Center for Public Leadership explained

Center for Public Leadership
Established:2000
Head Label:Co-Directors
Country:United States

The Center for Public Leadership (CPL) is an academic research center at Harvard University that provides teaching, research and training in the practical skills of leadership for people in government, nonprofits, and business. The center works to prepare its students to exercise leadership in a world responding to a rapidly expanding array of economic, political, and social challenges. Located at Harvard Kennedy School, CPL was established in 2000 through a gift from the Wexner Foundation.[1]

Directors

Hannah Riley Bowles and Deval Patrick currently serve as Co-Directors of the Center for Public Leadership.[2]

Hannah Riley Bowles

Hannah Riley Bowles, Roy E. Larsen Senior Lecturer in Public Policy and Management at HKS, was appointed Co-Director of CPL in May 2021 following the departure of Wendy Sherman.[3] An expert on gender in negotiation, Bowles also chairs the HKS Management, Leadership, and Decision Sciences (MLD) Area and co-directs the HKS Women and Public Policy Program (WAPPP).[4]

Deval Patrick

In February 2022, former Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick joined Harvard Kennedy School as Co-Director of CPL and Professor of the Practice of Public Leadership.[5] In January 2024, Harvard Kennedy School Dean Douglas Elmendorf announced that Patrick plans to step down from his co-directorship in June 2024. He will be succeeded by Kennedy School faculty member and former US Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx.[6]

Past Directors

David Gergen, former presidential advisor who served during the administrations of Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, and Bill Clinton, served as CPL director from 2000 to 2018. Gergen was succeeded by American diplomat Wendy R. Sherman.[7] Sherman directed CPL until early 2021, when she was appointed United States Deputy Secretary of State under President Joe Biden.[8] Previous directors also include Max Bazerman[9] and Ron Heifetz.[10]

Faculty and staff

CPL faculty affiliates include more than 40 faculty from across Harvard University, including Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard Business School, and the Harvard Graduate School of Education. The Center additionally employs more than 20 staff members supporting administration, research, events, engagement, fellowship support, and other Center activities.[11]

Fellowships

The Center for Public Leadership's fellowship programs provide tuition support and cohort-based co-curricular programming to students pursuing master's degrees at Harvard Kennedy School and other graduate schools across Harvard University.[12] Fellowship programs include:

Research initiatives

The following research initiatives are based at the Center for Public Leadership:[13]

Hauser Leaders Program

The Hauser Leaders Program allows high-profile leaders from across sectors to join CPL for up to two semesters to advise students and lead events. Hauser Leaders spend their time on campus teaching skill-building and leadership development workshops, engaging with key external stakeholders, and advising students and alumni[14]

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.[15] The program supports the annual Gleitsman International Activist Award and Gleitsman Citizen Activist Award, Gleitsman Leadership Fellows,[16] and social change scholarship.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: About. cpl.hks.harvard.edu. en. 2019-05-23.
  2. Web site: Directors . 2022-03-08 . cpl.hks.harvard.edu . en.
  3. Web site: Hannah Riley Bowles Announced as Center for Public Leadership Faculty Director . 2022-03-08 . cpl.hks.harvard.edu . en.
  4. Web site: Hannah Riley Bowles . 2022-03-08 . www.hks.harvard.edu . en.
  5. Web site: Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick appointed professor of practice and co-director of HKS's Center for Public Leadership . 2022-03-08 . www.hks.harvard.edu . en.
  6. Web site: 2024-01-23 . New leadership for HKS’s Center for Public Leadership . 2024-01-28 . www.hks.harvard.edu . en.
  7. Web site: 2018-08-28 . Wendy Sherman to succeed David Gergen at HKS's Center for Public Leadership . 2019-05-23 . Harvard Gazette . en-US.
  8. Web site: Axelrod . Tal . 2021-01-16 . Biden selects Wendy Sherman for No. 2 State Department post . 2022-03-08 . . en.
  9. Web site: Center for Public Leadership - Max Bazerman Named Co-Director of CPL. https://web.archive.org/web/20150520210330/http://www.centerforpublicleadership.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=531:-max-bazerman-named-co-director-of-cpl&catid=40:press-releases&Itemid=279. dead. 2015-05-20. 2015-05-20. 2019-05-23.
  10. Web site: Ron Heifetz. 2017-10-02. Cambridge Leadership Associates. en-US. 2019-05-23.
  11. Web site: Our Community . 2024-01-28 . www.hks.harvard.edu . en.
  12. Web site: Fellowship FAQs . 2022-03-08 . cpl.hks.harvard.edu . en.
  13. Web site: Initiatives and Research . 2022-03-08 . cpl.hks.harvard.edu . en.
  14. Web site: Hauser Leaders Program. cpl.hks.harvard.edu. en. 2019-05-23.
  15. Web site: Center for Public Leadership - Gleitsman Program in Leadership for Social Change. centerforpublicleadership.org. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100910035628/http://www.centerforpublicleadership.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=95&Itemid=88. 2010-09-10.
  16. News: Gleitsman Leadership Fellowship. 2017-11-20. en.

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