Authors

PON Staff

These posts are the product of collaboration among the PON staff. … View all posts by this author

Katie Shonk

Katherine Shonk is the editor of the Negotiation Briefings newsletter, a monthly source of negotiation advice for professionals published by the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School. She is also a research associate for Harvard Business School and was formerly employed by the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Shonk received … View all posts by this author

Lara SanPietro

Lara is the Negotiation Pedagogy Manager at PON and manages the Teaching Negotiation Resource Center.

Lara holds a M.A. in International Peace and Conflict Resolution, with a concentration in Negotiation, from American University’s School of International Service. While completing her M.A., Lara served as the co-president of the American University Negotiation Project, and also worked as … View all posts by this author

Diane Long

Diane Long is the Event and Outreach Coordinator for the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School. She manages virtual and on-campus PON events. For student outreach she writes and publishes the student newsletter, is the student liaison, and administers PON’s grant and fellowship programs. Prior to joining PON, Diane enjoyed a long post with … View all posts by this author

Lawrence Susskind

Ford Foundation Professor of Urban and Environmental Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology  (MIT) Director of the Teaching Negotiation Resource Center, Program on Negotiation, Harvard Law School Director of the MIT-Harvard Public Disputes Program Vice Chair-Pedagogy, Program on Negotation, Harvard Law School As one of the founders of the Program on Negotiation, Lawrence Susskind … View all posts by this author

Alex Green

Laurence Alex Green is a program fellow for the Program on Negotiation’s Great Negotiator project and senior research associate for the Harvard Kennedy School’s American Secretaries of State Project. A journalist and commentary writer, he has published extensively on environmental policy, the history of disability, and contemporary trends in American publishing. He is a graduate … View all posts by this author

Guhan Subramanian

Faculty Chair, Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School Joseph H. Flom Professor of Law and Business, Harvard Law School H. Douglas Weaver Professor of Business Law, Harvard Business School Faculty Chair, J.D./M.B.A. Program, Harvard University The first person in the history of Harvard University to hold tenured appointments at both Harvard Law School (HLS) and Harvard Business School … View all posts by this author

Jeswald Salacuse

Dean Emeritus and Distinguished Professor Emeritus, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University With broad experience in higher education, international development, and legal practice, Jeswald Salacuse specializes in international negotiation and arbitration, international business transactions, and law and development. He is the author of twenty books and numerous articles, including Leading Leaders: How to … View all posts by this author

Max Bazerman

Jesse Isidor Straus Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School Executive Committee Member, Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School Max Bazerman is a leader in the fields of decision making, negotiation, and behavioral ethics. He has consulted, taught, and lectured in 30 countries, and is the author, co-author, or co-editor of 20 … View all posts by this author

James Kerwin

Assistant Director jkerwin@law.harvard.edu (617) 495-9688

Prior to joining PON in 2001, James Kerwin was the director of business development at HNW, Inc., a marketing company that provides consulting services to financial service firms such as Citibank and Merrill Lynch. In addition to his expertise in the areas of negotiation and financial marketing, James has extensive experience in the … View all posts by this author

Nicole Bryant

Nicole Bryant is the Managing Director of the Program on Negotiation and member of PON’s Executive Committee. She brings to the position a proven track record of successful management and growth of large-scale continuing education programming in an international context. At PON, she oversees the activities of the staff, and supports the work of the … View all posts by this author

James K. Sebenius

Gordon Donaldson Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School Vice Chair for Practice-Focused Research, Program on Negotiation Executive Committee Chair, Great Negotiator Award Committee Director, Harvard Negotiation Project Co-Director, American Secretaries of State Program An authority on complex negotiations, James Sebenius has advanced the field in the academic realm, in the … View all posts by this author

Breanna Beaumont

Breanna Beaumont provides administrative and logistical support for PON Global, an innovative blended learning program that brings PON’s negotiation concepts, techniques, and curriculum to people around the world. Prior to coming to Harvard Law School, Breanna worked at Bard College where she assisted in managing the partnership between Bard College in New York and Al-Quds … View all posts by this author

Gail Odeneal

Gail is responsible for marketing for all PON executive education seminars, newsletters, books and teaching materials. She is an experienced senior marketing and communications executive who has worked for companies and institutions in both the for-profit and nonprofit sectors. Early in her career at International Data Group (IDG) she was responsible for the launch … View all posts by this author

Silvia Glick

Silvia Glick is the Managing Editor of Negotiation Journal, a multidisciplinary international journal publishing works that advance the theory, analysis, practice, and instruction of negotiation and dispute resolution; and the Co-Director of the Negotiation Data Repository, a collection of qualitative and quantitative data on negotiation and conflict resolution. Prior to joining PON, Glick was Managing … View all posts by this author

William Fairfield

Billy Fairfield is a Program Delivery Associate for the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School. He works with the Program Delivery team on courses such as Negotiation & Leadership and PONX. Billy also works closely to coordinate PON Live! and The Herbert C. Kelman Seminar Series events.

Prior to joining PON, Billy has spent … View all posts by this author

Ruth Collins

Ruth Collins is Senior Manager for Program Delivery at the Program on Negotiation. She has spent her career as both an educator and program manager focusing on first generation and international students. She joins PON from Hult International Business School where she was responsible for new undergraduate initiatives including program development and implementation, student … View all posts by this author

Riley Scheuritzel

Riley Scheuritzel is a Program Delivery Associate for the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School. Prior to joining PON, Riley worked in several different areas of higher education and student affairs. He has spent time working in residence life where he managed a building housing a 90 percent international student population; he also worked … View all posts by this author

Luis Cardenas

Luis Cárdenas is the Program Assistant for the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School where he works closely on Executive Education programs, like Negotiation and Leadership, the Harvard Negotiation Master Class, and the Harvard Negotiation Institute. Prior to joining PON, Luis worked as a Machine Learning Data Linguist at Amazon to develop Alexa AI … View all posts by this author

Kristen Zapata

Kristen Zapata is Senior Manager for Program Delivery at the Program on Negotiation. Her portfolio includes the management of blended, virtual and in-person executive education programs. Kristen comes to PON with over a decade of experience in higher education with a focus in operations and project management. Kristen has an undergraduate degree from Boston College … View all posts by this author