
Board of Directors
The Belfer Center Board of Directors benefits from the experience of Harvard-affiliated scholars and senior-level staff, who guide our activities and mission to advance research, ideas, and leadership for a more secure, peaceful world.
Graham Allison
Douglas Dillon Professor of Government, Harvard Kennedy School
Lotem Bassan-Nygate
Assistant Professor of Public Policy
Linda Bilmes
Daniel Patrick Moynihan Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
Matthew Bunn
James R. Schlesinger Professor of the Practice of Energy, National Security, and Foreign Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
Nicholas Burns
Roy and Barbara Goodman Family Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Relations, Harvard Kennedy School
Albert Carnesale
Chancellor Emeritus, UCLA
Erica Chenoweth
Frank Stanton Professor of the First Amendment, Harvard Kennedy School
William Clark
Harvey Brooks Professor of International Science, Public Policy, and Human Development, Harvard Kennedy School
Dara Cohen
Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
Natalie Colbert
Executive Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
John Deutch
Emeritus Institute Professor, MIT
Karen Dynan
Professor of Practice, Department of Economics, Harvard University
Jeffrey Frankel
James W. Harpel Professor of Capital Formation and Growth, Harvard Kennedy School
Jason Furman
Aetna Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy, Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard University
Kelly Gallagher
Professor of Energy and Environmental Policy, Fletcher School, Tufts University
Nancy Gibbs
Lombard Director, Shorenstein Center and Visiting Edward R. Murrow Professor of the Practice of Press, Politics and Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
Susan Hockfield
Professor of Neuroscience and President Emerita, MIT
John Holdren
Teresa and John Heinz Professor of Environmental Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
Juliette Kayyem
Belfer Senior Lecturer in International Security, Harvard Kennedy School
Robert Lawrence
Albert L. Williams Professor of International Trade and Investment, Harvard Kennedy School
Henry Lee
Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
Jennifer Lerner
Thornton F. Bradshaw Professor of Public Policy and Management, Harvard Kennedy School
Fred Logevall
Laurence D. Belfer Professor of International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School
Zoe Marks
Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
Tarek Masoud
Sultan of Oman Professor of International Relations, Harvard Kennedy School
J. Michael McQuade
Director of the Program on Emerging Technology, Scientific Advancement & Global Policy
Steven Miller
Director, International Security Program, Harvard Kennedy School; Editor-in-Chief, International Security
Rana Mitter
S.T. Lee Professor of U.S.-Asia Relations, Harvard Kennedy School
Venky Narayanamurti
Benjamin Peirce Research Professor of Technology and Public Policy, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Harvard Kennedy School
Joseph Nye
University Distinguished Service Professor, Harvard University
Meghan O’Sullivan
Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Jeane Kirkpatrick Professor of the Practice of International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School
Samantha Power
Anna Lindh Professor of the Practice of Global Leadership and Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School and Professor of Practice, Harvard Law School (on leave)
Carmen Reinhart
Minos A. Zombanakis Professor of the International Financial System, Harvard Kennedy School (on leave)
Meg Rithmire
F. Warren McFarlan Associate Professor in the Business, Government, and International Economy, Harvard Business School
Eric Rosenbach
Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
Anthony Saich
Daewoo Professor of International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School
Dan Schrag
Sturgis Hooper Professor of Geology and Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering, Harvard University
Robert Stavins
A.J. Meyer Professor of Energy & Economic Development, Harvard Kennedy School
Jake Sullivan
Kissinger Professor of the Practice of Statecraft and World Order, Harvard Kennedy School
Lawrence Summers
Charles W. Eliot University Professor, Harvard Kennedy School; President Emeritus, Harvard University
Roya Talibova
Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman Assistant Professor of International Relations
Stephen Walt
Robert and Renée Belfer Professor of International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School