The Center for Policy Practice

Speakers/Events

As is fitting at a leading graduate school in a major research university, Harris School students have opportunities every day to hear speakers on a variety of policy and academic issues. Speakers come to campus through a variety of avenues, including events organized by student organizations and by academic research centers. The Center for Policy Practice enhances this dialogue by bringing policy professionals at all levels to the School. These various events provide outreach to the policymaking community, and affords students opportunities to learn firsthand from those in the field.

Past speakers include:

• George H. Atkinson, Science & Technology Advisor to the U.S. Secretary of State
• Susan V. Berresford, President of the Ford Foundation
• David S. Broder, Pulitzer-Prize winning reporter and columnist for The Washington Post
• Marian Wright Edelman, Founder and President of the Children’s Defense Fund
• Laurent Fabius, Member of the French Parliament, former Prime Minister of France, and former President of the French National Assembly
• Philippe Kirsch, President of the International Criminal Court
• Jack McGuire, Interim President and CEO of the American Red Cross
• Andrea Mitchell, Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent for NBC News