David T. Ellwood

David T. Ellwood has served as Dean of Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government since July 1, 2004. Ellwood joined the Kennedy School faculty in 1980 and served two separate terms as the School's Academic Dean. He is also the Scott M. Black Professor of Political Economy.^[1]

In 1993, he was named Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) where he served as co-chair of President Clinton's Working Group on Welfare Reform, Family Support and Independence. At HHS, Ellwood played a key role in the Administration's development and implementation of critical social policy.^[2]

Ellwood is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a Senior Research Affiliate of the National Poverty Center at University of Michigan's Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. He is also a Faculty Affiliate of the Joint Center for Poverty Research at Northwestern University/University of Chicago and serves on the Board of Abt Associates and the Malcolm Hewitt Wiener Foundation.

A native of Minnesota, Ellwood graduated summa cum laude from Harvard College in 1975 and earned a Ph.D. in economics from the Harvard department of economics in 1981.

Ellwood has been married for more than 30 years to his wife Marilyn. They have two daughters, Malinda and Andrea.

References

1. ^ HKS Dean's Office
2. ^ DeParle, Jason, "As Benefits Expire, the Experts Worry," New York Times, Oct. 10, 1999

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