Sharon Wilke
Associate Director of Communications
Contact:
Telephone: 617.495.9858
Fax: 617.495.8963
Email: sharon_wilke@ksg.harvard.edu
Spring 2009
"Rolf Mowatt-Larssen and William Tobey Named Senior Fellows"
Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter
By Sharon Wilke, Associate Director of Communications
Rolf Mowatt-Larssen, former director of the Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and former head of the Central Intelligence Agency's WMD and terrorism efforts, has joined the Belfer Center as a senior fellow along with William H. Tobey, until recently the deputy administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation at the DOE's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA).
Belfer Center
Spring 2009
"Center Hosts Al Gore and Top Energy/Climate Experts in Climate Solutions Summit"
Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter
By Sharon Wilke, Associate Director of Communications
The Belfer Center hosted former Vice President and Nobel Laureate Al Gore and 30 of the United States' top energy and climate experts in October for a "Solutions Summit" on the climate challenge ... participants brainstormed concrete solutions to producing carbon-free electricity, using as a starting point Gore’s July 2008 Generational Challenge to Repower America, which calls on the nation to produce 100 percent of America's electricity from renewable energy and truly clean carbon-free sources within ten years.
Photo by Martha Stewart
Spring 2009
"Spring 2009 Belfer Center Speakers Photo Essay"
Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter
By Sharon Wilke, Associate Director of Communications
The Belfer Center hosts frequent seminars, workshops, and conferences, with national and international experts and government leaders presenting a diversity of views on issues ranging from the global economic crisis and energy/climate challenges to the Iranian nuclear dilemma and cyber terrorism. A lively exchange of ideas and insights with faculty, fellows, and students from the greater Harvard community results in thought-provoking and informative sessions. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Senator John Kerry, former U.S. Senators Sam Nunn and Al Gore, and former Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara are among those featured in the photo essay of the Belfer Center’s Spring 2009 newsletter.
March 4, 2009
"Sir John Gieve Named Senior Fellow with Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs"
Press Release
By Sharon Wilke, Associate Director of Communications
Sir John Gieve, former deputy governor of Bank of England, has been named senior fellow at Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. He will work on the international economic crisis and on the differing UK and US approaches to countering terrorism.
AP Images
March 3, 2009
Ambassador Paula Dobriansky Named Senior Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center
Press Release
By Sasha Talcott, Former Director of Communications and Outreach and Sharon Wilke, Associate Director of Communications
Ambassador Paula Dobriansky, former under secretary of state for democracy and global affairs under President George W. Bush, will join Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs as a senior fellow, Belfer Center director Graham Allison announced today.
January 29, 2009
William H. Tobey Named Senior Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Press Release
By Sharon Wilke, Associate Director of Communications and William H. Tobey, Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
William H. Tobey, deputy administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation at the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) from 2006 to 2009 and a Harvard Kennedy School graduate (MPP ‘84), will start February 2nd as a senior fellow at the Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, where he will work with the Center’s nuclear team.
Tom FitzSimmons
December 20, 2008
Harvard Kennedy School's John P. Holdren Named Obama's Science Advisor
Press Release
By Sharon Wilke, Associate Director of Communications, Sasha Talcott, Former Director of Communications and Outreach and John P. Holdren, Former Director and Faculty Chair, Science, Technology and Public Policy Program
President-elect Barack Obama announced in his radio address Saturday that he has selected Harvard's John P. Holdren to serve as Assistant to the President for Science and Technology in the new administration. The post, popularly known as "the President's science advisor," also includes directorship of the Office of Science and Technology Policy in the Executive Office of the President and requires Senate confirmation.
December 18, 2008
Fall/Winter 2008 Belfer Center Events Photo Gallery
Media Feature
By Sharon Wilke, Associate Director of Communications
Each week, the Belfer Center welcomes government officials, policymakers, and experts from around the world to share their insights and diverse views on critical current issues. See who joined us in the fall and winter of 2008.
December 2, 2008
Rolf Mowatt-Larssen Named Senior Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center
Press Release
By Sharon Wilke, Associate Director of Communications and Rolf Mowatt-Larssen, Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Rolf Mowatt-Larssen, director of the Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence at the U.S. Department of Energy and former head of the Central Intelligence Agency's WMD and terrorism efforts, will join the Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center as a senior fellow on January 19, 2009.
October 2008
"Belfer Center Hosts Al Gore 'Solutions Summit' to Design Carbon-free Future"
News
By Sharon Wilke, Associate Director of Communications
Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center hosted former Vice President and Nobel Laureate Al Gore and 30 of the United States' top energy and climate experts for a "Solutions Summit" on the climate challenge on October 21-22, 2008. The "Solutions Summit" recipe is one developed by Vice President Gore following a series of Belfer Center brainstorming events in 2005 and 2006 organized by Belfer Center Director Graham Allison and Gore.
