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PELP was founded in 2003 as a partnership between two Harvard professional schools, and that unique partnership remains active to this day as represented by the project’s two co-chairs. Additionally, a growing network of affiliated faculty from both Harvard Business School (HBS) and the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) are joined by members of the Harvard Kennedy School of Government (HKS) faculty.



 

##  Co-Chairs 

 



  [### John J-H Kim 

 ](/people/john-j-h-kim)Senior Lecturer of Business Administration

Harvard Business School

 

 

 

   ![John J-H Kim](/sites/g/files/omnuum5016/files/styles/hwp_scale_small/public/2025-04/John%20J-H%20Kim_0.jpg?itok=cSLjvza2) 

 

 

 

   [### Jennifer Perry Cheatham

 ](/people/jennifer-perry-cheatham)Senior Lecturer on Education

Harvard Graduate School of Education

 

 

 

   ![Jen Cheatham](/sites/g/files/omnuum5016/files/styles/hwp_scale_small/public/2025-04/Jen%20Cheatham_1.jpg?itok=L-lzC1NY) 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

##  Recent Faculty 

 



  [### Lynda Applegate

 ](/people/lynda-applegate)Baker Foundation Professor

Sarofim-Rock Professor of Business Administration, Emerita

Harvard Business School

 

 

 

      ![Lynda Applegate](/sites/g/files/omnuum5016/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-04/Lynda%20Applegate.jpg?itok=9iBJ9ij9) 

 

 

 

   [### Shawn Ginwright

 ](https://www.gse.harvard.edu/directory/faculty/shawn-ginwright)Jerome T. Murphy Professor of the Practice

Harvard Graduate School of Education

 

 

 

      ![Shawn Ginwright](/sites/g/files/omnuum5016/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-04/Shawn%20Ginwright.jpg?itok=XwmjhDDI) 

 

 

 

   [### Monica Higgins

 ](/people/monica-higgins)Kathleen McCartney Professor of Education Leadership

Harvard Graduate School of Education

 

 

 

      ![Monica Higgins](/sites/g/files/omnuum5016/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-04/Monica%20Higgins.jpg?itok=_RhSipLe) 

 

 

 

   [### Karen Mapp

 ](/people/karen-mapp)Professor of Practice

Harvard Graduate School of Education

 

 

 

      ![Karen Mapp](/sites/g/files/omnuum5016/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-04/Karen%20Mapp.jpg?itok=uOI1dW7B) 

 

 

 

   [### Jal Mehta

 ](/people/jal-mehta)Professor of Education

Harvard Graduate School of Education

 

 

 

      ![Jal Mehta](/sites/g/files/omnuum5016/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-04/Jal%20Mehta.jpg?itok=BI5wyOLq) 

 

 

 

   [### Julia Minson

 ](/people/julia-minson)Associate Professor of Public Policy

Harvard Kennedy School

 

 

 

      ![Julia Minson](/sites/g/files/omnuum5016/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-04/Julia%20Minson.jpeg?itok=elG6MKnU) 

 

 

 

   [### V. Kasturi Rangan

 ](/people/v-kasturi-rangan)Baker Foundation Professor

Malcolm P. McNair Professor of Marketing, Emeritus

Harvard Business School

 

 

 

      ![V. Kasturi Rangan](/sites/g/files/omnuum5016/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-04/V.%20Kasturi%20Rangan.jpg?itok=t7YJQNOZ) 

 

 

 

   [### Todd Rogers

 ](/people/todd-rogers)Weatherhead Professor of Public Policy

Harvard Kennedy School

 

 

 

      ![Todd Rogers](/sites/g/files/omnuum5016/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/pelp/files/toddrogers.jpg?itok=NBnroh7p) 

 

 

 

   [### Brian Trelstad

 ](/people/brian-trelstad)William Henry Bloomberg Senior Lecturer of Business Administration

Joseph L. Rice, III Faculty Fellow

Harvard Business School

 

 

 

      ![Brian Trelstad](/sites/g/files/omnuum5016/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-04/Brian%20Trelstad.jpg?itok=s-JhcX7y)