Rob Wilkinson

Robert Wilkinson is a Senior Lecturer on Public Policy and Leadership at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, where he teaches graduate courses on negotiation and leadership effectiveness. In 2023, he won the Harvard Kennedy School Carballo Award for Excellence in Teaching. Rob's non-profit and public sector clients include the United Nations,World Bank, World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the Red Cross and several others. Corporate clients include IBM, Merck, ExxonMobil, Bank of America and many more. Since 2011, Rob has regularly consulted for the White House, supporting the Leadership Development Team within the White House Presidential Personnel Office. Previously, Rob worked overseas for 15 years, spending three years in Rwanda working with Hutu and Tutsi communities, two years working with the UN Peacekeeping Mission in Angola, and 18 months in Laos, consulting on a variety of community development programs. Rob also led a 2-year Security Sector Reform
project in Burundi, bringing together government and rebel forces to support the formation of a unified military and police force. He began his overseas work in Nicaragua, in both Sandinista and Contra areas. Rob earned his Masters of Science (MS) from Stanford University, and Bachelors of Science (BS) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

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