Nicole Carter Quinn

Executive Director

Nicole Carter Quinn is the Executive Director of the Women and Public Policy Program at the Harvard Kennedy School. She returned to WAPPP after three years (2018 -2021) serving as the Sr. Director of Special Projects in the Academic Deans’ Office (ADO), where she worked on faculty hiring and promotions, including helping to redesign the search and review procedures based on what works in the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) research.... Read more about Nicole Carter Quinn

nicole_carter@hks.harvard.edu

Hannah Riley Bowles

Roy E. Larsen Senior Lecturer in Public Policy and Management
Co-Director, Women and Public Policy Program
Co-Director, Center for Public Leadership

Hannah Riley Bowles is the Roy E. Larsen Senior Lecturer in Public Policy and Management at the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS). Hannah chairs the HKS Management, Leadership, and Decision Sciences (MLD) Area and co-directs the HKS Center for Public Leadership and HKS Women and Public Policy Program (WAPPP). She is a leading expert on gender in negotiation.... Read more about Hannah Riley Bowles

hannah_bowles@harvard.edu

p: (617) 496-4717

Iris Bohnet

Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government
Co-Director, Women and Public Policy Program

A behavioral economist, combining insights from economics and psychology to improve decision-making in organizations and society, often with a gender or cross-cultural perspective. Her most recent research examines behavioral design to de-bias how we live, learn and work.... Read more about Iris Bohnet

iris_bohnet@hks.harvard.edu

p: (617) 495-5605

WAPPP Announces New Executive Director

June 14, 2021

A message from WAPPP Co-Directors Iris Bohnet and Hannah Riley Bowles.

Dear Friends of the Women and Public Policy Program,

We are very pleased to announce the appointment of Nicole Carter Quinn as the new Executive Director of Harvard Kennedy School’s Women and Public Policy Program. Nicole brings intersectional gender expertise combined with a commitment to strengthening organizations through her financial and operations background and a passion for designing workplace policies and...