The Public Strategies Group

Elaine Kamarck

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Elaine C. Kamarck is a PSG Network member and Lecturer in Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Elaine joined the Kennedy School after a distinguished career in politics and government.

In the 1980s, Elaine was one of the founders of the New Democrat movement that helped elect Bill Clinton president. she served in the White House from 1993-1997, where she created and managed the Clinton Administration's National Performance Review, also known as reinventing government.

Joining the Kennedy School in 1997, Elaine served as Director of Visions of Governance for the Twenty-First Century and as Faculty Advisor to the Innovations in American Government Awards Program.

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Elaine conducts research on 21st century government, the role of the Internet in political campaigns, homeland defense, intelligence reorganization, and governmental reform and innovation. She is called upon by media for comment and analysis in matters from civil services, domestic preparedness, elections, to innovations in government and the Presidency.

Kamarck is the author of "The End of Government As We Know It: Policy Implementation in the 21st Century" published by Lynne Rienner Publishing, Fall 2006. She is also the author of "Primary Politics: How Presidential Candidates Have Shaped the Modern Nominating System", Brookings, Spring 2009.

In addition to Elaine's work in politics prior to joining the Kennedy School, Elaine took leave of absence from the Kennedy School to served as Senior Policy Advisor on the Gore 2000 presidential campaign. Elaine received her PhD in political science from the University of California, Berkeley.

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