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John A. Haigh
Born (1954-03-29) March 29, 1954 (age 71)
Des Moines, Iowa, US
Portrait of John Haigh
Portrait of John Haigh
OccupationLecturer & Co-Director of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at the Harvard Kennedy School

John A. Haigh (born 1954) is the co-director of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government and a lecturer in public policy at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS).[1] He was Executive Dean of Harvard Kennedy School from 2005 through 2017. He previously served as Senior Vice President for Emerging Initiatives at AT&T Wireless, and as president of AT&T's International Ventures.[2] A graduate of Grinnell College (1976) and Harvard Kennedy School (1982), Haigh began his professional career as a Research Associate at Resources for the Future and later served as a research associate in the Energy and Environmental Policy Center at Harvard.

Career

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John Haigh joined HKS as Executive Dean in 2005, serving as its Chief Operating Officer. As Executive Dean, Haigh oversaw much of the Harvard Kennedy School's expansion. He was appointed Co-Director of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government in 2011 with Larry Summers, former Secretary of the Treasury and President of Harvard. He teaches seminars on topics at the intersection of business and government at Harvard Kennedy School and in the Joint Degree Program between HKS and Harvard Business School. He conducts research on technology innovation and regulation, as well as issues of industrial policy and geopolitics.[3][4][5]

Haigh was a co-author of a white paper to the Biden Administration on issues of regulation and misinformation, which outlines "steps the Biden Administration should take to counter disinformation and other harmful content on major social media platforms". Haigh also directs the Technology, Innovation and Regulation Program at M-RCBG, which features fellows Gene Kimmelman (Former Deputy Associate Attorney General, Office of the Associate Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice) Tom Wheeler (Former Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission), Nancy Rose the Charles P. Kindleberger Professor in the MIT Economics Department, Chris Miller Associate Professor of International History at The Fletcher School at Tufts University & author of "Chip War" and Jon Sallet, (Special Assistant Attorney General for the State of Colorado and Former FCC General Counsel).[6] Haigh also serves as the director for the Corporations, Government and Public Policy Program at M-RCBG and has had work published in Project Syndicate, Foreign Policy and Survival.[7][8][9]

Prior to joining HKS, he was at AT&T and AT&T Wireless, beginning in 1996, where he held a variety of strategy and leadership positions. At AT&T, he initially focused on strategy and business development issues, and was later promoted to be President of AT&T's International Ventures where he served on multiple boards of directors where AT&T held minority positions and oversaw international operations. He then was Senior Vice President for Emerging Initiatives at AT&T Wireless, focusing on innovation efforts to develop new wireless services.[10]

Education

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Born in Des Moines, Iowa, Haigh attended Lincoln High School and Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa. He graduated with honors with a B.A. in economics and political science in 1976. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and was the President's Medalist. He also served as captain of the men's baseball and basketball teams (1975 and 1976). He was a 1st team Academic All-American and 1st Team All-Conference in basketball in both 1975 and 1976. He attended Harvard Kennedy School on a full scholarship, earning a Master in Public Policy (MPP) degree with an emphasis on applied microeconomic issues in regulated industries in 1982.[10][11]

References

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  1. ^ "From the Directors". Harvard Kennedy School Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government. Harvard University. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
  2. ^ Blumenstein, Rebecca (November 2, 1999). "AT&T to Create a New Firm For Push Into Latin America". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  3. ^ Course Listing - HKS - https://www.hks.harvard.edu/courses/big-tech-and-importance-competition-public-policy-2020s
  4. ^ Seminar on Business and Government - HKS - https://www.hks.harvard.edu/courses/seminar-business-and-government
  5. ^ Publications and Presentations - John Haigh https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/mrcbg/programs/growthpolicy/search?keyword=haigh&f%5B0%5D=&op=Search
  6. ^ M-RCBG Technology and Regulation Fellows, 2025 https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/mrcbg/about/techandregfellows
  7. ^ Foreign Policy - John Haigh https://foreignpolicy.com/author/john-haigh
  8. ^ Battle for the Internet, Vol. 66, Issue 1, Pages 69-84, 2024 - https://www.hks.harvard.edu/publications/battle-internet
  9. ^ Project Syndicate - America’s Many Chip Vulnerabilities, March 28, 2025 - https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/us-chip-strategy-alliances-and-domestic-production-better-than-export-bans-by-edoardo-campanella-and-john-haigh-2025-03
  10. ^ a b "John A. Haigh". LittleSis. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  11. ^ EPA and the regulation of coke oven emissions : a cost-benefit analysis Haigh, John A. / Cambridge, Mass. : John F. Kennedy School of Government / (Policy analysis exercise.) 1982 https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990101044270203941/catalog


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