Marron Leadership Transition

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The NYU Marron Institute would like to express a fond farewell and best wishes to former Marron Director and Professor of Public Policy, Angela Hawken, who has begun a new position as founding faculty member at The Johns Hopkins University School of Government and Policy. Hawken served as Director for five years and as a Marron faculty member and Director of the Litmus program for nine. During her tenure as Marron Director, research expenditures from externally funded awards doubled. Two new programs—Transportation and Land Use, and Human Exploitation and Resilience—were launched, along with a new initiative, the SCALE + Lab. Partnerships with practitioners and urban leaders were expanded, extending Marron’s programmatic reach to 40 U.S. states and 20 countries.

Kari Kohn will lead the institute as interim Director. Kohn has been with Marron since its founding over a decade ago, helping to execute the vision developed by Nobel laureate Paul Romer as part of an initial team of three. She most recently served as Deputy Director, where she was responsible for operations and finance and worked with the Director on strategy. Kohn is committed to growing the institute and supporting its faculty and researchers as they continue to solve pressing urban challenges and improve the opportunities available to urban residents worldwide.

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