Leadership
Harvard's provost, John F. Manning, is Harvard's chief academic officer and oversees academic policies and activities University-wide. Learn more about his background and his support team.
Harvard's deputy, vice, associate, and assistant provosts, together with administrative and operations staff in their respective offices and centrally, support the provost in carrying out the office's mission. Learn more about our Leadership Team below.
To learn more about the various offices in the Office of the Provost, including links to more information on their missions and respective staff, see Offices.
Leadership Team
John F. Manning
Provost
John F. Manning is Harvard University’s Provost and the Dane Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. Manning was the Morgan and Helen Chu Dean and Professor of Law at Harvard Law School from 2017–2024. He joined the HLS faculty in 2004, and was the Bruce...
Drew Allen
apira@harvard.eduAssociate Provost for Institutional Research and Analytics
Senior Lecturer, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Drew Allen serves as Associate Provost for Institutional Research and Analytics and Senior Lecturer on Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). In the Provost’s Office, he leads the Office of Institutional Research and Analytics and...
Sara N. Bleich
sara_bleich@harvard.eduVice Provost for Special Projects
Dr. Sara Bleich is the inaugural Vice Provost for Special Projects at Harvard University, Professor of Public Health Policy at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and a faculty member at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. With more than...
Mark C. Elliott
elliott3@fas.harvard.eduVice Provost for International Affairs
Mark Schwartz Professor of Chinese and Inner Asian History
Mark Elliott is Vice Provost of International Affairs at Harvard University and the Mark Schwartz Professor of Chinese and Inner Asian History in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations and in the Department of History in the Faculty of...
Robin Glover
robin_glover@harvard.eduAssociate Provost for Student Affairs
Robin Glover is the University's first Associate Provost for Student Affairs. In this new role, Robin serves as the lead person in the Provost’s Office on matters involving student affairs, promoting and facilitating coordination and information sharing...
Lori E. Gross
lori_gross@harvard.edu Associate Provost for Arts and Culture
Lori E. Gross has been Associate Provost for Arts and Culture at Harvard University since July 2008 focusing on the university-wide arts agenda. In this role, she works with the Harvard Art Museums, the American Repertory Theater, the Nieman Foundation...
Klara Jelinkova
klara_jelinkova@harvard.eduVice President and University Chief Information Officer
Klara Jelinkova serves as Vice President and University Chief Information Officer at Harvard University. She oversees information technology strategy, policies, and services that support the university's mission in teaching, learning, research, and...
M. Lensch
willy_lensch@harvard.eduAssociate Provost for Research
M. William Lensch, Ph.D., is Associate Provost for Research. In this role, he works closely with the Vice Provost for Research (VPR) to support Harvard’s rich and complex, investigator-driven enterprise. His experience in research, education...
Sam Liss
sam_liss@harvard.eduAssociate Provost and Chief Technology Development Officer
Sam leads the Office for Technology Development team in its mission to bring Harvard innovations out of the lab towards real-world impact, and to engage with industry partners to advance Harvard research. He oversees the strategic management of the...
Giang T. Nguyen
gnguyen@huhs.harvard.eduAssociate Provost for Campus Health and Wellbeing
Executive Director of Harvard University Health Services
Henry K. Oliver Chair of Hygiene
Giang Nguyen, MD, MPH, MSCE is the Associate Provost for Campus Health and Wellbeing, the Executive Director of Harvard University Health Services (HUHS), and the Henry K. Oliver Chair of Hygiene. He provides strategic vision and oversight for HUHS’s...
John H. Shaw
john_h_shaw@harvard.eduSenior Vice Provost for Research
Harry C. Dudley Professor of Structural and Economic Geology
Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering
In his role as Senior Vice Provost for Research, John H. Shaw works to support the research enterprise of the University, including its twelve schools, fifteen practicing hospitals, and roughly 30 initiatives, centers, and institutes that bring together...
Judith D. Singer
judith_singer@harvard.eduSenior Vice Provost for Faculty
James Bryant Conant Professor of Education
Judith D. Singer, Ph.D., is the Senior Vice Provost for Faculty and James Bryant Conant Professor of Education at Harvard University. As Senior Vice Provost, Singer works closely with the President and Provost on critical issues of faculty development...
James H. Stock
james_stock@harvard.eduVice Provost for Climate and Sustainability
Harold Hitchings Burbank Professor of Political Economy
James H. Stock is the Harold Hitchings Burbank Professor of Political Economy, Faculty of Arts and Sciences and member of the faculty at the Harvard Kennedy School. His research areas are empirical macroeconomics, monetary policy, econometric methods, and...
Martha Whitehead
martha_whitehead@harvard.eduVice President for the Harvard Library and University Librarian
Roy E. Larsen Librarian for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Martha Whitehead is Vice President for the Harvard Library and University Librarian and Roy E. Larsen Librarian for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. In this role, Martha leads a library network of more than 25 libraries employing more than 800 staff...
