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→Directors: (1) Amended Mission section to better reflect that the language added to the section originally was institutionally-published language from the Center for Public Leadership. Also shortened the section to better reflect general knowledge purposes. (2) Added recent information to directors section to reflect leadership changes. (3) Reformatted Gleitsman Program section to more consistently reflect page formatting. (4) updated some citations with more current sources
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| head = Hannah Riley Bowles, Deval Patrick
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| city = [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]]
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== Mission ==
== Mission ==
The Center for Public Leadership's mission is to inspire and enhance the capacity for principled, effective public leadership in government, politics, civil society, and business. CPL is a learning community of students, scholars and educators, practitioners, staff, and alumni, who collaborate to bridge theory and practice in three interwoven streams of work: scholarship, education, and community. CPL supports research and writing that illuminates core competencies of public leadership, removes the barriers, and opens paths to leadership, and advances the pedagogy and praxis of leadership development. It also provides programming and teaching tools for public leadership development and opportunities for continuous learning among those aspiring to teach and practice public leadership.
The Center for Public Leadership's published mission is "to inspire and enhance the capacity for principled, effective public leadership in government, politics, civil society, and business." The Center describes itself as "a learning community of students, scholars and educators, practitioners, staff, and alumni" who work "to bridge theory and practice in three interwoven streams of work: scholarship, education, and community." <ref>{{Cite web |title=What We Do |url=https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/cpl/what-we-do |access-date=2024-01-28 |website=www.hks.harvard.edu |language=en}}</ref>


== Directors ==
== Directors ==
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=== Deval Patrick ===
=== 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick appointed professor of practice and co-director of HKS's Center for Public Leadership |url=https://www.hks.harvard.edu/announcements/january-25-announcement |access-date=2022-03-08 |website=www.hks.harvard.edu |language=en}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick appointed professor of practice and co-director of HKS's Center for Public Leadership |url=https://www.hks.harvard.edu/announcements/january-25-announcement |access-date=2022-03-08 |website=www.hks.harvard.edu |language=en}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-23 |title=New leadership for HKS’s Center for Public Leadership |url=https://www.hks.harvard.edu/announcements/new-leadership-hkss-center-public-leadership |access-date=2024-01-28 |website=www.hks.harvard.edu |language=en}}</ref>


=== Past Directors ===
=== 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 Sherman|Wendy R. Sherman]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-08-28 |title=Wendy Sherman to succeed David Gergen at HKS's Center for Public Leadership |url=https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2018/08/wendy-sherman-to-succeed-david-gergen-at-hkss-center-for-public-leadership/ |access-date=2019-05-23 |website=Harvard Gazette |language=en-US}}</ref> Sherman directed CPL until early 2021, when she was appointed [[United States Deputy Secretary of State]] under President [[Joe Biden]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Axelrod |first=Tal |date=2021-01-16 |title=Biden selects Wendy Sherman for No. 2 State Department post |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/534561-biden-taps-wendy-sherman-for-no-2-state-department-post |access-date=2022-03-08 |website=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |language=en}}</ref> Other past directors of CPL include [[Max H. Bazerman|Max Bazerman]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=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|archive-url=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|url-status=dead|archive-date=2015-05-20|title=Center for Public Leadership - Max Bazerman Named Co-Director of CPL|date=2015-05-20|access-date=2019-05-23}}</ref> and [[Ronald Heifetz|Ron Heifetz]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cambridge-leadership.com/team-member/ron-heifetz/|title=Ron Heifetz|date=2017-10-02|website=Cambridge Leadership Associates|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-23}}</ref>
[[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 Sherman|Wendy R. Sherman]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-08-28 |title=Wendy Sherman to succeed David Gergen at HKS's Center for Public Leadership |url=https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2018/08/wendy-sherman-to-succeed-david-gergen-at-hkss-center-for-public-leadership/ |access-date=2019-05-23 |website=Harvard Gazette |language=en-US}}</ref> Sherman directed CPL until early 2021, when she was appointed [[United States Deputy Secretary of State]] under President [[Joe Biden]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Axelrod |first=Tal |date=2021-01-16 |title=Biden selects Wendy Sherman for No. 2 State Department post |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/534561-biden-taps-wendy-sherman-for-no-2-state-department-post |access-date=2022-03-08 |website=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |language=en}}</ref> Previous directors also include [[Max H. Bazerman|Max Bazerman]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=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|archive-url=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|url-status=dead|archive-date=2015-05-20|title=Center for Public Leadership - Max Bazerman Named Co-Director of CPL|date=2015-05-20|access-date=2019-05-23}}</ref> and [[Ronald Heifetz|Ron Heifetz]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cambridge-leadership.com/team-member/ron-heifetz/|title=Ron Heifetz|date=2017-10-02|website=Cambridge Leadership Associates|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-23}}</ref>


==Faculty affiliates==
==Faculty and Staff==
CPL affiliates include more than 40 faculty from across Harvard University, including Harvard Kennedy School, [[Harvard Business School]], and the [[Harvard Graduate School of Education]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cpl.hks.harvard.edu/faculty|title=Faculty|website=cpl.hks.harvard.edu|language=en|access-date=2019-05-23}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our Community |url=https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/cpl/people/search |access-date=2024-01-28 |website=www.hks.harvard.edu |language=en}}</ref>


==Fellowships==
==Fellowships==
The Center for Public Leadership's [https://cpl.hks.harvard.edu/student-fellowships 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fellowship FAQs |url=https://cpl.hks.harvard.edu/fellowship-faqs |access-date=2022-03-08 |website=cpl.hks.harvard.edu |language=en}}</ref>
The Center for Public Leadership's [https://cpl.hks.harvard.edu/student-fellowships 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fellowship FAQs |url=https://cpl.hks.harvard.edu/fellowship-faqs |access-date=2022-03-08 |website=cpl.hks.harvard.edu |language=en}}</ref> Fellowship programs include:


* [https://cpl.hks.harvard.edu/bacon-climate-fellowship Gabrielle Bacon Climate Leadership Fellowship] — for students dedicated to preserving and enhancing our shared environment.
* [https://cpl.hks.harvard.edu/bacon-climate-fellowship Gabrielle Bacon Climate Leadership Fellowship] — for students dedicated to preserving and enhancing our shared environment.
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== Research Initiatives ==
== Research Initiatives ==
The following research initiatives are based at the Center for Public Leadership.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Initiatives and Research |url=https://cpl.hks.harvard.edu/initiatives-and-research |access-date=2022-03-08 |website=cpl.hks.harvard.edu |language=en}}</ref>
The following research initiatives are based at the Center for Public Leadership:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Initiatives and Research |url=https://cpl.hks.harvard.edu/initiatives-and-research |access-date=2022-03-08 |website=cpl.hks.harvard.edu |language=en}}</ref>


* [https://cpl.hks.harvard.edu/trotter William Monroe Trotter Collaborative for Social Justice]
* [https://cpl.hks.harvard.edu/trotter William Monroe Trotter Collaborative for Social Justice]
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The [https://cpl.hks.harvard.edu/hauser-leaders-program 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<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cpl.hks.harvard.edu/hauser-leaders-program|title=Hauser Leaders Program|website=cpl.hks.harvard.edu|language=en|access-date=2019-05-23}}</ref>
The [https://cpl.hks.harvard.edu/hauser-leaders-program 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<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cpl.hks.harvard.edu/hauser-leaders-program|title=Hauser Leaders Program|website=cpl.hks.harvard.edu|language=en|access-date=2019-05-23}}</ref>


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== Gleitsman Program in Leadership for Social Change ==

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===Gleitsman Program in Leadership for Social Change===
Through a gift of $20 million from the estate of Alan Gleitsman, the center endowed the [https://cpl.hks.harvard.edu/gleitsman-program-leadership-social-change Gleitsman Program in Leadership for Social Change] in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.centerforpublicleadership.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=95&Itemid=88|title=Center for Public Leadership - Gleitsman Program in Leadership for Social Change|work=centerforpublicleadership.org|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100910035628/http://www.centerforpublicleadership.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=95&Itemid=88|archivedate=2010-09-10}}</ref> The program supports the annual [https://cpl.hks.harvard.edu/gleitsman-international-activist-award Gleitsman International Activist Award] and [https://cpl.hks.harvard.edu/gleitsman-citizen-activist-award Gleitsman Citizen Activist Award], Gleitsman Leadership Fellows,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://cpl.hks.harvard.edu/gleitsman-leadership-fellowship|title=Gleitsman Leadership Fellowship|access-date=2017-11-20|language=en}}</ref> and social change scholarship.
Through a gift of $20 million from the estate of Alan Gleitsman, the center endowed the [https://cpl.hks.harvard.edu/gleitsman-program-leadership-social-change Gleitsman Program in Leadership for Social Change] in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.centerforpublicleadership.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=95&Itemid=88|title=Center for Public Leadership - Gleitsman Program in Leadership for Social Change|work=centerforpublicleadership.org|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100910035628/http://www.centerforpublicleadership.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=95&Itemid=88|archivedate=2010-09-10}}</ref> The program supports the annual [https://cpl.hks.harvard.edu/gleitsman-international-activist-award Gleitsman International Activist Award] and [https://cpl.hks.harvard.edu/gleitsman-citizen-activist-award Gleitsman Citizen Activist Award], Gleitsman Leadership Fellows,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://cpl.hks.harvard.edu/gleitsman-leadership-fellowship|title=Gleitsman Leadership Fellowship|access-date=2017-11-20|language=en}}</ref> and social change scholarship.


Revision as of 06:16, 28 January 2024

Center for Public Leadership
TypeEducation
Established2000
Co-DirectorsHannah Riley Bowles, Deval Patrick
Location
Cambridge
,
Massachusetts
,
United States
Websitecpl.hks.harvard.edu

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]

Mission

The Center for Public Leadership's published mission is "to inspire and enhance the capacity for principled, effective public leadership in government, politics, civil society, and business." The Center describes itself as "a learning community of students, scholars and educators, practitioners, staff, and alumni" who work "to bridge theory and practice in three interwoven streams of work: scholarship, education, and community." [2]

Directors

Hannah Riley Bowles and Deval Patrick currently serve as Co-Directors of the Center for Public Leadership.[3]

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.[4] A leading 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).[5]

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.[6] 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.[7]

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.[8] Sherman directed CPL until early 2021, when she was appointed United States Deputy Secretary of State under President Joe Biden.[9] Previous directors also include Max Bazerman[10] and Ron Heifetz.[11]

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.[12]

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.[13] Fellowship programs include:

Research Initiatives

The following research initiatives are based at the Center for Public Leadership:[14]

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[15]

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.[16] The program supports the annual Gleitsman International Activist Award and Gleitsman Citizen Activist Award, Gleitsman Leadership Fellows,[17] and social change scholarship.

References

  1. ^ "About". cpl.hks.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
  2. ^ "What We Do". www.hks.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2024-01-28.
  3. ^ "Directors". cpl.hks.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
  4. ^ "Hannah Riley Bowles Announced as Center for Public Leadership Faculty Director". cpl.hks.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
  5. ^ "Hannah Riley Bowles". www.hks.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
  6. ^ "Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick appointed professor of practice and co-director of HKS's Center for Public Leadership". www.hks.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
  7. ^ "New leadership for HKS's Center for Public Leadership". www.hks.harvard.edu. 2024-01-23. Retrieved 2024-01-28.
  8. ^ "Wendy Sherman to succeed David Gergen at HKS's Center for Public Leadership". Harvard Gazette. 2018-08-28. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
  9. ^ Axelrod, Tal (2021-01-16). "Biden selects Wendy Sherman for No. 2 State Department post". The Hill. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
  10. ^ "Center for Public Leadership - Max Bazerman Named Co-Director of CPL". 2015-05-20. Archived from the original on 2015-05-20. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
  11. ^ "Ron Heifetz". Cambridge Leadership Associates. 2017-10-02. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
  12. ^ "Our Community". www.hks.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2024-01-28.
  13. ^ "Fellowship FAQs". cpl.hks.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
  14. ^ "Initiatives and Research". cpl.hks.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
  15. ^ "Hauser Leaders Program". cpl.hks.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
  16. ^ "Center for Public Leadership - Gleitsman Program in Leadership for Social Change". centerforpublicleadership.org. Archived from the original on 2010-09-10.
  17. ^ "Gleitsman Leadership Fellowship". Retrieved 2017-11-20.
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