Marty Baron
Former Executive Editor, The Washington Post
Advisory Board
The Center’s Advisory Board includes prominent leaders in media, academia, and public policy. They provide guidance and support to the center’s leadership, staff, and research projects.
Advisory Board Members
Kathleen Carroll
Veteran Journalism Leader and Press Freedom Advocate
Stephanie Carter
Writer
Ceci Chan
Partner, Dasym IoT Platform
Katie Couric
Co-founder. Katie Couric Media
Chris Finn
Managing Director, Partner and Former COO, Carlyle Group; Advanced Leadership Initiative Fellow, Harvard University; Harvard ALI Fellow ’25
Nancy Gibbs
Lombard Director of the Shorenstein Center and Edward R. Murrow Professor of the Practice of Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School
Mike Greenfield
Cofounder and CEO, Change Research; President, Greenfield Foundation
Peter Hamby
Founding Partner, Puck News; Host, Snapchat’s ‘Good Luck America’
Linda Henry
Co-Owner and CEO, Boston Globe Media; HKS MPA ’21
Alex Jones
Former Director, Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy
Marvin Kalb
Senior Fellow, Brookings Institute; Founding Director, Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy
Philip Kent
Former Chairman & CEO, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.; Harvard ALI Fellow ’16
Alyce Lee
Chair of the Associates of the Boston Public Library
Craig Newmark
Founder, craigslist/Newmark Philanthropies
Norman Pearlstine
Journalist and Media Executive
William J. Poorvu
Board Chair; Adjunct Professor Emeritus, Harvard Business School; HBS MBA ’58
Keri Putnam
Former CEO, Sundance; Harvard AB ’87
Cristine Russell
Freelance Science Journalist;Former Senior Fellow, ENRP, Belfer Center for Science & International Affairs, HKS
Alexandra Schuster
President, Wingate Living; HKS MPP ’16
Ben Sherwood
Publisher and CEO, The Daily Beast
Brandon Shorenstein
Chairman & CEO, Shorenstein Company
Lydia Shorenstein
Honorary Chair, Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy
Sandra Shorenstein
President, Shorenstein Family Office
Richard Tofel
Principal, Gallatin Advisory LLC; Instructor, T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Harvard AB ’79 and JD/MPP ’83
Bina Venkataraman
Executive and Journalist; HKS MPP ’08