A delegation headed by the Chairman of the Baoshang Bank visited the Ash Center on December 4, 2015. Baoshang Bank Limited is a joint-equity commercial bank based in Baotou in China's Inner-Mongolia province, and a major provider of microfinance services. The delegation included Li Zhenxi, Chairman, Baoshang Bank; Fan Zhihua, General Manager, Baoshang Bank, Beijing Branch; and Li Siyu, Business Development Associate, CP Global Capital.  Chairman Li is a senior visitor with the Ash Center and he has been the chairman of the board at the Baoshang Bank since 2008. He received his D.B.A....

Featuring Jorrit de Jong

Featuring Charlie Chieppo

Featuring Charlie Chieppo

In this issue, we showcase the Innovation Field Lab, a new experiential learning course offered at the Kennedy School that is bringing data innovations to local Massachusetts communities.  We also profile Roy and Lila Ash Fellow Georgia Hollister Isman and her advocacy work in state and local politics. (flipbook)

Featuring Charlie Chieppo

Featuring Charlie Chieppo

In this issue, we introduce the Innovation Field lab, an experiential learning course developing data-driven solutions to pressing issues facing Massachusetts cities.  We also profile Roy and Lila Ash Fellow Georgia Hollister Isman and her advocacy work in state and local politics. (flipbook)

Cambridge, MA --  In the wake of last winter’s severe service disruptions and the ongoing debate over cost overruns associated with the Green Line extension, Charles Chieppo, a senior fellow at the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the Harvard Kennedy School today released a report...

Featuring Archon Fung

Cambridge, MA -- the cities of Salem and Winthrop, Massachusetts today signed agreements with the Harvard Kennedy School’s Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation to formally collaborate with the Center’s Innovation Field Lab.

“Today’s announcement will strengthen and expand the Kennedy School’s efforts to help Massachusetts cities develop innovative solutions to tough social problems,” said Jorrit de Jong, Lecturer in Public Policy and Academic Director of the Innovations in Government Program at the Ash Center.

The Innovation Field Lab is an ambitious...

Featuring Alex Keyssar

Featuring Steve Goldsmith

Featuring Tony Saich

Featuring Marshall Ganz