Program Assistant, HKS Indonesia Program
Trisiawati (Trisia) Bantacut holds a bachelor's degree from Syiah Kuala University, in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. After finishing her bachelor's degree, she received a Fulbright Scholarship to become an Indonesian Language teaching assistant at Paul H. Nitze School for Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University in Washington, D.C. More | Contact
Faculty Assistant to Stephen Kosack, Tarek Masoud, and Mark Moore
Mary Anne Baumgartner is faculty assistant to Professors Stephen Kosack, Tarek Masoud, and Mark Moore. Prior to joining the Ash Center in 2010, Baumgartner was faculty assistant to Professor William Clark and program assistant for the Sustainability Science Program for 10 years. Baumgartner has also worked in marketing and public relations for architects and engineers. More | Contact
Executive Director, Rajawali Foundation Institute for Asia
Julian Chang received his Ph.D. in political science from the Department of Government at Harvard University, where he also served as residential dean of Cabot House from 1993 to 1996, and worked in the University Development Office. He received his B.A. from Yale University and won a Yale-China fellowship to teach at Wuhan University, China. More | Contact
Events Manager
Melissa D'Anello is the events manager at the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation. Prior to joining the Ash Center, Melissa planned events for the development office at Harvard Kennedy School and for a small non-profit in Alexandria, Virginia. She received both her B.A. and M.A. in International Communication from American University in Washington, D.C. More | Contact
Senior Program Officer, Vietnam Program
Anne Doyle is the Vietnam Program’s Senior Program Officer. She is responsible for general management of all aspects of the Vietnam Program Cambridge-based operation and supports the management of the Fulbright School in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, in the development of institutional policies. More | Contact
Editor, Government Innovators Network
Jessica Engelman responsible for writing and updating features and publications for the Government Innovators Network. She is also editor of the Management Insights column, moderated by Stephen Goldsmith and published by Governing.com. She previously managed the website for the Leadership for a Networked World Program at Harvard Kennedy School. More | Contact
Administrative Manager & Executive Assistant to Director Saich and Executive Director Chang
Jessica Eykholt is the administrative manager and executive assistant to Director Saich and Executive Director Chang. Prior to joining the Ash Center, Eykholt worked as a faculty assistant-specialist at HKS and spent seven years as the administrative coordinator at the Harvard-Yenching Library. She has taught English in Taiwan and Japan, and Chinese at UC San Diego. More | Contact
Program Director, Innovation Strategies Initiative
Gigi Georges was previously a managing director and co-founder of the New York office of The Glover Park Group, a leading strategic communications consulting firm. Georges has also served as the communications director for the New York City Department of Education under Mayor Michael Bloomberg and as a special assistant to the President in the Clinton White House. More | Contact
Assistant Director, Program on Crisis Leadership
In addition to playing a leadership role, David Giles conducts research and writes on a range of issues relating to crisis events and high-risk hazards. He co-edited with Arnold Howitt and Dutch Leonard the textbook Managing Crises: Responses to Large-Scale Emergencies and is the author of a number of HKS case studies. More | Contact
Research Associate
Tim Glynn Burke coordinates the research for an executive session and book project exploring the role of innovation and entrepreneurship in transforming how communities address social services and public problems. Burke is a 2006 graduate of the McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston, where he studied international relations. More | Contact
Co-Director, Transparency Policy Project
Mary Graham is the co-author with David Weil and Archon Fung of Full Disclosure: The Perils and Promise of Transparency. Her research focuses on the politics of public disclosure, information strategies to improve public health and safety, new trends in environmental policy, and the struggle between government openness and secrecy in the United States. More | Contact
Director, Financial Management and Planning
Maureen Griffin is the director of financial management and planning for the Ash Center and previously the associate director for the Government Innovators Network. She came to HKS from the Parthenon Group, a boutique strategy consulting firm, where she worked on case teams providing counsel across a variety of business issues including corporate and business unit strategies. More | Contact
Manager of Communications
Kate Hoagland proactively manages the Ash website and media relations, and generates multimedia and organization-wide communications collateral. She previously managed the strategic communications of multiple high technology companies at CHEN PR, a high technology public relations firm, and worked on economic development issues at the Center for Women & Enterprise. More | Contact
Executive Director
Arnold M. Howitt coordinates the executive education and research programs. Howitt was executive director of the Taubman Center for State and Local Government prior to joining the Ash Center. Howitt teaches in a number of executive education programs for U.S. and international officials. He received his B.A. from Columbia University and his M.A. and Ph.D. in political science from Harvard. More | Contact
Associate Director, Democratic Governance Program, Student Programs, and Visiting Fellows
Bruce Jackan is responsible for managing the Ash Center’s research agenda and curriculum development. Jackan previously directed research operations for an Armenian-based research center and served as an officer in the U.S. Army. He holds a MBA from the Haas School of Business, University of California-Berkeley, and a M.A. in political science from Harvard. More | Contact
Finance and Program Coordinator
Anna Lai-Peterson works with the financial processes of the Ash Center as well as with the associate director of the Democratic Governance Program, Student Programs, and Visiting Fellows. Prior to the Ash Center, she worked as financial officer (Ash Institute), assistant grant accountant (Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary), and account set up specialist (Office of Sponsored Programs/Harvard). More | Contact
Financial Assistant, Vietnam Program
Stéphane Lamour is the financial assistant for the Vietnam Program. His role entails processing and analyzing the program’s financial data, including field reporting and budgeting support. He earned a B.A. in accounting information systems from Bentley College. Before joining the Vietnam Program, Lamour worked as an accountant and Office Manager for the Women of Color AIDS Council, Inc. More | Contact
Project Coordinator, China Public Policy Program
Jesse Ledin is a project coordinator for the China Public Policy Program and assists with events at the Ash Center. In his previous position at Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare in Milwaukee, Ledin assisted with new hire procedures and facilitated monthly new hire orientations. He studied architecture and interior design at the Boston Architectural College. More | Contact
Program Director, China Public Policy Program
Laura Ma is Program Director of the China Public Policy Program. She received her Ph.D. in Assyriology from Northeast Normal University. She then served as an associate professor at the University for International Business and Economics in Beijing. Prior to joining Asia Programs, she worked at Harvard University’s LASPAU: Academic and Professional Programs for the Americas. More | Contact
Associate Director for Outreach, Innovations in American Government Awards Program
Christina Marchand is Associate Director for Outreach for the Innovations in American Government Awards Program. Marchand manages the annual outreach and application process, including recruiting and developing relationships with respective agencies. She holds a B.A. in history and classics from the University of New Hampshire and a M.A. from King’s College London. More | Contact
Executive Director
Marty Mauzy is Executive Director of the Ash Center. Prior to joining the Ash Center, she worked at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University. During her tenure at Radcliffe, she served as executive director of the Henry A. Murray Research Center for the Study of Lives and as Assistant Dean to Radcliffe's Dean Drew Faust. More | Contact
Asia Vision 21 Project Manager
Jon Mills is the Project Manager of Asia Vision 21 at the Rajawali Foundation Institute for Asia. His previous positions at Harvard were as East Asia representative in the central administration and administrative director of the Program on US-Japan Relations. Mills has a B.A. from UMASS Boston and a M.A. from Cornell University’s Department of East Asian Studies. More | Contact
Program Director, HKS Indonesia Program
Elizabeth Osborn is committed to enhancing linkages between HKS and Indonesia in order to improve research, teaching, and training on governance issues. She has worked in Indonesia for approximately half of the last 17 years and is fluent in the Indonesian language. Most recently, Osborn worked with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for 11 years. More | Contact
Associate Director for Evaluation, Innovations in American Government Awards Program
Kara O’Sullivan is responsible for managing the administrative and evaluative processes for the annual Innovations in American Government Awards Program at the Ash Center. Prior to joining the Innovations Program she worked for the National Park Service. O’Sullivan received both her B.A. and M.A. in history from Providence College. More | Contact
Resident Curriculum Advisor, Vietnam Program
Jonathan Pincus resides in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and is the resident curriculum advisor at the Fulbright Economics Teaching Program (FETP). Pincus is an economist specializing in Southeast Asia. Prior to joining the Vietnam Program, Pincus was senior country economist, UNDP Vietnam, where he designed UNDP’s policy advisory projects with the Vietnamese government. More | Contact
Web and Database Manager
Jason Pryde implements data systems to support the Ash Center's various programs and maintains the public-facing websites. Pryde has worked with the Ash Center since 2004. Prior to joining the Ash team, he held IT staff and consulting positions serving financial, manufacturing, and education. Pryde holds a master's degree in Information Systems from Boston University. More | Contact
Research Director, Transparency Policy Project
Francisca Rojas' work examines the social and political implications of information and communications technologies in the context of urban governance, development, and planning. Current research investigates transparency initiatives in open data for transit systems, reporting mechanisms for federal stimulus spending, and the strategic use of ICTs. More | Contact
Case Writer, Program on Crisis Leadership
David Tannenwald writes case studies for PCL’s teaching programs and publications. Before joining the PCL team, Tannenwald worked at New Heights Youth in New York City. He has served as a research assistant in Ghana for a Harvard professor and as an intern at Northeastern’s Center for Sport in Society. Tannenwald received his A.B. from Harvard College in 2008. More | Contact
Program Coordinator, HKS Singapore Program and Faculty Assistant to Kenneth Winston
Prior to joining the Ash Center, Lia Tjahjana worked as an analyst for a middle-market investment bank and as a business manager for a biotech start-up in Cambridge. She received an ALM in management from Harvard University Extension School, and a bachelor's degree in civil engineering and a master's degree in engineering science from the University of New South Wales. More | Contact
Director, Vietnam Program
Thomas J. Vallely has served as Director of the Vietnam Program since 1989. Vallely uses the Program's research to engage in a candid dialogue with the Vietnamese government about the strategic challenges confronting the country. Vallely was previously a senior research fellow at Harvard Kennedy School, where he worked on strategic and military issues in East and Southeast Asia. More | Contact
Research Assistant, Program on Crisis Leadership
René Vollenbroich is a MPP2 and a McCloy fellow, a bilateral scholarship between the United States and Germany. He concentrates in international and global affairs. Prior to his studies at HKS, Vollenbroich obtained his M.D. from the Private University of Witten/Herdecke, Germany. He has conducted research projects in Albania, Ghana, Tanzania, and South Africa. More | Contact
Co-Director, Transparency Policy Project
David Weil is professor of economics and Everett W. Lord Distinguished Faculty Scholar at Boston University School of Management. His research spans regulatory and labor market policy, industrial and labor relations, occupational safety and health, and transparency policy. He received his B.S. at Cornell University and M.A. and Ph.D. in public policy at Harvard University. More | Contact
Project Manager, Urban Policy Advisory Group
Jayson White works at the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard Kennedy School managing the Urban Policy Advisory Group, a policy dialogue among chiefs of staff and senior policy advisors to mayors in the 35 largest cities across the country. Before joining the Center, White served as domestic policy analyst for the Rudy Giuliani presidential campaign. More | Contact
Associate Director, Vietnam Program
Ben Wilkinson is based in Ho Chi Minh City, where he oversees the Fulbright School, Vietnam’s leading independent center of policy research and teaching. Wilkinson directs the Program’s policy dialogue activities with the Vietnamese government and supports the Program’s participation in a dialogue about institutional innovation in Vietnamese higher education and science. More | Contact
Senior Research Associate, China Case Study Program
Lin Yang develops series of case studies on public policymaking and government innovations at different levels in the contemporary and transitioning China. Previously, she was a bilingual TV news anchor and reporter for international news at China Central Television, where she anchored numerous unprecedented live breaking news events in China’s broadcasting history. More | Contact
Program Coordinator, China Public Policy Program
Prior to joining the China Program, Janet Yeung spent eight months in Hong Kong where which she studied at the University of Hong Kong and worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers Hong Kong. Janet holds a B.A. with honors from Tufts University in psychology with a minor in economics. She enjoys traveling around the world and experiencing new cultures and cuisines. More | Contact
Assistant to Archon Fung, Democratic Governance Program, and Transparency Policy Project
Prior to joining the Ash Center, Juanne Zhao worked at the Labor and Worklife Program at Harvard Law School. She started her career in the technology industry in Dalian, China, as the Chinese liaison for Sunbridge Corporation, a Japanese venture capital and leading incubator firm for emerging IT businesses. More | Contact