Mayor Derek Corrigan of Burnaby, British Columbia speaks to a worried crowd about a Kinder Morgan pipeline to be built in their town (Credit: Mark Klotz, Flikr.). In late 2014, the Harvard Management Company purchased an utterly whopping $97,944,000 in Kinder Morgan Energy Partners public equity and $47,925,000 in Kinder Morgan, Inc. (KMI) public equity. … Read more
Most issues in U.S. politics exist at the extremes. Should the government expand public health care or expel it? Should the United States open its borders or slam them shut? Should Congress advance gun control measures or retract them? In each instance, significant ground stands between the opposing sides. This trend is observed both within … Read more
After graduating from Harvard College in 1974, McGee worked as a reporter for Newsweek magazine in its New York and Washington bureaus. He joined HBO after graduating from Harvard Business School in 1979. During the course of his 34-year career with the company, he held posts in a wide range of areas including family programming, … Read more
“The future promise of any nation can be directly measured by the present prospects of its youth.” —John F. Kennedy Since its founding in 1966 as a living memorial to President John F. Kennedy, the Institute of Politics at Harvard University has encouraged generations of Harvard students to pursue careers in politics … Read more
In February 2015, Harvard bought 50,000 shares of the oil field services company Baker Hughes. At the time, BHI’s stock price was close to $62. By August of the same year, the stock had dropped to around $56/share; Harvard decided to purchase 750,000 more shares, worth around $50 million in total. However, the stock has … Read more
Trey Grayson is the current President & CEO of the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce and the former Director of Harvard University’s Institute of Politics from 2011 to June 2014. While at Harvard, he was known as an expert on the political views of millennials and the role of technology in politics and government. Prior … Read more
Eric P. Lesser was elected to the Massachusetts Senate in November 2014. He serves Western Massachusetts as the youngest member of the State Senate, representing nine communities in the First Hampden & Hampshire District. His legislative agenda focuses on the expansion of economic opportunity and quality of life for the residents of Western Massachusetts through … Read more
Mark Gearan, SAC 1978, is the current president of Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York. Outside of his work in higher education, he has had experience working as a lawyer and public servant as White House Deputy Chief of Staff and Director of Communications under President Bill Clinton in 1993. He graduated … Read more
Juliette Kayyem has spent over 15 years managing complex policy initiatives and organizing government responses to major crises in both state and federal government. Most recently, she was President Obama’s Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental Affairs at the Department of Homeland Security. There she played a pivotal role in major operations including handling of the H1N1 … Read more
While at Harvard, Eva Guidarini served as the student President of the IOP. After graduating in 2015, she joined the Policy Team on Carly Fiorina’s presidential campaign, and is now working on Facebook’s government and politics team. She graduated from Harvard College in 2015. Harvard Political Review: So today’s interview is a part of the … Read more