Senior Fellow

Roger Porter

Member Since 1988

Biography

Roger B. Porter is IBM Professor of Business and Government. Joining the Kennedy School faculty in 1977, he has served for more than a decade in senior economic policy positions in the White House, most recently as Assistant to the President for Economic and Domestic Policy from 1989 to 1993. He served as Director of the White House Office of Policy Development in the Reagan Administration and as Executive Secretary of the President’s Economic Policy Board during the Ford Administration. He is the author of several books on economic policy, including Presidential Decision Making and Efficiency, Equity and Legitimacy: The Multilateral Trading System at the Millennium.

History of Employment

Position Division Organization Start End
IBM Professor of Government and Business John F. Kennedy School of Government Harvard University 1977 Present
Former Assistant to the President for Economic and Domestic Policy The White House 1989 1993
Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Policy Development The White House 1981 1985
Executive Secretary Economic Policy Board 1974 1977

Expertise

Primary Sector

Academic
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