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CPL Closeup
Research and Scholarship
May 16, 2024 | | | | | |
FROM THE DIRECTORS' DESKS |
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In this Closeup, we feature some of the renowned women in leadership in our Center for Public Leadership community this academic year.
See links below to engagements featuring CPL Hauser Leaders: Jacinda Ardern, 40th prime minister of New Zealand; Jennifer Raab, 13th president of Hunter College (2001-2023) and current president and CEO of The New York Stem Cell Foundation; and Rochelle Walensky,19th director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2021-2023) and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School (2012-2021).
We were overjoyed to learn that Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and fall 2021 Hauser Leader Maria Ressa is the 2024 Harvard Commencement Speaker. We are also delighted to congratulate spring 2019-fall 2020 Hauser Leader Ellen Ochoa, astronaut and 11th director, NASA Johnson Space Center (2013-2018), on being awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Additionally, please find a recording of our International Women's Day celebration of women in city leadership co-hosted by Harvard's Bloomberg Center for Cities and the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) Women and Public Policy Program.
This spring, we are also celebrating Dana Born as she approaches her retirement from CPL. As a retired brigadier general in the U.S. Air Force, Dana has brought distinctive gifts to CPL's mission to inspire and build capacity for principled, effective public leadership. Dana has played important leadership roles at CPL and in HKS executive education, most recently as chair of the Senior Executive Fellows Program and faculty advisor for the Black Family Fellowship and the National Security Fellows.
We end this Closeup with photos of Dana with Carolyn Vincent, program manager of the Black Family Fellowship, and the 2023-2024 Black Family Fellows at the end-of-year celebration in May. Please join us in expressing gratitude to Dana for her many valued contributions to the CPL community.
Finally, see below for "Relevant Research on women's leadership advancement" and "Highlights of Students and Alumni."
In community,
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Hannah and Deval
Co-Directors, Center for Public Leadership | | | | |
VISITING LEADERS
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Empathetic Leadership: Bridging Division with Shared Common Humanity
During her year engaging with the CPL community, former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has advocated for leading with humanity. In a John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum with Hannah Riley Bowles, she emphasizes an empathetic approach to leadership and shares insights on the importance of building bridges during crises.
Click here to read more. | | | | | |
Leadership Evolution and Gender Bias
Jennifer Raab, 13th president of Hunter College (2001-2023) and current president and CEO of The New York Stem Cell Foundation, discusses developing her career and her tenacious approach to leadership in a recent interview as a Spring 2024 Hauser Leader at CPL. Throughout this inspiring piece, she promotes authenticity, resilience, and the drive to make a difference in the lives of others.
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Leadership During Crisis
In a conversation moderated by Hannah Riley Bowles at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum, Rochelle Walensky,19th director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2021-2023) and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School (2012-2021), reflects on leading the nation's response to the COVID-19 pandemic by implementing novel solutions and listening well to lead effectively.
Click here to view the discussion. | | | | | |
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Celebrating International Women's Day |
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"The greatest act of leadership is the selflessness of understanding that you don't have to be the star. You have to be willing to give people the power and the tools in order for them to shine."
— Michelle De La Isla MC/MPA 2023,
CPL U.S. Latino Leadership Fellow 2023,
former mayor of Topeka, Kansas
Link here to conversation on "Women City Leaders: Success and Challenges" moderated by Hannah Riley Bowles with spring 2022 Hauser Leader Carmen Yulin Cruz, former mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico; Michelle De La Isla MC/MPA 2023, CPL U.S. Latino Leadership Fellow 2023, and former mayor of Topeka, Kansas; and Judith Tumusiime, former deputy mayor of Kampala, Uganda. | | | |
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RELEVANT RESEARCH |
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Co-authored by Monica Higgins, Kathleen McCartney Professor of Education Leadership at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Education Lead(her)ship: Advancing Women in K-12 Administration uncovers systemic barriers hindering women's professional advancement in K-12 education and equips readers with the tools to identify and address these inequities. The book is designed for practitioners, with case studies and research to support and inform a new approach to addressing gender discrimination in education. | | | | | |
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HIGHLIGHTS OF STUDENTS AND ALUMNI
Esther Wang MBA 2009/MPA 2010
CPL Reynolds Fellow 2009, CPL George Fellow 2010
Esther Wang is a CPL alumni and is an Alumni Council co-chair. She recently joined The Elevate Prize Foundation, advising winners of the Social Impact Award and is co-founder of IDinsight, a global nonprofit research and analytics firm that brings data to decisions in global development efforts.
Click here to read more about her inspirational work. | | | |
Olamide Osundolu (Dolu) Atanda MC/MPA 2024
CPL Equity Fellow
Dolu Atanda serves as the Kennedy School Student Government vice president of diversity, equity, and anti-racism, an HKS Diversity Committee student representative, a Black Student Union alumni liaison, and a Black Policy Conference chief culture officer.
Click here to read more about her background, leadership experiences, and career aspirations. | | | |
Thank you, Dana!
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Dana Born, faculty chair, Senior Executive Fellows Program; faculty advisor, Black Family Fellowship; former faculty advisor, National Security Fellows; and lecturer in Public Policy, with the CPL Black Family Fellows and Carolyn Vincent, program manager, Black Family Fellows, at the end-of-year celebration this May. | | | | |
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