetz
- Swanee HuntSwanee HuntSwanee Grace Hunt , Eleanor Roosevelt Lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, is the founding director of the at the Kennedy School, and former United States Ambassador to Austria....
- Barbara Kellerman
- Jennifer LernerJennifer LernerJennifer Lerner is an experimental social psychologist known for her research in emotion, effects on judgment and decision making. She is currently a professor of Public Policy and Management at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government as well as the Faculty Director of the Harvard Decision Science...
- Joseph S. Nye, Jr.Joseph NyeJoseph Samuel Nye, Jr. is the co-founder, along with Robert Keohane, of the international relations theory neoliberalism, developed in their 1977 book Power and Interdependence. Together with Keohane, he developed the concepts of asymmetrical and complex interdependence...
- Todd Rogers
- Dean Williams
Fellowships
Six fellowships at Harvard University are currently operated by the center, including: the Dubin Fellowship for Emerging Leaders, the George Leadership Fellowship, the Gleitsman Leadership Fellowship, Reynolds Foundation Fellowship for Social Entrepreneurship, Wexner Israel Fellowship, and the Zuckerman Fellowship.Gleitsman Program in Leadership for Social Change
Through a gift of $20 million from the estate of Alan Gleitsman, the center endowed the Gleitsman Program in Leadership for Social Change in 2007. The program supports the annual Gleitsman International Activist Award and Gleitsman Citizen Activist Award (given on alternating years), Gleitsman Leadership Fellows, and social change scholarship.Gleitsman International Activist Award winners
- 2009 – Karen Tse, founder of International Bridges to JusticeInternational Bridges to JusticeInternational Bridges to Justice is a non-governmental organization based in Geneva, Switzerland. The organization's stated mission is "to protect the basic legal rights of ordinary citizens in developing countries by guaranteeing all citizens the right to competent legal representation, the right...
- 2007 – Sakena YacoobiSakena YacoobiSakena Yacoobi is the founder of the .Dr. Sakena Yacoobi is Executive Director of the Afghan Institute of Learning , an Afghan women-led NGO she founded in 1995. The organization was established to provide teacher training to Afghan women, to support education for boys and girls, and to provide...
, executive director of the Afghan Institute of Learning - 2005 – Han DongfangHan DongfangHan Dongfang has been an advocate for workers' rights in China for more than two decades during which time he has won numerous international awards including the 1993 Democracy Award from the U.S...
, advocate of the worker's movement in China; Patrick Alley, Charmian Gooch, and Simon TaylorSimon TaylorSimon Taylor may refer to:*Simon Taylor , drummer for InMe*Simon Taylor , Scottish professional rugby union footballer*Simon Taylor , convict ship to Western Australia...
, founders of Global WitnessGlobal WitnessGlobal Witness is an international NGO established in 1993 that works to break the links between natural resource exploitation, conflict, poverty, corruption, and human rights abuses worldwide. The organisation has offices in London and Washington, D.C.. Global Witness states that it does not have... - 2003 – Leaders in the fight against poverty: Fazle Hasan AbedFazle Hasan AbedSir Fazle Hasan Abed, KCMG is a social worker with dual Bangladeshi/ British nationality and the founder and chairman of BRAC . For his outstanding contributions to social improvement, he has received the Ramon Magsaysay Award, the UNDP Mahbub Ul Haq Award and the inaugural Clinton Global Citizen...
, Founder of BRAC (Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee); Jaya Arunachalam, Founder of the Working Women's ForumWorking Women's ForumThe Working Women's Forum is a women's organisation in southern India. It was founded in 1978 by Jaya Arunachalam in Madras . The WWF aims to empower poor women in southern India by providing microcredits, a trade union, health care and training...
; Roman Imboden, Developer of the Multifunctional Platform; and Roy ProstermanRoy ProstermanRoy Prosterman is Professor Emeritus of Law at the University of Washington and the founder of the Rural Development Institute , which changed its name to Landesa in January 2011. He is also active in the fields of land reform, rural development, and foreign aid...
, Founder of the Rural Development InstituteRural Development InstituteThe Rural Development Institute was established in 1989 by Brandon University as an academic research center focusing on issues affecting rural communities in Western Canada and elsewhere... - 2001 - Bernie Krisher, Creator of Schools in Cambodia; Martin MacwanMartin MacwanMartin Macwan is a evangelist active in Gujurat, India. From the Dalit community, he nearly escaped death in 1986 when colleagues were murdered during a land rights campaign. He founded the Navsarjan Trust in 1989 to promote the rights of Dalits, addressing issues of land rights, minimum wages, and...
, Advocate of DalitDalitDalit is a designation for a group of people traditionally regarded as Untouchable. Dalits are a mixed population, consisting of numerous castes from all over South Asia; they speak a variety of languages and practice a multitude of religions...
's Rights - 1999 - Advocates for reconciliation in the Middle East: Mahmoud AbbasMahmoud AbbasMahmoud Abbas , also known by the kunya Abu Mazen , has been the Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organisation since 11 November 2004 and became President of the Palestinian National Authority on 15 January 2005 on the Fatah ticket.Elected to serve until 9 January 2009, he unilaterally...
(Abu Mazen); Yossi BeilinYossi BeilinDr. Yosef "Yossi" Beilin is a left-wing Israeli politician and a former Knesset member, Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister and Justice Minister, representing both the Labor Party and Meretz-Yachad, of which he served as chairman between 2003 and 2006. He is best known for his involvement with the...
; Bassem Eid; Yitzhak Frankenthal, Galia Golan http://www.israelpolicyforum.org/users/galia-golan, Faisal HusseiniFaisal HusseiniFaisal Abdel Qader Al-Husseini was a Palestinian politician who was considered a possible future leader of the Palestinian people....
, Terje Rod Larsen and Mona JuulMona JuulMona Juul is an official in the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and former politician for the Labour Party.She hailed from Sparbu, and was educated in political science. Along with her husband Terje Rød-Larsen she played a key role in the Oslo Accords...
, Ahmed Qurie (Abu Ala)http://us.macmillan.com/author/ahmedqurie, Uri SavirUri SavirUri Savir is an Israeli diplomat and politician. He served as a member of the Knesset between 1999 and 2001.-Biography:...
and Stanley SheinbaumStanley SheinbaumStanley K. Sheinbaum is an American political peace and human rights activist.-Early life:Sheinbaum was born in 1920 in New York city. The family was at one point quite wealthy as a result of his father's leather goods business. But, they lost their fortune in the Great Depression...
. Posthumous Awards in memory of Anwar SadatAnwar SadatMuhammad Anwar al-Sadat was the third President of Egypt, serving from 15 October 1970 until his assassination by fundamentalist army officers on 6 October 1981...
, Yitzhak RabinYitzhak Rabin' was an Israeli politician, statesman and general. He was the fifth Prime Minister of Israel, serving two terms in office, 1974–77 and 1992 until his assassination in 1995....
and King Hussein bin Talal of Jordan - 1997 - Maria Adela Antokoletz, Argentinean founder of the Madres de Plaza de Mayo (Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo); Muhammad YunusMuhammad YunusMuhammad Yunus is a Bangladeshi economist and founder of the Grameen Bank, an institution that provides microcredit to help its clients establish creditworthiness and financial self-sufficiency. In 2006 Yunus and Grameen received the Nobel Peace Prize...
, Bangladeshi lender to the poor - 1995 - José Ramos-Horta, East Timor independence advocate; Serge and Beate KlarsfeldSerge and Beate KlarsfeldSerge and Beate Klarsfeld are activists known for engaging in Holocaust documentation and anti-Nazi activism...
, Nazi hunters - 1993 - Nelson MandelaNelson MandelaNelson Rolihlahla Mandela served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, and was the first South African president to be elected in a fully representative democratic election. Before his presidency, Mandela was an anti-apartheid activist, and the leader of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing...
, Former African National CongressAfrican National CongressThe African National Congress is South Africa's governing Africanist political party, supported by its tripartite alliance with the Congress of South African Trade Unions and the South African Communist Party , since the establishment of non-racial democracy in April 1994. It defines itself as a...
President; Wei JingshengWei JingshengWei Jingsheng is a Chinese activist known for his involvement in the Chinese democracy movement, most prominent for authoring the document Fifth Modernization on the "Democracy Wall" in Beijing in 1978. He is generally known for getting arrested and spending 15 years in prison due to the document...
, Advocate for Democracy in China. Posthumous Awards in memory of Helen JosephHelen JosephHelen Joseph , a South African anti-apartheid activist, was born in Easebourne near Midhurst West Sussex, England and graduated from King's College London, in 1927. After working as a teacher in India for three years, Helen came to South Africa in 1931, where she met and married Billie Joseph...
and Petra KellyPetra KellyPetra Karin Kelly was a German politician and activist. She was instrumental in founding the German Green Party, the first Green party to rise to prominence worldwide.- Early life :...
Gleitsman Citizen Activist Award winners
- 2010 – Susan Burton, founder of A New Way of Life Reentry Project
- 2008 – Bill Shore, founder of Share Our StrengthShare our StrengthShare Our Strength is a national organization working to end childhood hunger in the United States. Share Our Strength holds culinary events, solicits individual donations, and utilizes social media efforts to raise funds which are then used to fund long-term solutions to the hunger problem...
- 2006 – Ron Grzywinski and Mary Houghton, founders of Shore Bank; Gloria SteinemGloria SteinemGloria Marie Steinem is an American feminist, journalist, and social and political activist who became nationally recognized as a leader of, and media spokeswoman for, the women's liberation movement in the late 1960s and 1970s...
, citizen activist; Julie StewartJulie Stewart- Biography :Julie Stewart studied acting in Montreal at the National Theatre School of Canada and now makes her home in Toronto. She was the star of the Canadian television series Cold Squad. Her credits also include continuing roles in Chasing Rainbows, North of 60 and The Border.- External links :...
, founder of Families Against Mandatory MinimumsFamilies Against Mandatory MinimumsFamilies Against Mandatory Minimums is a USA nonprofit organization founded in 1991 to challenge what they believe to be the inflexible and excessive penalties required by mandatory sentencing laws... - 2004 – K-12 education advocates: Christopher Barbic, Yvonne Chan, Michael Feinberg & David Levin, Bertha Lewis, Michelle Rhee, Mark Rosenbaum, J.B.Schramm, Agnes Stevens, Margot Stern Strom, and Kevin Sved & Johnathan Williams
- 2002 – Mike FarrellMike FarrellMichael Joseph "Mike" Farrell is an American actor, best known for his role as Captain B.J. Hunnicutt on the television series M*A*S*H . He is an activist for politically liberal causes....
, activist and actor; Mimi Silbert, founder of Delancey Street FoundationDelancey Street FoundationThe Delancey Street Foundation, often simply referred to as Delancey Street, is a non-profit organization based in San Francisco that provides residential rehabilitation services and vocational training for substance abusers and convicted criminals... - 2000 – Jack KevorkianJack KevorkianJacob "Jack" Kevorkian , commonly known as "Dr. Death", was an American pathologist, euthanasia activist, painter, composer and instrumentalist. He is best known for publicly championing a terminal patient's right to die via physician-assisted suicide; he said he assisted at least 130 patients to...
, end-of-life issues activist; Bryan Stevenson, founder and Executive Director, Equal Justice Initiative http://www.eji.org/eji/ - 1998 – Anti-Tobacco Advocates: Dr. Alan Blum http://old.cchs.ua.edu/faculty/blum.cfm, Stanton GlantzStanton GlantzStanton Arnold Glantz, Ph.D. is Professor of Medicine , American Legacy Foundation Distinguished Professor of Tobacco Control, and Director of the at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine. Glantz's research focuses on the health effects of tobacco smoking...
, Former Vice President Al GoreAl GoreAlbert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. served as the 45th Vice President of the United States , under President Bill Clinton. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for President in the 2000 U.S. presidential election....
, former Washington Attorney General Christine GregoireChristine GregoireChristine O'Grady "Chris" Gregoire is the 22nd and current Governor of the state of Washington, and a member of the Democratic Party. Gregoire defeated Republican candidate Dino Rossi in 2004, and again in 2008. She is the second female governor of Washington...
, Dr. C. Everett KoopC. Everett KoopCharles Everett Koop, MD is an American pediatric surgeon and public health administrator. He was a vice admiral in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, and served as thirteenth Surgeon General of the United States under President Ronald Reagan from 1982 to 1989.-Early years:Koop was born...
, Janet Carol Mangini, Congressman Henry WaxmanHenry WaxmanHenry Arnold Waxman is the U.S. Representative for , serving in Congress since 1975. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He is considered to be one of the most influential liberal members of Congress...
, Jeffrey WigandJeffrey WigandJeffrey S. Wigand is a former vice president of research and development at Brown & Williamson in Louisville, Kentucky, who worked on the development of reduced-harm cigarettes...
, Merrell Williams, and Patricia Young - 1996 – Geraldine Jensen, founder of the Association for Children for the Enforcement of Support; Tanya Tull, Founder of Beyond Shelter http://www.beyondshelter.org/home.html
- 1994 – Wendy KoppWendy KoppWendy Sue Kopp is the CEO and Founder of Teach For America , the national teaching corps and the CEO of Teach For All.-Background:...
, Founder of Teach for America; Ralph NaderRalph NaderRalph Nader is an American political activist, as well as an author, lecturer, and attorney. Areas of particular concern to Nader include consumer protection, humanitarianism, environmentalism, and democratic government.... - 1992 – Louis Clark, Executive Director of the Government Accountability Project http://www.whistleblower.org/index.php; William Wassmuth, founder of The Northwest Coalition Against Malicious Harassment
- 1991 – Karen NussbaumKaren NussbaumKaren Nussbaum , is the executive director of Working America, a community affiliate of the AFL-CIO. She co-founded the organization in 2003 and has overseen the group's climb to over 2.5 million members nationwide....
, co-founder of 9to5, National Association of Working Women9to5, National Association of Working Women9to5, National Association of Working Women is an organization established in 1973 that is dedicated to improving working conditions and ensuring the rights of women and families in the United States....
; Ann Wilson, Chairperson of the Board of Commissioners, Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee - 1990 – Sophia Bracy Harris, co-founder of the Federation of Child Care Centers of Alabama http://www.focalfocal.org/; Deborah C. McKeithan, creator of four national organizations to act as support networks for the disabled
Gleitsman Visiting Practitioners
- Cheryl Dorsey, President, Echoing GreenEchoing greenFor the electronic band, see The Echoing Green , for the poem see The Echoing GreenEchoing Green is a twenty year-old global non-profit organization operating in the area of early-stage social sector investing...
- Bill DraytonBill DraytonWilliam "Bill" Drayton is a social entrepreneur. Born in 1943 in New York City, U.S. Drayton was named by US News & World Report as one of America's 25 Best Leaders in 2005...
, founder and CEO, AshokaAshokaAshok Maurya or Ashoka , popularly known as Ashoka the Great, was an Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty who ruled almost all of the Indian subcontinent from ca. 269 BC to 232 BC. One of India's greatest emperors, Ashoka reigned over most of present-day India after a number of military conquests... - Alan KhazeiAlan KhazeiAlan Khazei is an American social entrepreneur. He is the founder and chief executive officer of Be the Change, Inc., a Boston-based group dedicated to building national coalitions of non-profit organizations and citizens to enact legislation on issues such as poverty and education...
, founder, Be the Change - Rebecca OnieRebecca OnieRebecca Onie is co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Health Leads.In 1996, during her sophomore year at Harvard College, Rebecca Onie founded Health Leads with Dr. Barry Zuckerman, Chair of Pediatrics at Boston Medical Center...
, founder, and Nell Perlmutter, Vice President of Field Operations and Partnerships, Project HEALTH - Bill Shore, founder, Share Our StrengthShare our StrengthShare Our Strength is a national organization working to end childhood hunger in the United States. Share Our Strength holds culinary events, solicits individual donations, and utilizes social media efforts to raise funds which are then used to fund long-term solutions to the hunger problem...
- Jeffrey WalkerJeffrey WalkerJeffrey Walker is a bass guitarist and vocalist from Windle, St Helens, UK. He is best known for his work with the death metal / grindcore band Carcass for which he is also the main lyricist. Before Carcass, he played in the punk band the Electro Hippies. After the demise of Carcass, he went on to...
, Chairman, Millennium PromiseMillennium PromiseMillennium Promise, or The Millennium Promise Alliance, Inc., is a non-profit organization incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware, dedicated to ending extreme poverty within our lifetime... - Andrew WolkAndrew WolkAndrew Wolk is founder and Chief Executive Officer of Root Cause, a Massachusetts-based non-profit that focuses on advancing innovation for social impact....
, founder and CEO, Root CauseRoot causeA root cause is rarely an initiating cause of a causal chain which leads to an outcome or effect of interest. Commonly, root cause is misused to describe the depth in the causal chain where an intervention could reasonably be implemented to change performance and prevent an undesirable outcome.In...
National Leadership Index
The Center for Public Leadership publishes an annual survey of Americans' confidence in the leaders, by sector, known as the National Leadership Index. The survey was first taken in 2005 under the direction of Professor Todd L. Pittinsky, Ph.D., Seth A. Rosenthal, Ph.D., Brian Welle, Ph.D., and R. Matthew Montoya, Ph.D.Past Affiliates
Since its founding in 2000, the Center for Public Leadership has hosted faculty, scholars, and practitioners for appointments ranging in length from one semester to multiple years.Faculty
- Todd L. Pittinsky, Associate Professor, Stony Brook University (Affiliated Faculty & Research Director, Center for Public Leadership, 2006–2010)
- Marshall CarterMarshall CarterMarshall Sylvester Carter was a lieutenant general in the United States Army.-Biography:...
, Chairman, New York Stock Exchange Group (Affiliated Faculty, 2003–2004; Senior Fellow, 2004–2006) - J. Richard Hackman, Edgar Pierce Professor of Social and Organizational Psychology, Harvard University (Affiliated Faculty, 2004–2005)
- Andy Zelleke, MBA Class of 1962 Senior Lecturer of Business Administration, Harvard Business School (Affiliated faculty, 2007-2011; Center Codirector, 2007-2009)
Visiting Scholars
- Deborah Ancona, Seley Distinguished Professor of Management, MIT Sloan School of Management (Visiting Scholar, 2010-2011)
- Roderick Kramer, William R. Kimball Professor of Organizational Behavior, Stanford Graduate School of Business (Visiting Scholar, 2005; Visiting Professor & Center Advisor, 2009–2010)
- Ruth Wageman, Associate Professor of Business Administration, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College (Visiting Scholar 2006)
- Kim CampbellKim CampbellAvril Phædra Douglas "Kim" Campbell, is a Canadian politician, lawyer, university professor, diplomat, and writer. She served as the 19th Prime Minister of Canada, serving from June 25, 1993, to November 4, 1993...
, former Prime Minister of Canada (Visiting Professor of Practice, 2001–2003; Senior Fellow, 2003–2006) - Warren BennisWarren BennisWarren Gamaliel Bennis is an American scholar, organizational consultant and author, widely regarded as a pioneer of the contemporary field of Leadership studies....
, University Professor, University of Southern California (Visiting Scholar, fall semesters, 2001, 2002, 2003)