Mark Kennedy

Director - Development Research Institute, Founding Director - Wahba Initiative for Strategic Competition

  • Bio

    As Director of NYU’s Development Research Institute, including its Wahba Initiative for Strategic Competition, Mark Kennedy (U.S. Congress, 2001-07 MN) charts strategies to strengthen the alliances, technology, and economic foundations of America’s global leadership.

    As President Emeritus of the University of Colorado and past President of the University of North Dakota, Kennedy highlights the central role of talent and technology in economic development and geopolitical competition.

    As an appointed Civic Leader supporting the Secretary of the Air Force and a Senior Fellow at CNA – Center for Naval Analyses, Kennedy examines the grand strategy and military strength needed to deter aggression.

    Mark applies experiences as a first-generation college graduate, presidentially appointed member of the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations, member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Chairman Emeritus of the Economic Club of Minnesota, and author of the peer-reviewed Shapeholders: Business Success in the Age of Activism.

    Kennedy has engaged wide cross-sections of society in over 45 countries, including refugee camps, war zones, 60+ military bases and three aircraft carriers at sea.

  • Education

    Education

    • M.B.A. with Distinction, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan
    • B.S., Saint John’s University, Minnesota
    • International study, Rotterdam School of Management and Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
    • Executive education: Harvard Business School, Harvard Kennedy School, and Harvard Graduate School of Education

    Teaching

    Taught more than 3,000 students from 20 countries; designed 17 courses; and led global academic residencies across five continents.

    Selected Book

    Shapeholders: Business Success in the Age of Activism (Columbia University Press)

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kennedy.m@nyu.edu
Director - Development Research Institute; Founding Director - Wahba Initiative for Strategic Competition

TOPICS: Alliances Artificial Intelligence Connectivity and Data Flows Digital Standards and Governance Talent, Innovation, and Societal Readiness Finance Innovation Technology Transportation Infrastructure Allied Industrial Capacity Expansion Supply Chain Visibility Trade Integration and Market Access

REGIONS: China Indo-Pacific Europe Ukraine & Russia Americas Middle East & Africa

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