Our Team

David Deming

HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL FACULTY LEAD

Professor of Public Policy, HKS;
Professor of Education and Economics, HGSE;
Director, Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy 

Joseph Fuller

HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL FACULTY LEAD

Professor of Management Practice, HBS; 
Co-Lead, Managing the Future of Work

Peter Blair

HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION FACULTY LEAD

Assistant Professor of Education, HGSE; Director, BE-Lab

Robert Schwartz

SENIOR ADVISOR

Professor Emeritus of Practice in Education Policy and Administration, HGSE; 

Co-Founder, Pathways to Prosperity Network;

Senior Advisor, Jobs for the Future

Rachel Lipson

PROJECT DIRECTOR

Harvard Kennedy School, Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy

Balaji Alwar

PRODUCT LEAD

Research Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School, Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy; 

Isaiah Baldissera

PRODUCT ADVISOR

Research Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School, Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy; 

Product Lead, BE-Lab

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Stephanie Taube

RESEARCH FELLOW

Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy at Harvard Kennedy School 

Kevin Parker

INNOVATION ADVISOR

Harvard Kennedy School, Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy

Jorge Encinas

RESEARCHER

Ph.D. candidate at Harvard Graduate School of Education

Alexis Gable

RESEARCHER

Ph.D. candidate at Harvard Graduate School of Education

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Ben Weidmann

RESEARCHER

Ph.D. candidate at Harvard Graduate School of Education

Tessa Forshaw

RESEARCHER

Ph.D. candidate at Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Britteny Okorom-Achuonye

RESEARCH ASSISTANT

Bachelor's candidate at Harvard College