Gigi Georges

Gigi Georges, Ph.D., has had an extensive career in politics, public service, and academia, and has contributed significantly to the fields of social and education policy. She teaches political science at Boston College, was previously Program Director for the Harvard Kennedy School’s Innovation Strategies Initiative and Managing Director of the Glover Park Group, a leading national strategic communications consulting firm, and has also

served as Communications Director for the New York City Department of Education under Mayor Michael Bloomberg; a Special Assistant to the President in the Clinton White House; and former New York Senator Hillary Clinton’s State Director. In 2004, she was named one of New York City’s 50 most powerful women by The New York Post and is a longstanding advisory board member of Harvard’s Nieman Foundation for Journalism.