Fellows

The Fellowship of Leaders Excellence represents a formal recognition of distinction within the Leaders Excellence community. It brings together individuals whose academic achievements or professional contributions reflect a commitment to leadership, intellectual rigor, and executive excellence.

The Fellowship is structured to acknowledge two distinct forms of recognition: the Honorary Fellowship and the Senior Fellowship. The Honorary Fellowship reflects academic distinction, while the Senior Fellowship represents a professional designation. Each recognizes a different dimension of contribution, yet both are grounded in credibility, discretion, and connection to the broader academic and executive environment of Harvard Square.

Through its Fellows, Leaders Excellence maintains a circle of respected scholars and senior professionals who contribute to thoughtful dialogue, leadership development, and executive practice at the highest level. Our Honorary Fellows are esteemed academics and professors from leading business schools, recognized as experts in their domains. Recent notable inductees include marketing scholar Philip Kotler, along with Harvard Business School professors Frank Cespedes, Tom Eisenmann, David Fubini, and Ashley Whillans.

Browse the alphabetical directory of our Honorary Fellows, sorted by last name:

David Aaker, Professor Emeritus, Haas School of Business, University of California Berkeley – Hailed as the “Father of Modern Branding”

Gad Allon, Professor, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Christopher Abraham, Head of Dubai Campus and Acting Dean Global BBA, S P Jain School of Global Management

Subhajyoti Bandyopadhyay, Professor, Warrington College of Business Administration, University of Florida

Ella L.J. Edmondson Bell, Professor, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College

Stacy Blake-Beard, Professor, Simmons School of Management, Simmons College and Consultant, Harvard Center for Workforce Development

Stephen Burnett, Professor, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

Frank V. Cespedes, Professor, Harvard Business School, Harvard University

Alexander Chernev, Professor, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

Thomas H. Davenport, Chair and Distinguished Professor, Babson College — Visiting, MIT and Harvard Business School

Martin N. Davidson, Senior Associate Dean and Professor, Darden School of Business, University of Virginia

Scott DeRue, Dean and Professor, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan

Ravi Dhar, Director and Professor, Yale School of Management, Yale University

J.P. Eggers, Professor, Stern School of Business, New York University

Tom Eisenmann, Chair, Harvard Innovation Labs and Professor, Harvard Business School, Harvard University

Susan S. Fleming, Entrepreneur in Residence at Center for Regional Economic Advancement and Former Senior Lecturer, Cornell University

Sydney Finkelstein, Faculty Director and Professor, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College

David G. Fubini, Professor, Harvard Business School, Harvard University

Francesca Gino, Professor, Administrative Leave, Harvard Business School, Harvard University

Shane Goodwin, Associate Dean for Graduate Programs and Adjunct Professor, SMU Cox School of Business

Terri L. Griffith, Associate Dean, Chair and Professor, Leavey Business School, Santa Clara University

Anil K. Gupta, Chair and Professor, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland

Diane Hamilton, Duke CE Faculty, Keynote Speaker, Thinkers50 Radar, Fulbright Specialist, Forbes Contributor

Ryan Hamilton, Professor, Goizueta Business School, Emory University

Stuart L. Hart, Chair and Professor, School of Business Administration, University of Vermont

Richard Hendler, Lawyer and Professor, Stern School of Business, New York University

Edward D. Hess, Executive-in-Residence and Professor, Darden School of Business, University of Virginia

Aneel Karnani, Professor, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan

Robert S. Kemp, Professor, McIntire School of Commerce, University of Virginia

Eugene B. Kogan, Instructor, Harvard’s Professional & Executive Development Programs & Manager, KPMG

Philip Kotler, Professor, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University – Hailed as the “Father of Modern Marketing”

Jim Kouzes, Author and Dean’s Executive Fellow of Leadership, Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University

V. Kumar (VK), Professor of Marketing and the Goodman Academic-Industry Partnership Professor, Goodman School of Business, Brock University

Lakshman Krishnamurthi, Professor, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

Johannes Ledolter, Professor, Tippie College of Business, University of Iowa

Michael Lenox, Senior Associate Dean and Professor, Darden School of Business, University of Virginia

David Lewin, Professor Emeritus, UCLA Anderson School of Management and Managing Director at Berkeley Research Group

Ted London, Director and Senior Research Fellow, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan

Hamilton Mann, Group Vice President Digital at Thales, MIT Social Innovation Mentor, Lecturer at INSEAD & HEC Paris

Chris McCusker, Previous Faculty Appointments at the Yale School of Management, Columbia Business School, and Tulane’s Freeman School

Patrick J. McKenna, Internationally Recognized Author, Lecturer, Strategist and Seasoned Advisor

Kenneth Merchant, Chair and Professor, USC Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California

Barbara E. Mink, Senior Lecturer and Assurance of Learning Director, Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University

Valerie L. Myers, Professor, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan

Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez, World Champion in Project Management, Professor, Director Global PMO, Author, Blogger, Speaker

Jeffery Pfeffer, Professor, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University

Lynn W. Phillips, Award-Winning Scholar, Faculty Member Emeritus at Stanford Graduate School of Business and Harvard Business School

Mikolaj Jan Piskorski, Dean of Executive Education and Professor, IMD Business School and Visiting, Harvard Business School

Joseph T. Plummer, Professor Emeritus, Columbia Business School, Columbia University

Baba Prasad, President and CEO at Vivékin Group, Fellow at the Wharton School

Nils Randrup, Professor, UCI Paul Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine

Adam V. Reed, Professor, Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina

Martin Roll, Harvard Board Advisor, Strategy Expert, Leadership Advisor, CEO Mentor, INSEAD Distinguished Fellow, Author, Speaker and Educator

William (Bill) Shea, Former Executive Education and Business Development Director, Harvard Business School

George J. Siedel, Professor, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan

Raj Sisodia, Professor Emeritus, Babson College and Co-Founder and Co-Chairman, Conscious Capitalism

Baohong Sun, Associate Dean and Professor, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

Kathryn E. Stecke, Chair and Professor, UT Dallas School of Management, University of Texas

Mohan Subramaniam, Professor, IMD Business School

Arthur J. Swersey, Professor, Yale School of Management, Yale University

Manoj Thomas, Director and Professor, Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University

Elizabeth R. Thornton, Professor, Babson College

Paul A. Tiffany, Professor, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley

Zeynep Ton, Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Ron Tuninga, Dean (Rector), Wittenborg University of Applied Sciences

Joel E. Urbany, Professor, Mendoza College of Business, University of Notre Dame

David J. Vogel, Chair and Professor Emeritus, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley

Steve Walton, Professor, Goizueta Business School, Emory University

John Westman, Adjunct Professor at Boston College & Adjunct Instructor at Harvard Division of Continuing Education

Ashley Whillans, Professor, Harvard Business School, Harvard University

Browse the alphabetical directory of our Senior Fellows, sorted by last name:

Carol Anderson, Author, Blogger, Speaker, Human Resources Transformation Champion

Bryan Baldwin, Strategic Leader, Relationship Broker, Collaborative Executive

Brett Berhoff, Business Strategist, Huffington Post Front Page Contributor

Chuck Brooks, Top Tech Voice on LinkedIn. Cybersecurity Person of the Year. Georgetown Professor, 2× Presidential Appointee, Forbes Writer, Author

Michael D’Angelo, Board Certified Security Consultant, Security Expert Witness, Immediate Past President-IAPSC

David Gibson, Executive Director, Board Member, Lecturer, Though-Leader on Entrepreneurship

Yonason Goldson, Rabbinic Scholar, Director of Ethical Imperatives, TEDx Speaker, Writer, Executive Coach and Trainer

Raj Gupta, Author, Speaker, HR Leader and General Manager Human Resources, Tata Consultancy Services

Douglass Hatcher, Business Storytelling Trainer and Coach, Author, Conference Speaker, Former Speechwriter for a U.S. Senator

Helle Havgaard, CEO at Forsikringsakademiet and Rungstedgaard

Roxana Bahar Hewertson, Executive Leadership Coach, Author, Consultant, Speaker

Thomas Koulopoulos, World Leading Futurist, Bestselling Author, Keynote Speaker, Inc 500 CEO

Madana Kumar, Servant Leadership Evangelist, Thought Leader, Leadership Coach, Author

Danielle Lucido, Leadership Advisor, Trainer and Coach

John Mattone, Top-Ranked Executive Coach, Creator of Intelligent Leadership, Bestselling Author, Hall of Fame Executive Coach & Leadership Authority

Timothy McAuley, Mutli-Award Winning, World Renowned Environmental Leader and Expert, Founder, Chairman and CEO, CHANGE

Sumit Mitra, CEO at Tesco Business Solutions & Tesco India

Torben Moller, Business Technology Expert, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Jay Parker, Chief Executive Officer at Douglas Elliman

Graham Robertson, Marketing Trainer, Brand Consultant, Ex J&J, Pfizer, Coke General Mills, Author

Nina Rung-Hoch, Board Member, Ed-Tech Advisor, Lecturer, Harvard MBA

Terence Sadler, Assistant Chief of Staff, Mission Support, U.S. ARMY, CISSP, MSIA

Anne Marie Segal, Career and Leadership Coach, Author, Resume Writer

Madelyn Sierra, Advisor to CEOs & Senior Executives, Supporting Leadership Under Pressure, Harvard MBA

Germain St-Denis, Management Consultant—Effective Remote Leadership, Technology Adoption and Change Leadership, Mentor and Coach

Frederick Talbott, Motivational Speaker, Trainer, Speechwriter, Positive Leadership, Communications Educator

Sebastian Thalanany, Adviser, Author, Thought leadership, Technology, Strategy, Innovation, Advocacy

Robert Van Wicklin, Vice President at Bonaventure University and Former Chief of Staff at U.S. House of Representatives

Brandon Webb, Founder of the #1 Defense News & Military Culture site on the internet, Multiple New York Times Bestselling Author, Former Navy SEAL

Joseph Williams, Managing Editor / Deputy Managing Editor — Politics & National News, Newsroom Operator, Team Leader

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