Senior Fellows teach courses, consult with students about career ambitions, enliven the conversation on campus, and conduct research emanating from their experiences.
Senior Fellows
2020-2021
Susan Biniaz
Susan Biniaz, a former Deputy Legal Adviser at the U.S. …
Eric Braverman
Eric Braverman is the chief executive of Schmidt Futures, a …
Colin Coleman
Colin Coleman joined the Jackson Institute as a Senior Fellow …
Howard Dean
Governor Howard Dean, former DNC Chairman, presidential candidate, six term …
Janine di Giovanni
Janine di Giovanni is a Senior Fellow at the Yale …
Ross Douthat
Ross Douthat joined The New York Times as an Op-Ed …
Robert Ford
Robert Ford finished a 30-year career with the Peace Corps …
Chris Fussell
Chris Fussell is a partner at McChrystal Group, a management …
John Kerry
John Kerry is a distinguished fellow for global affairs at …
Vanessa Kerry
Dr. Vanessa Kerry (MD, Msc) graduated with honors from Yale …
Richard Levin
Rick Levin is a Senior Advisor at Coursera and the …
Clare Lockhart
Clare Lockhart is Director and co-Founder of the Institute for …
Stan McChrystal
General (ret.) Stanley McChrystal is a former Commander of the …
Blair Miller
Blair Miller is venture investor supporting companies addressing the opportunities …
Bill Morneau
Bill Morneau will join the Jackson Institute as a Senior …
John Negroponte
Ambassador Negroponte held government positions abroad and in Washington between …
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Francisco (Paco) Palmieri
Francisco (Paco) Palmieri is a current Senior Fellow and an …
David H. Petraeus
General (US Army, Ret.) David H. Petraeus is a 2020-2021 …
John Podesta
John Podesta served as Chair of Hillary for America. Prior …
David Rank
Dave Rank spent 27 years as a State Department Foreign …
Stephen Roach
Stephen Roach is a Senior Fellow at Yale University’s Jackson …
Paul Simons
Ambassador Paul Simons has enjoyed a distinguished career in both …
Emma Sky
Emma Sky is the founding Director of Yale’s International Leadership …
Shoshana Stewart
Shoshana Stewart is the CEO of Turquoise Mountain, an international …
Rory Stewart
Rory Stewart focuses on contemporary politics in crisis and on …
Harry K. Thomas, Jr.
Ambassador Harry K. Thomas Jr. is a Senior Fellow at …
Bisa Williams
Ambassador Bisa Williams (ret) is co-Founder and Managing Director of …
2019-2020
Susan Biniaz
Susan Biniaz, a former Deputy Legal Adviser at the U.S. …
Eric Braverman
Eric Braverman is the chief executive of Schmidt Futures, a …
Colin Coleman
Colin Coleman joined the Jackson Institute as a Senior Fellow …
Howard Dean
Governor Howard Dean, former DNC Chairman, presidential candidate, six term …
Janine di Giovanni
Janine di Giovanni is a Senior Fellow at the Yale …
Robert Ford
Robert Ford finished a 30-year career with the Peace Corps …
Chris Fussell
Chris Fussell is a partner at McChrystal Group, a management …
John Kerry
John Kerry is a distinguished fellow for global affairs at …
Vanessa Kerry
Dr. Vanessa Kerry (MD, Msc) graduated with honors from Yale …
Richard Levin
Rick Levin is a Senior Advisor at Coursera and the …
Clare Lockhart
Clare Lockhart is Director and co-Founder of the Institute for …
Stan McChrystal
General (ret.) Stanley McChrystal is a former Commander of the …
Blair Miller
Blair Miller is venture investor supporting companies addressing the opportunities …
Rakesh Mohan
Rakesh Mohan served as a Senior Fellow at Jackson from …
Francisco (Paco) Palmieri
Francisco (Paco) Palmieri is a current Senior Fellow and an …
John Podesta
John Podesta served as Chair of Hillary for America. Prior …
David Rank
Dave Rank spent 27 years as a State Department Foreign …
Stephen Roach
Stephen Roach is a Senior Fellow at Yale University’s Jackson …
Emma Sky
Emma Sky is the founding Director of Yale’s International Leadership …
Harry K. Thomas, Jr.
Ambassador Harry K. Thomas Jr. is a Senior Fellow at …
2018-2019
Susan Biniaz
Susan Biniaz, a former Deputy Legal Adviser at the U.S. …
Eric Braverman
Eric Braverman is the chief executive of Schmidt Futures, a …
Ryan Crocker
Ryan Crocker mostly recently served as a Senior Fellow at …
Howard Dean
Governor Howard Dean, former DNC Chairman, presidential candidate, six term …
Janine di Giovanni
Janine di Giovanni is a Senior Fellow at the Yale …
Robert Ford
Robert Ford finished a 30-year career with the Peace Corps …
John Kerry
John Kerry is a distinguished fellow for global affairs at …
Richard Levin
Rick Levin is a Senior Advisor at Coursera and the …
Clare Lockhart
Clare Lockhart is Director and co-Founder of the Institute for …
Stan McChrystal
General (ret.) Stanley McChrystal is a former Commander of the …
Blair Miller
Blair Miller is venture investor supporting companies addressing the opportunities …
Rakesh Mohan
Rakesh Mohan served as a Senior Fellow at Jackson from …
George Packer
George Packer served as a Senior Fellow at Jackson from …
David Rank
Dave Rank spent 27 years as a State Department Foreign …
Gov. Bill Richardson
Governor Bill Richardso served as a Senior Fellow at Jackson …
Stephen Roach
Stephen Roach is a Senior Fellow at Yale University’s Jackson …
Emma Sky
Emma Sky is the founding Director of Yale’s International Leadership …
Harry K. Thomas, Jr.
Ambassador Harry K. Thomas Jr. is a Senior Fellow at …
Margaret Warner
Margaret Warner served as a Senior Fellow at Jackson from …
2017-2018
Eric Braverman
Eric Braverman is the chief executive of Schmidt Futures, a …
David Brooks
David Brooks served as a Senior Fellow at Jackson from …
Elaine Dezenski
Elaine Dezenski is the founder and CEO of LumiRisk, an …
Rosemary DiCarlo
Ambassador Rosemary A. DiCarlo served as a Senior Fellow at …
Russ Feingold
Russell Feingold served as a Senior Fellow at Jackson and the Martin …
Robert Ford
Robert Ford finished a 30-year career with the Peace Corps …
John Jenkins
Sir John Jenkins served as a Senior Fellow at Jackson …
John Kerry
John Kerry is a distinguished fellow for global affairs at …
Richard Levin
Rick Levin is a Senior Advisor at Coursera and the …
Clare Lockhart
Clare Lockhart is Director and co-Founder of the Institute for …
Charles MacCormack
Charles MacCormack served as a Senior Fellow at Jackson from …
Stan McChrystal
General (ret.) Stanley McChrystal is a former Commander of the …
Blair Miller
Blair Miller is venture investor supporting companies addressing the opportunities …
Rakesh Mohan
Rakesh Mohan served as a Senior Fellow at Jackson from …
Anne Patterson
Ambassador Anne Patterson served as a Senior Fellow at Jackson …
Stephen Roach
Stephen Roach is a Senior Fellow at Yale University’s Jackson …
Emma Sky
Emma Sky is the founding Director of Yale’s International Leadership …
2016-2017
Sigridur Benediktsdottir
Sigrídur Benediktsdottir is a senior lecturer at the Jackson Institute …
Eric Braverman
Eric Braverman is the chief executive of Schmidt Futures, a …
David Brooks
David Brooks served as a Senior Fellow at Jackson from …
Howard Dean
Governor Howard Dean, former DNC Chairman, presidential candidate, six term …
Rosemary DiCarlo
Ambassador Rosemary A. DiCarlo served as a Senior Fellow at …
Robert Ford
Robert Ford finished a 30-year career with the Peace Corps …
Thomas Graham
Thomas Graham served as a Senior Fellow at Jackson from …
John Jenkins
Sir John Jenkins served as a Senior Fellow at Jackson …
Unni Karunakara
Unni Karunakara served as a Senior Fellow at Jackson from …
Clare Lockhart
Clare Lockhart is Director and co-Founder of the Institute for …
Stan McChrystal
General (ret.) Stanley McChrystal is a former Commander of the …
Blair Miller
Blair Miller is venture investor supporting companies addressing the opportunities …
Rakesh Mohan
Rakesh Mohan served as a Senior Fellow at Jackson from …
Stephen Roach
Stephen Roach is a Senior Fellow at Yale University’s Jackson …
Dennis Ross
Ambassador Dennis Ross served as a Senior Fellow at Jackson …
Roz Savage
Roz Savage served as a Senior Fellow at Jackson from …
Emma Sky
Emma Sky is the founding Director of Yale’s International Leadership …
2015-2016
Sigridur Benediktsdottir
Sigrídur Benediktsdottir is a senior lecturer at the Jackson Institute …
Eric Braverman
Eric Braverman is the chief executive of Schmidt Futures, a …
David Brooks
David Brooks served as a Senior Fellow at Jackson from …
Johnnie Carson
Ambassador Johnnie Carson served as a Senior Fellow at Jackson …
Howard Dean
Governor Howard Dean, former DNC Chairman, presidential candidate, six term …
Rosemary DiCarlo
Ambassador Rosemary A. DiCarlo served as a Senior Fellow at …
Robert Ford
Robert Ford finished a 30-year career with the Peace Corps …
Thomas Graham
Thomas Graham served as a Senior Fellow at Jackson from …
Unni Karunakara
Unni Karunakara served as a Senior Fellow at Jackson from …
Clare Lockhart
Clare Lockhart is Director and co-Founder of the Institute for …
Stan McChrystal
General (ret.) Stanley McChrystal is a former Commander of the …
John Negroponte
Ambassador Negroponte held government positions abroad and in Washington between …
Stephen Roach
Stephen Roach is a Senior Fellow at Yale University’s Jackson …
Emma Sky
Emma Sky is the founding Director of Yale’s International Leadership …
Matthew Spence
Matthew Spence served as a Senior Fellow at Jackson from …
Wayne Swan
Wayne Swan served as a Senior Fellow at Jackson from …
2014-2015
Eric Braverman
Eric Braverman is the chief executive of Schmidt Futures, a …
David Brooks
David Brooks served as a Senior Fellow at Jackson from …
Johnnie Carson
Ambassador Johnnie Carson served as a Senior Fellow at Jackson …
Howard Dean
Governor Howard Dean, former DNC Chairman, presidential candidate, six term …
Thomas Graham
Thomas Graham served as a Senior Fellow at Jackson from …
Unni Karunakara
Unni Karunakara served as a Senior Fellow at Jackson from …
Richard Levin
Rick Levin is a Senior Advisor at Coursera and the …
Clare Lockhart
Clare Lockhart is Director and co-Founder of the Institute for …
Michele Malvesti
Michele Malvesti served as a Senior Fellow at Jackson from …
Stan McChrystal
General (ret.) Stanley McChrystal is a former Commander of the …
Luis Moreno-Ocampo
Luis Moreno-Ocampo served as a Senior Fellow at Jackson from …
Stephen Roach
Stephen Roach is a Senior Fellow at Yale University’s Jackson …
Emma Sky
Emma Sky is the founding Director of Yale’s International Leadership …
Jacob Sullivan
Jake Sullivan served as a Senior Fellow at Jackson from …
2013-2014
Eric Braverman
Eric Braverman is the chief executive of Schmidt Futures, a …
David Brooks
David Brooks served as a Senior Fellow at Jackson from …
Thomas Graham
Thomas Graham served as a Senior Fellow at Jackson from …
Marc Grossman
Ambassador Marc Grossman served as a Senior Fellow at Jackson …
Nathaniel Keohane
Nathaniel Keohane served as a Senior Fellow at Jackson from …
Michele Malvesti
Michele Malvesti served as a Senior Fellow at Jackson from …
Stan McChrystal
General (ret.) Stanley McChrystal is a former Commander of the …
Luis Moreno-Ocampo
Luis Moreno-Ocampo served as a Senior Fellow at Jackson from …
Stephen Roach
Stephen Roach is a Senior Fellow at Yale University’s Jackson …
Emma Sky
Emma Sky is the founding Director of Yale’s International Leadership …
2012-2013
David Brooks
David Brooks served as a Senior Fellow at Jackson from …
Domingo Cavallo
Domingo Felipe Cavallo served as a Senior Fellow at Jackson …
Ryan Crocker
Ryan Crocker mostly recently served as a Senior Fellow at …
Alexander Evans
Alexander Evans served as a Senior Fellow at Jackson from …
Thomas Graham
Thomas Graham served as a Senior Fellow at Jackson from …
Marc Grossman
Ambassador Marc Grossman served as a Senior Fellow at Jackson …
Graeme Lamb
Lt. GEN Sir Graeme Lamb served as a Senior Fellow …
Michele Malvesti
Michele Malvesti served as a Senior Fellow at Jackson from …
Mario Mancuso
Mario Mancuso served as a Senior Fellow at Jackson from …
Stan McChrystal
General (ret.) Stanley McChrystal is a former Commander of the …
Rakesh Mohan
Rakesh Mohan served as a Senior Fellow at Jackson from …
Stephen Roach
Stephen Roach is a Senior Fellow at Yale University’s Jackson …
Emma Sky
Emma Sky is the founding Director of Yale’s International Leadership …
James Wolfensohn
James Wolfensohn served as a Senior Fellow at Jackson from …
2011-2012
Domingo Cavallo
Domingo Felipe Cavallo served as a Senior Fellow at Jackson …
Richard Danzig
Richard Danzig served as a Senior Fellow at Jackson from …
Alexander Evans
Alexander Evans served as a Senior Fellow at Jackson from …
Richard Goldstone
Richard Goldstone served as a Senior Fellow at Jackson from …
Thomas Graham
Thomas Graham served as a Senior Fellow at Jackson from …
Graeme Lamb
Lt. GEN Sir Graeme Lamb served as a Senior Fellow …
Michele Malvesti
Michele Malvesti served as a Senior Fellow at Jackson from …
Stan McChrystal
General (ret.) Stanley McChrystal is a former Commander of the …
Rakesh Mohan
Rakesh Mohan served as a Senior Fellow at Jackson from …
Ana Palacio
Ana Palacio served as a Senior Fellow at Jackson from …
Manuel Pinho
Manuel Pinho served as a Senior Fellow at Jackson from …
Stephen Roach
Stephen Roach is a Senior Fellow at Yale University’s Jackson …
Sheryl WuDunn
Sheryl WuDunn served as a Senior Fellow at Jackson from …
2010-2011
Richard Danzig
Richard Danzig served as a Senior Fellow at Jackson from …
Richard Goldstone
Richard Goldstone served as a Senior Fellow at Jackson from …
Linda Jewell
Linda Jewell served as a Senior Fellow at Jackson from …
Flynt Leverett
Flynt Leverett served as a Senior Fellow at Jackson from …
Mario Mancuso
Mario Mancuso served as a Senior Fellow at Jackson from …
Hillary Mann Leverett
Hillary Mann Leverett served as a Senior Fellow at Jackson …
Stan McChrystal
General (ret.) Stanley McChrystal is a former Commander of the …
Rakesh Mohan
Rakesh Mohan served as a Senior Fellow at Jackson from …
Marwan Muasher
Marwan Muasher served as a Senior Fellow at Jackson from …
Stephen Roach
Stephen Roach is a Senior Fellow at Yale University’s Jackson …
Paul Simons
Ambassador Paul Simons has enjoyed a distinguished career in both …
James Woolsey
R. James Woolsey served as a Senior Fellow at Jackson …